Henry Charles Seppings Wright (1849–1937) was an English artist, illustrator, war correspondent, and author.
Life
Born in January 1849 at Stithians, Redruth, Cornwall,Wright Henry Charles Seppings 1849-1937 at artbiogs.co.uk, accessed 9 November 2020; England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915: Birth, Baptism & Christening at ancestry.com, accessed 9 November 2020: "Name Henry Charles Seppings Wright, Birth 01/1849 (Jan 1849) Cornwall Redruth" Wright was the son of a clergyman, the Rev. Francis Hill Arbuthnot Wright.Marriages Solemnized at St Barnabas Church, Pimlico, No. 40 (Oct. 6th 1927) at ancestry.com, accessed 9 November 2020 In 1881, Wright, aged 32, was a painter and was living with his parents at Pendleton. His father was then Vicar of St Paul's, Paddington.1881 United Kingdom census, Leaf Square, Pendleton, ancestry.co.uk,
Wright contributed caricatures to Vanity Fair under the pseudonym "Stuff" and also worked for the Illustrated London News. He served as a war correspondent in Tripoli and with Tōgō's navy and wrote books about his experiences overseas, which he illustrated."Wright, Henry Charles Seppings", in Mitchel P. Roth, James Stuart Olson, Historical Dictionary of War Journalism (Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997), pp. 352–353
Wright participated in the looting of Benin City during the British Benin Expedition of 1897.
Personal life In 1884, Wright married Marie Eliza Willows in Croydon."Wright Henry Charles S / Croydon 2a 439", "Willows Marie Eliza / Croydon 2a 439", in General Index to Marriages in England and Wales (1884), ancestry.co.uk
At the census of 1901, Wright was living at Roxborough Park, Harrow on the Hill, with his wife, Marie Seppings Wright, and children Frank, 15, Nellie, 14, and Stamford, 7. He gave his occupation as War Correspondent and the family had a cook and housemaid.1901 United Kingdom census, Harrow on the Hill, Roxboro' Park ancestry.co.uk
On 6 October 1927, Wright married secondly Charlotte Yellowley Loftus Brock at the Church of St Barnabas, Pimlico.
He died at his home in Bosham on 7 February 1937.
Selected publications With Togo: The Story of Seven Months' Active Service Under His Command (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1905) Two Years Under the Crescent (1913; reprinted by Palala Press, 2015, )
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External links H. C. Seppings Wright at royalacademy.org.uk