The Rt. Honble. John Lord Rous, Baron Rous of Dennington in the County of Suffolk.

Charles Turner after Sir William Beechey
The Rt. Honble. John Lord Rous, Baron Rous of Dennington in the County of Suffolk.
London, C. Turner Oct. 1st 1811
Mezzotint
355x255mm
£120
A half length portrait of John, Baron Rous, later created first Earl of Stradbroke whose family seat was at Henham Park, near Beccles, Suffolk. A portly gentleman with grey hair, he wears his peer’s robes. In the background is a vista of the Suffolk countryside. His second son Henry Rous (1795-1877), is chiefly famous for becoming an incorruptible Steward and the Jockey Club’s first professional handicapper.