3-056-406 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628), 1824. Villiers was the favourite, and some claim, lover of King James I of England and one of the most rewarded royal courtiers in British history. He was assassinated in Portsmouth by John Felton. From "Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain" by Edmund Lodge, published by Harding and Lepard (London, 1824). (Colorised black and white print).