Hayward Montague Davenport (1874–1959), usually referred to as Hayward M. Davenport, was an English maritime painter and pharmacist

Pharmacist

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. His most notable work is a large watercolour entitled 'Oak and Steel,' which was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1894. Other works exhibited at the Royal Academy include 'A View of Hampton Court Palace.' He painted extensively for commission before 1901, principally for the captains of the ships depicted. In 1901, on the death of his grandfather, John Thistlewood Davenport

John Thistlewood Davenport

John Thistlewood Davenport was an English pharmacist and businessman. He was the founder of J. T. Davenport & Sons, a pharmaceuticals company based in Great Russell Street, London which sold Dr...

, Davenport ceased his painting to assume his role as Chairman of J. T. Davenport & Sons, a London-based pharmaceuticals company which marketed Dr. J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne

Chlorodyne

Chlorodyne was the name for one of the most famous patent medicines sold in the British Isles. It was invented in the 19th century by a Dr. John Collis Browne, a doctor in the British Indian Army; its original purpose was in the treatment of cholera...

. His large canvas entitled, 'H.M.S. "Ophir" leaving Portsmouth, March 15, 1901, with the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York on their historic 40,000 mile cruise of the Empire,' sold at Sotheby's in May 2002. Davenport's son is Montague Davenport.