Whitlock, H. J. (Henry Joseph), 1835-1918

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Whitlock, H. J. (Henry Joseph), 1835-1918

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        1835-1918

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        Henry Joseph Whitlock was born in 1835 in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.

        He was a British photographer. His father, Joseph Whitlock (1806-1852), was the first person to establish a permanent photographic studio in Birmingham in 1843. In 1852, Henry Whitlock joined the family firm, and in 1855, he left Birmingham to set up his studio in Worcester. In 1862, after the death of both of his parents, he returned to Birmingham to establish a studio of his own. By the late 1860s, he was able to claim the title “Photographer to the Queen”, modified in the 1870s to “By Special Appointment to the Queen,” and in 1891, he added “H.R.H. The Prince of Wales”. Around 1900, he founded the firm H. J. Whitlock & Sons of Birmingham and Wolverhampton. The company is associated with 65 portraits now held by the National Portrait Gallery in London.

        About 1861, he married Eliza Cochrane Lowe (1835–1903). He died on December 2, 1918, in Birmingham, West Midlands, England.

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