History - Family Portraits

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Henry, first Viscount Irwin (1641-1666). School of Sir Peter Lely, 47 X 38 (119 X 96.5)

The sitter's wife (qv) probably commissioned this picture (which may be a posthumous likeness) as a pendant to her own portrait. The style of costume in both pictures suggests a date in the 1670s, some years after her husband's death. Henry was the fourth but second surviving son of Sir Arthur Ingram the Younger and became the owner of Temple Newsam on the death of his brother Thomas Ingram (qv) in 1660.

Immediately prior to his marriage the following year to Essex, daughter of Edward Montagu, second Earl of Manchester, he was created Viscount Irwin or Irvine of Scotland (although the family had no known connection with the northern kingdom). His extravagant lifestyle led to debts of nearly £12,000 by the time of his unexpected death in 1666.

Temple Newsam 22.89/48

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