Hugh Ford Crighton

Hugh Ford Crighton (1824–1886) was a successful Scottish portrait artist in the 19th century.

He was born in Dalmellington, Ayrshire in 1824 the son of a Scots Guard who had fought at Waterloo.

His fame as a portrait artist appears to have quickly spread from around 1845 onwards.

As a successful Victorian artist Crighton could afford a very large flat, living at 40 Great King Street in Edinburgh's Second New Town.

In 1881 he returned to Scotland, living at 6 Broomhill Terrace West, in Partick.