Arthur Henry Moxon was the youngest son of Edward Moxon and Emma Isola. Although the details of his birth have not yet been found in St. Catherine's House it is evident from census returns that he was born in 1848.
Little is known of his childhood but one can surmise that it must have been quite idyllic. Being raised in an affluent Victorian household, the baby brother of five elder sisters, it is easy to suppose that he was spoilt by their close attention.
We first hear of Arthur associated with the publishing business in 1864, six years after the death of his father. He was obviously still too young to run the business on his own but he showed a keen interest in trying to keep the family link with the company his father worked so
hard to establish. An interest not shared by his elder brother Charles Isola.
We see him again in 1868 when he and his mother make the decision to buy out partner James Bertrand Payne, paying the then enormous sum of £11000 to rid the company of his disruptive influence. It wasn't a great decision in hindsight but the young man could hardly blamed for the eventual downfall of the Moxon publishing house.
