George Procter Hawtrey

George Procter Hawtrey (1847–17 August 1910) was a British actor, playwright and pageantmaster, and former schoolmaster.

[1] Having been assistant master[2] at the school founded by his father, Hawtrey decided to leave teaching and follow his brother, Charles, onto the stage.

[3] Hawtrey did not make a notable success as an actor, raising his family in "straitened circumstances" which inspired his son, Ralph, to follow the more remunerative path of the civil service.

[4] Hawtrey's most notable achievement in connection with the stage was his adaptation of Baron von Moser's farce Mit Vergnügen (The Pickpocket), in which his brother Charles acted.

[5][6] According to an obituary published in The Times, Hawtrey died of heart failure on 17 August 1910 at his London residence, Clarence Gate Mansions, at Marylebone (today Clarence Gate Gardens) following a severe bout with asthma while putting on the Chester Pageant in July of that year.