British painter and stained-glass designer. He was born in Harpenden, the son of a plumber and glazier, and was apprenticed to his brother in a stained-glass workshop in St Albans before winning a scholarship to the *Royal Academy, London, where he studied 1892-7. A scholarship to visit Italy in 1896 and his admiration for Renaissance frescos helped establish his taste for large scenes of pageantry. He painted numerous murals in buildings in London and elsewhere and also produced easel pictures of historical events and religious and allegorical scenes.

In addition he had a successful career as a portraitist, painting five British prime ministers, five US presidents, and many other notables (including Mussolini on a visit to Italy in 1934), all in a solid, traditional style. He published his memoirs, Portrait and Pageant, in 1944.

This subject faces the main entrance, and represents Britannia upon a crystal sphere, with the British Lion, and the Tiger of Bengal with representative of the picturesque Indian army supporting her on either side. The lettering in the design are the words Dominion, Power, Unity, Loyalty, and Freedom. This decorative links the arms of Britain to the Star of India.

From a series of Twelve Lunette Frescoes depicting the main incidents in the life of H.M. Queen Empress Victoria.