Wilfred Haughton

Born 1921; died 1999
The son of J Wilfred Haughton C.B.E. and Mafe Haughton C.B.E., Wilfred Haughton served on the Council of the RUA since 1946. He was chairman of the committee that obtained the royal prefix for the RUA. In co-operation with Mrs Lee Stewart, he inaugurated and formed the Ulster Watercolour Society. He had numerous exhibitions in Belfast, Dublin, Limerick, Galway and London. With the late James H Cathcart, he initiated the Antrim coast school of painting.