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Sir Thomas Gargrave was the son of Thomas Gargrave of Wakefield, South Yorkshire and Elizabeth, daughter of William Levett of Hooton Levitt and Normanton. He was highly influential in the government of Yorkshire and served as President of the Council of the North (1547–1555), and High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1565 and 1569. As MP for Yorkshire, Gargrave was appointed Speaker of the House of Commons in the first Parliament of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in 1559. He acquired the property of Nostell Priory in 1567 and died there in 1579.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Sir Thomas Gargrave

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 42.5 x W 34.3 cm

Accession number

1928

Acquisition method

Bequeathed by Gery Milner-Gibson-Cullum, 1922

Work type

Painting

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