Henry Simpson, FRSL (22 October 1868 - 20 November 1960)[1][2] was a banker and the founder and president of the Poets' Club in London in 1908.
The first meeting consisted of a group of nine men and women who met at a Bohemian restaurant in Soho, all were poetry enthusiasts who wished to recite their works in public.
[11] and The Gentlewoman's review, that "his efforts breathe the true poetic spirit, and are pregnant with high-minded patriotism.
"[12] Simpson's final book of verse, Lauds and Loves, was published in 1930 with a preface by his friend, the writer Gilbert Frankau.
[13] Simpson was for many years a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded a Lifetime Fellowship for "services to poetry and letters".