Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart MP (1853-1917) was MP for West Somerset from 1892 to 1911, when he was created Lord St Audries. Educated at Eton, Oxford and Sandhurst, he served with the Grenadier Guards in Egypt before becoming aide-de-camp to the governor of Victoria. Research has not so far yielded further information on his career in Australia.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ronald Walker 2002
Accession number: 2002.60
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Sir Leslie Ward (age 52 in 1903)
Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood Bart (age 50 in 1903)
Ronald Walker (23 portraits)
On one level The Companion talks about the most famous and frontline Australians, but on another it tells us about ourselves: who we read, who we watch, who we listen to, who we cheer for, who we aspire to be, and who we'll never forget. The Companion is available to buy online and in the Portrait Gallery Store.
Ashleigh Wadman rediscovers the Australian characters represented with a kindly touch by the British portrait artist Leslie Ward for the society magazine Vanity Fair.
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