I found a crate-load of bald gentlemen, though some of them are so receding that they are nearly completely so. And not all of them are from England. And please excuse any sarcasm as I hope not to insult anyone. My husband is prematurely heavily receding and I couldn't care less, he was that way when we married 9 years ago. I cannot include the photos but have included as much info as possible.

MOST LIKELY TO BE BALD: This goes to William Wordsworth. His portraits of 1830s show him quite bald and so I see him as an excellent candidate if anyone would care to check. I have no earlier portrait of him.

'Sexual Segregation after dinner: the Men, 1814. Two of the men are completely bald. But to be perfectly fair I feel I should mention that one of the gentlemen is leaning back with his wig falling off and another is urinating into a bowl (actually he is missing by a good yard). Another gentleman (and I use this term loosely) is attempting to get himself off the floor after having fallen in his chair. There are no less than four large jugs on the floor which no doubt contained, at one time, some alcolholic beverage. There is a picture below of the ladies as Prim as you please taking coffee in the Withdrawing room. This is found in The Family, Sex and Marriage In England 1500-1800 by Lawrence Stone. If anyone can find this picture to post, it is hysterical.

William Carr Beresford, ist Viscount and Marshal of Portugal, 1768-1854, the victor of Albuera. (Engraving after William Beechey). Very bald. It does not show a date, but the style of hair that is left, and the style of clothes, is obviously Regency. I found him in Die Hard, Dramatic Actions from the Napoleonic Wars by Phillip J. Haythornthwaite. Found another of him in the Napoleonic Source Book by P. J. Haythornwaite and he is still bald (print after Heappy).

Napoleon: If the current style was not swept foreward, this gentlemen would certainly be bald or nearly so. Does anyone know if he wore a hair piece?

Metternich was getting there.

Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron (1750-1810), Nelson's Friend and debuty commander at trafalgar, assuming control of the British fleet after Nelson's death, wearing admirals' uniform. (engraving by W. Hogg after H. Howard.) This gentlemen is in all his glory and not a hint of of hair on top of his head.

Field Marshall Alexander Vasilievitch Suvarow, Count Suvaro-Riminsky (1729-1800). One of the greatest Russian soldiers in history, and the leading commander of the age. (Engraving by A. Roffe after Hampe). Both Cuthb

Blucher too is bald. engraving by T.W. Harland, after F.C. Groger)

Archduke Charles of Austria too is almost bald, Engraving by T. W. Harland after Kellerhoven. I can't tell if the date is accurate but it appears to be given the style of dress and hair (what is left).

Louis Nicolas Davout, wearing the dress uniform of a Marshal of the Empire (engraving by R.A. Muller after Marzocchi & Gautherot.

The past five gentlemen can be found in the Napoleonic Source Book.

Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill, first Viscount by Salter. I don't know the date on this one, but what little hair is left is swept foreward at the sides (nothing on top) in the Regency fashion. It is a full-dress portrait as are all the pictures I have written about here.

There are many more pictures where the men's hairlines are prominently receding but the hair is swept foreward in the current fashion and so it gives them a little leeway.