George Moore Henton (1861-1924) was born in Leicester in 1861, the only child of George Henton(1834-1888), a banker's clerk, and his wife Sarah Elizabeth Pank (1829-1913).
George studied at the Leicester School of Art under Wilmot Pilsbury (1840-1908) and in July 1882 won the Queen's Prize for Still Life in oils. He became a professional artist in watercolour, specialising in genre and architectural subjects, and exhibited at the Royal Academy. He also exhibited ten works at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and was a member and prime mover in the Leicester Society of Artists.
In 1911, he was a 50-year-old unmarried painter/artist on private means, living at Victoria Road, Leicester with his 81-year-old widowed mother Sarah. He was the co-author of 'Windsor' (1908) and 'Leicestershire People and Places One Hundred Years Ago' (1924).
George Moore Henton died at Charnwood House, Victoria Road, Leicester in 1924, leaving an estate of some £50,000, most of which was left to employees and charities.
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