John Leigh-Pemberton

John Loftus Leigh-Pemberton[1] AFC (1911–1997) was an artist and illustrator from the United Kingdom, best known for his book illustrations.

Life and work
Leigh-Pemberton's copy, now in the Imperial War Museum, of a portrait by Sir Oswald Birley.

Leigh-Pemberton was the great-grandson of Edward Leigh Pemberton. He was born on 18 October 1911 and was educated at Eton; he studied art in London between 1928 and 1932.[2][3] During the Second World War he was a flying instructor for the RAF and was awarded the Air Force Cross in 1945.[4] As well as his book illustrations, Leigh-Pemberton carried out advertising work and decorated a number of ships.[4] He also did work for the Shell Guides series. However perhaps his best-known work was carried out for the Ladybird series of books for children, where he wrote and illustrated many of the series dealing with natural history subjects.

References
  1. Burke's Landed Gentry 1952, pg 2004, 'Leigh Pemberton formerly of Torry Hill' pedigree
  2. Commire, A (ed) Something about the author, v35, Gale: 1984, p.156
  3. Dolman, Bernard (1990). Who's who in art (book) (Hardcover) (24th ed.). London: The Art Trade Press. p. 276. OCLC 794674673. Retrieved July 9, 2017 – via WorldCat.
  4. Ladybird Books artists, accessed 01-05-13
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