Background
George was the second son of George Simonds Senior of Reading, director of H & G Simonds, and Mary Anne, the daughter of William Boulger of Bradfield.
George was the second son of George Simonds Senior of Reading, director of H & G Simonds, and Mary Anne, the daughter of William Boulger of Bradfield.
Bradfield College.
He served as the inaugural Master of the Art Workers" Guild in 1884-1885. His best known works are The Falconer (1873) in Central Park, New York City (United States) and the Maiwand Lion (1886) in the Forbury Gardens, Reading in Berkshire (United Kingdom). In 1922, he temporarily came out of retirement to build the war memorial in Bradfield, the village where he lived in Berkshire.