Person
Francis Herbert Westmacott
- Slug
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- Alternative names
- Unknown
- Gender
- Assigned male at birth
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Ethnicity
- White
- Languages
- English
- Occupations
- Unknown
Francis Herbert Westmacott was born in New South Wales. He moved to London as a teenager and lived with his aunt, who owned property in Kensington. He enrolled at King’s in 1852 and studied Military Science for two years. This prepared him for a long career as an administrator in the War Office, where he rose to become Senior Clerk.