George Hayter

Sir George Hayter
Self Portrait from 1843 (Private collection)
Born	George Hayter 17 December 1792 (1792-12-17) St. James's, London, England
Died	18 January 1871 (aged 78) (1871-01-19) Marylebone, London, England
Nationality	English
Education	Royal Academy Schools
Known for	Painter
Notable work	The Trial of Queen Caroline in the House of Lords 1820 [1] The First Meeting of the Reformed House of Parliament 1833 [2] State Portrait of HM Queen Victoria 1838 [3] The Coronation of HM Queen Victoria 1838 [4] The Marriage of Queen Victoria 1840 [5] The Christening of the Prince of Wales 1842 [6]
Movement	Romanticism
Children	5
Parent(s)	Charles Hayter Martha Stevenson
Relatives	John Hayter (brother)
Awards	Knight Bachelor, Knight of the Lion and the Sun of Persia, Member of the Academies of St. Luke (Rome), Bologna, Parma, Florence and Venice
Patron(s)	Queen Victoria, King Leopold I of the Belgians, 6th Duke of Bedford, 6th Duke of Devonshire

Sir George Hayter (17 December 1792 – 18 January 1871) was an English painter, specialising in portraits and large works involving sometimes several hundred individual portraits. Queen Victoria appreciated his merits and appointed Hayter her Principal Painter in Ordinary and also awarded him a Knighthood in 1841.