Sir Henry Halford (1828-1897)

"The country owes to him the debt which is due to a man who made the science of rifles, as well as the practice of rifle-shooting, the main pursuit of his life, who without thought of pecuniary advantage, laboured without ceasing to discover all that could be discovered about the infantry weapon and to bring that weapon to a state of perfection." The Times, 5 January 1897

The painting to the right is oil on canvas, by John Collier in 1896.

• Men of The Hour: Sir Henry Halford - A short biographic article published in the USA in 1882.
• An Illustrated Interview with Sir Henry Halford - Published in The Strand magazine, London, in 1893.
• Death of Sir Henry Halford - Obituary from The Times, London, 5 January 1897.
• Death of Sir Henry Halford - Obituary from the Morning Post, London, 5 January 1897.
• Sir Henry St. John Halford - Biography of Sir Henry St John Halford from the Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement.