William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
(1879-1963), Social reformer and economistSitter in 24 portraits
A social reformer, economist, civil servant and later Liberal MP, Beveridge is best known as the mastermind behind the Welfare State legislation of 1944-8. The 'Beveridge Plan', formulated in 1942, aimed to tackle problems of want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness, proposing a free national health service, child allowances and full employment.
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
by Helen Muspratt
bromide print, 1938
NPG P566
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
by Felix H. Man
bromide print, 1939
NPG P11
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
by Sir David Low
chalk, before 1952
NPG 5767
Janet (née Philip), Lady Beveridge; William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
by Helen Muspratt
bromide print, 1960
NPG P567
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1919
NPG x65583
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
by Ramsey & Muspratt
bromide print, 1930s
NPG x933
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1940s
NPG x2933
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
by Howard Coster
quarter-plate film negative, 1940s
NPG x2934
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
by Howard Coster
quarter-plate film negative, 1940s
NPG x2936
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
by Topical Press
bromide print, 1942
NPG x88330
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, January 1942
NPG x7758
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
by Topical Press
bromide press print, November 1942
NPG x184235
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, January 1942
NPG x14030
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1953
NPG x165171
Janet (née Philip), Lady Beveridge; William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
by P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd
bromide press print, 4 April 1954
NPG x184232
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
by P.A. Reuter Photos Ltd
bromide press print, 4 April 1954
NPG x184233
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge; Jo Grimond; Charles Frank Byers, Baron Byers
by Press Association Photos
bromide press print, 28 September 1960
NPG x184234
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink, published in Punch 22 November 1944
NPG D952
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1917
NPG x6440
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge
by Walter Stoneman
negative, 1919
NPG x65579
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