The Disgrace of Lord Clarendon is an 1846 history painting by the British artist Edward Matthew Ward.

[1] It depicts a scene from the seventeenth century when the Earl of Clarendon was dismissed from his position as Lord Chancellor and effective chief minister by Charles II.

A dignified Clarendon, dressed in black, leaves under the gaze of members of the court, including the royal mistress Lady Castlemaine who are rejoicing over his downfall.

[3] Ward had been a member of the early Victorian artistic group known as The Clique who subsequently painted a number of historical scenes and were critical of the Pre-Raphaelites.

A version was donated in 1847 to the National Gallery by the art collector Robert Vernon alongside another of Ward's paintings The South Sea Bubble.