Henry Herschel Hay Cameron

Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (18521911) was a British photographer and the son of Julia Margaret Cameron.

Early life and education Henry Herschel Hay Cameron, or H. H. H. Cameron, was born in East Sheen, Surrey, England in 1852. He was named after British astronomer and photochemist Sir John Herschel, a friend of his mother.

Henry was British photographer Julia Margaret Cameron's youngest son with Benthamite jurist and philosopher Charles Hay Cameron whose father was Charles Cameron, Governor of the Bahamas. Henry was also the grandson of Scottish nobleman James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll. His older brother was named Charles Hay Cameron after his father and was born in 1849. Another one of his sibilings was Hardinge Hay Cameron. His sister Julia was the mother of British diplomat Herman Cameron Norman.

In 1865, he and his brother, Charles, entered the Charterhouse School, an independent boarding school in Surrey, England.

Henry moved with his family members to British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1875. In Ceylon, he and his brother were coffee planters. Upon his mother's death in 1879, he vacated his position at the Glencairn estate in Ceylon to return to Britain.

Career In the mid-1880s, Henry Herschel Hay Cameron launched into professional photography by opening 'The Cameron Studio' on Mortimer Street in London. He operated this studio, which specialized in portraiture, from around 1886 to 1902.

Cameron was a founding member of The Linked Ring, a British photographic society, established in 1892.

Death Henry Herschel Hay Cameron died on 7 February 1911 in Croydon, South London, England.

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