Identity:
Captain Thomas Bridges Heathorn was a professional soldier, and also a founder member of the Arts Club.
Life:
He may have known JW in the mid-seventies, when his name appears in an address book (#12714).
He served in the army during the Crimean War, and distinguished himself in the Indian Mutiny.
Bibliography:
Hart's Army List, 1877; Annual Register, London, 1911, p. 85; Chelsea, Pimlico, Belgravia Directory, London, 1881, and 1886/1887; Kelly's Chelsea, Pimlico, Belgravia Directory, 'Buff Book', London, 1887; Records of the Arts Club.