Early Life, Family and Training Roger Hilton was born on 23 March 1911 in Northwood, Middlesex. His early years involved a change in identity; his parents altered his name from Roger Hildesheim to Hilton in 1916, a decision made during a time of prevalent anti-German feeling. This shift in his name marked a quiet departure from his family's origins as he moved toward his formal training. His path led him to the Slade School of Fine Art, where he studied under Henry Tonks. The influence of Tonks, who emphasized expressive abstraction as a way to convey psychological depth, became a foundatio…