Background
His father, also George Huddesford, was the president of Trinity College. Huddesford left his father"s college and became a fellow of New College in 1771.
His father, also George Huddesford, was the president of Trinity College. Huddesford left his father"s college and became a fellow of New College in 1771.
He attended Winchester College and Trinity College, Oxford.
Huddesford published a number of works. His first was described by Fanny Burney as a "vile poem" as it revealed that she had written the novel, Evelina. Huddesford was baptized at Saint Mary Magdalen, Oxford, on 7 December 1749.
Huddesford was an amateur painter and was a student of Joshua Reynolds after he left Oxford.
Huddesford was able to have several paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy before 1775. He had carried out several paintings in oil including a full length portrait of George Lee, the Earl of Lichfield.
His satire "Warley, A Satire" was published anonymously in 1778 and was dedicated to Joshua Reynolds. This work was called a "vile poem" by Fanny Burney as it revealed that she was the author of Evelina, a novel she had published anonymously as well as revealing a pet name that had been given to her by Samuel Johnson.
Other satirical poems followed with "the French" and rigged elections as targets of his wordplay.
One later work was a collection of poetry by old fellow Winchester College students which was called the "Wiccamical Chaplet". This large poem compares Warton to a college cat and it is titled, "Monody on the Death of Dick, an Academical Cat." The poem is littered with clever puns and allusions. The painting of him with John Bampfylde shows the two of them admiring a portrait of Thomas Warton who was master of Winchester College.
Huddesford and Bampfylde were close friends, but their relationship was destroyed when Bampfylde was arrested for breaking windows in order to further his affection for Reynold"s niece.
His good friend was eventually sent to a mental asylum where he was kept for twenty years. lieutenant is said that Bampfylde regained his sanity but died of tuberculosis shortly after reclaiming his freedom.
Huddesford joined the church in the six years before his death in London. His connections had brought him the living of Loxley in Warwickshire and "Sir George Whelkers Chapel" in London.