The Rt Hon. John Lord Rous (1750–1827) is seen here wearing the uniform the first troop of Loyal Suffolk Yeomanry Cavalry, whom he commanded from 1771 following the death of his father, the 5th Baronet of Suffolk. In 1780 Rous was elected to the House of Commons for Suffolk, a seat he held until 1796. He was created Earl of Stradbroke in 1821, and was further honoured in that year when he was made Viscount Dunwich in the county of Suffolk. Lord John Rous was succeeded by his eldest son, the tenant of Suffolk, while another of his sons, George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, was Governor of Victoria from 1920 to 1926.