HENSHAW, Lindley
Lindley Henshaw was born at Fircroft, Bramhall Lane, Hazel Grove, Stockport, Cheshire on 26 September 1893, youngest of the seven children of John Henshaw (1845-30 December 1927), a soap manufacturer, and his wife Selina née Moorhouse (1854-1922). Lindley served in the First World War and was awarded the Military Cross. Lindley, a chartered surveyor, and a well-known rock climber, married in 1928, Edna Mary Yates (1904-1999) and they had three daughters, but they divorced. In 1939 Lindley was living at 51 Cecil Street, Manchester and he married secondly in 1942 Hermione Mary Usborne (18 February 1898-13 June 1987), a medical practitioner and they lived at 14 Birch Street, Nayland, Colchester, Essex. Lindlay Henshaw exhibited at the Royal Academy from Egg Hall Cottage, 14 Birch Street, Nayland in 1972. Lindley Henshaw died at 17 Wordsworth Street, Keswick, Cumbria on 8 June 1977.
Royal Academy Exhibits
from Egg Hall Cottage, 14 Birch Street, Nayland, Suffolk
1972 516 Poppies