Henry Hudson Kitson

Henry Hudson Kitson (April 9, 1863, 1864 or 1865 – June 26, 1947) was an English-American sculptor who sculpted many representations of American military heroes.

This article is about the sculptor. For British navy officer, see Henry Kitson.
Sir Henry Hudson Kitson
Born(1863-04-09)April 9, 1863
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
DiedJune 26, 1947(1947-06-26) (aged 84)
Tyringham, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityEnglish
Known forSculpture
SpouseTheo Alice Ruggles Kitson (m.1893-div.1909)

Romania's Queen Elisabeth knighted him after he sculpted a marble bust of her in the early 1900s.

His student and first wife, Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson was a sculptor as well, and his brothers, John William Kitson, Samuel James Kitson, and Robert Lewellen Kitson, also had art careers in the United States. He is perhaps best known in the U.S. for his sculpture of the "Minute Man" on Lexington Green, in Lexington, Massachusetts.

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