Personal Life
Henderson became, through his brother Alexander, a patron of John William Waterhouse and owned several of his paintings. He was the original owner of Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, a 1909 painting by Waterhouse that was recently valued at CAD$4.8 million to $7.3 million.
He married Ella Jones in 1901 and fathered a daughter, Joan, and three sons, Gerald, Neil and Andrew. Neil, Andrew followed their father as partners in Livesey and Henderson, as did one of Alexander's sons Philip. Brodie died on 28 September 1936 of lung cancer and was cremated at Golders Green before being interred in the family grave at Braughing. A memorial service was held at St Michael's Church in the City of London.
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