Painter, printmaker and teacher, born in London where he eventually settled, although he spent his early life in India. Haughton studied at Slade School of Fine Art and in 1947 moved to Nancledra, near St Ives, Cornwall. He was for short periods a member of the St Ives Society of Artists and of the Penwith Society. In 1951 left Cornwall and took up teaching appointment at Central School of Arts and Crafts until 1984. As well as showing in Cornwall in group exhibitions, Haughton was featured in the Arts Council touring show Contemporary Cornish Painting in 1949, the ICA’s Contemporary English Landscape in 1957 and Cornwall 1945–55 at New Art Centre in 1977. An exhibition of his etchings originating at the St George’s Gallery toured several continents, 1960–3, a Newlyn Art Gallery show of 1979 touring England.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)