James Henry Hurdis

When he was a year old his father died in 1801 and his mother soon married a physician named Storer Ready,[3] from Southampton.

[1] Hurdis lived at Newick, near Lewes, and etched a large number of portraits and views of Sussex buildings.

[1] Hurdis's first wife, Elizabeth (born Hutton), died in 1841 and he married Charlotte Jackson, who was ten years older than he was.

[3] Towards the end of his life Hurdis lived at Carlton Crescent in Southampton, where he died on 30 November 1857.

[4] There is a notable memorial to him, his wife and brother, and other members of the Hurdis family in Southampton Old Cemetery.