Sir Thomas Felton (1649-1708/9)

Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723). Oil painting on canvas, Sir Thomas Felton (1649-1708/9) by Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723). 1699, signed lower right: G. Kneller. [GK as monogram]. A three-quarter-length portrait of a man, turned to the right, gazing at the spectator, seated, before a stone archway, his left arm resting on window ledge, right hand on his knee, holding wand of office as Master of the Household, wearing dark grey coat, white shirt frilled at the neck and cuffs with a brown cloak draped over his knees around back and over left arm; very long thick curly brown wig. The sitter was the second son of Sir Henry Felton, 2nd Bt. (†1690), and Susannah Tollemache, third daughter of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Bt, of Helmingham. Husband of Lady Elizabeth Howard, second daughter of the 3rd Earl of Suffolk, by his second marriage, to Barbara Villiers. Father of Elizabeth Felton, who married, as his second wife, John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751). He died 3 March 1708/9. Ickworth, Suffolk (Accredited Museum)