Richard Sefton in Whitby in 2006 one year before the official unveiling of
the bust of the famous Lifeboat man of Whitby, Henry Freeman, on the 19th September, 2007.
Sculptured by himself. (I had the honour of seeing the sculpture at his house in Malvern prior to the bronze being founded) What a great man he was, I loved the few times I went to see him.

Parents: Dennis Geoffrey Sefton - b. 18th April, 1914 & Ellen E. Sefton - b. 21st December, 1917.
Richard Frank Sefton - b. 2nd August, 1935.
Address: 2 Beauchamp Cottages, Malvern.

Married: Gwendolyn (Gwen) S. Poyner - January qytr. 1958; Malvern.

Richard Frank Sefton
Died: 17 th May, 2008.

Malvern Gazette - 31st May, 2019

Artist: Richard Sefton (1935/36–2008), a renowned sculptor also known for his work on
the famous war horse, Sefton.
Subject: Henry Freeman (1835–1904), Whitby's legendary lifeboatman and the sole survivor
of the 1861 lifeboat disaster.
Design: The bust was based on a famous photograph by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe,
depicting Freeman in his iconic cork lifejacket.
Location: Installed on the wall of the RNLI Whitby Lifeboat Station on Brewster Lane.

The bronze bust by Richard Sefton was officially unveiled on 19th September, 2007, by the Duchess of Kent. 

In the photo, family only: Jean Peggy Sefton and her brother, Donald Ernest Sefton - Richard & Gwen Sefton.

Worcester News - 4th May, 1979.

Birmingham Evening Mail - 3rd August, 1983.