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The Right Honourable Iain Duncan Smith, MP, Leader of the Conservative party, 2001–2003. Iain Duncan Smith attended RMA Sandhurst and from 1975–1981 he was commissioned in the Scots Guards. He was elected MP for Chingford in 1992–1997 then for Chingford and Wood Green since 1997. It was during his post as assistant to Major General Sir John Acland in Rhodesia overseeing the monitoring force disarming guerillas and preparing for democratic elections that he became impressed by the idea of a political career.

London-born Paul Benney worked as a carpenter and musician before travelling to New York in 1982 where he began his career as an artist. One of Benney's most known works is his group portrait of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem which has become known as a State Portrait of Israel.

Parliamentary Art Collection

Title

Iain Duncan Smith

Date

2004

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 124 x W 112 cm

Accession number

WOA 6383

Work type

Painting

Parliamentary Art Collection

The Curator's Office, Department of Information Services, House of Commons, 1 Canon Row, Greater London SW1A 0AA England

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Artist or maker

Paul S. Benney

b.1959

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Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover, KG Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Professor Jane Dacre, President of RCP (2014–2018) Royal College of Physicians, London
Iain Duncan Smith Parliamentary Art Collection
Richard (b.1947), 7th Earl of Bradford Weston Park
Sir Peter North, Principal (1984–2005) Jesus College, University of Oxford
Baroness Amos Parliamentary Art Collection
Arthur George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld National Portrait Gallery, London