Henry William Bunbury

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Henry William Bunbury

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Death: 1811 (60-61)
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Son of Sir William Bunbury, 5th Baronet and Eleanor Graham
Husband of Catherine Horneck
Father of Lt.-Gen. Sir Henry Bunbury, 7th Baronet and Unknown Bunbury
Brother of Sir Thomas Charles Bunbury, 6th Baronet and Annabella Bunbury

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About Henry William Bunbury

Henry William Bunbury was born in 1750. He was the son of Reverend Sir William Bunbury, 5th Bt. and Eleanor Graham. He married Catherine Horneck, daughter of Captain Kane William Horneck, in 1771. He died on 7 May 1811.

An artist and caricaturist. He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bunbury_(caricaturist)

Henry William Bunbury (1750 – 7 May 1811) was an English caricaturist.

The second son of Sir William Bunbury, 5th Baronet (see Bunbury baronets), of Mildenhall, Suffolk, he came of an old Norman family. He was educated at Westminster School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and soon showed a talent for drawing, especially for humorous subjects.

His more serious efforts were no great success, but his caricatures are as famous as those of his contemporaries Thomas Rowlandson and James Gillray, good examples being his Country Club (1788), Barber's Shop (1803) and A Long Story (1782). He was a popular character, and the friend of most of the notabilities of his day, whom he never offended by attempting political satire; his easy circumstances and social position (he was colonel of the West Suffolk Militia, and was appointed equerry to the Duke of York and Albany in 1787) allowed him leisure to practise his talents.

He married Catherine, eldest daughter of Kane William Horneck and his wife Hannah Muggles. Bunbury and Catherine's son Henry succeeded to the baronetcy.