Personal Life
He married Eleanor Louisa Henry, the illegitimate daughter of astronomer Richard Sheepshanks.
He had two sons, British impressionist Walter Sickert and Bernhard Sickert, who was a painter and architectural engraver.
His daughter, Helena Swanwick (1864–1939) was a noted feminist and pacifist.
He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.
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