19 Facts About Roy Beddington

Roy Beddington was a British painter, illustrator, fisherman, poet, writer on fishing, and journalist.

Roy Beddington continued to exhibit in shows for decades, with his last show exhibiting just shortly before he died in 1995 at 84 years old.

Roy Beddington's work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Roy Beddington worked for many years as a journalist for Country Life; notably penning a regular column on fishing while occasionally contributing stories on other topics to the magazine.

Roy Beddington's mother was the sister of the British philanthropist Basil Henriques, and herself a talented angler who at one time was a record holder for the catching of salmon.

Roy Beddington attended Lockers Park School in Hertfordshire before moving onto Rugby School where he experienced antisemitism from some of the staff and students; often being teased about the family's historically Jewish surname, Moses, which had been altered generations earlier to avoid persecution.

Roy Beddington's father wanted his son to become an accountant; having secured him a place in that capacity with the Mazawattee Tea Company.

Roy Beddington began his career as an artist in London in the 1930s; initially aided by his former teacher Bernard Adams and Arnold Henry Mason, a Chelsea-based painter.

Roy Beddington met the publisher Noel Carrington, who had a profound impact on his career.

Roy Beddington assisted Beddington in other projects; including setting him up with his first one-man art shows at the London galleries of Ackermann, Grafton, and Walker.

Roy Beddington continued to exhibit his watercolours in shows for the next six decades, with his last show being in 1995 when he was 84 years old.

Roy Beddington notably competed in the painting event of the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Roy Beddington brings both freshness and penetration of observation to the Cotswold scene, where as much as anywhere on our island, the works of Nature and man are one.

Roy Beddington began working for Country Life as a columnist and wrote and illustrated the children's book The Adventures of Thomas Trout.

Roy Beddington grows up and becomes a young soldier in the British Army in France during World War II.

Roy Beddington uses his talent with pigeons from his childhood to aid in the war against the Nazis; ultimately using his own pigeon to send a critical message across the English Channel.

Roy Beddington served in the British Army during World War II, specializing in anti-aircraft work.

Roy Beddington was discharged after being injured, after which he worked for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Roy Beddington died on 31 May 1995 at the age of 84 in Salisbury, Wiltshire.