HENRY, James (1 son of Robert Henry, woollen draper). b. Dublin 13 Dec. 1798; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1819, M.A. and M.B. 1822, M.D. 1832; a physician in Dublin with a large practice 1822–45 charging a five shilling fee instead of the usual guinea; from 1841 the study of Virgil became the object of his life, began walking through Europe with his wife and daughter making Virgilian researches 1846; wife Anne Jane dau. of John Patton d. Arco, Tyrol and was cremated; crossed the Alps 17 times; dau. Katharine Olivia b. 20 Nov. 1830 assistant to her father in his travels and studies, d. 7 Dec. 1872; author of Miliaria accuratius descripta. Dublin 1832; The Eneis, books i and ii rendered into English blank Iambic by J. H. 1845; Notes of a twelve years’ voyage of discovery in the first six books of the Eneis. Dresden 1853; Poems, chiefly philosophical. Dresden 1856, with a portrait; Thalia Petasata, a foot journey from Carlsruhe to Bassano. Dresden 1859; Æneidea, remarks on the Æneis, with collation of principal editions 2 vols. 1873–9. d. Dalkey lodge, Dalkey near Dublin 14 July 1876. The Academy 12 Aug. 1876 pp. 162–3.
HENRY, John. Entered Madras army 1800; col. 51 Madras N.I. 15 March 1842 to death; L.G. 3 Aug. 1855. d. Holles st. Cavendish sq. London 17 Dec. 1860.
HENRY, Michael (son of a merchant, d. April 1840). b. Kennington, London 19 Feb. 1830; ed. at City of London sch. 1840–44; assisted in editing Mechanics’ Mag. 1846–57; a patent agent in London 1857 to death; edited Jewish Chronicle 1868 to death; founded General Benevolent Assoc. 1847, hon. sec. to death; hon. sec. Stepney Jewish schools to death; A.I.C.E.; author of The Inventor’s almanac 1858; A defence of the present patent laws 1866; his clothes caught fire when he was in his office 68 Fleet St., d. from the burns at 6 Argyle sq. Euston sq. London 16 June 1875. bur. Willesden cemet. 21 June. Jewish Chronicle 25 June 1875 pp. 205–6; Times 18 June 1875 p. 13, 19 June p. 7.
HENRY, Sir Thomas (eld. son of David Henry of Stephens green, Dublin, government contractor). b. Dublin 1807; ed. at Von Feinaigles sch. and at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827; barrister M.T. 23 Jany. 1829; magistrate at Lambeth st. police court near Whitechapel, April 1840, removed to Bow st. 1846, chief mag. at Bow st. 6 July 1864 to death; knighted at Windsor castle 30 Nov. 1864. d. 23 Hanover sq. London 16 June 1876. I.L.N. 14 March 1846 p. 172, portrait, 24 June 1876 p. 623, 1 July pp. 3, 4, portrait; Graphic, xiii, 614, 628 (1876), portrait.
HENRY, Walter. b. Donegal, Ireland 1 Jany. 1791; ed. Trin. coll. Dublin; hospital assistant in 66 foot April 1811, served in the Peninsula to 1814, in Nepaulese war 1816–7, in St. Helena 1817–21, prepared bulletin of post mortem appearance of body of Napoleon; in Canada 1827–41; staff surgeon 1839, inspector general of hospitals in Canada 1852, retired 1856; wrote in periodicals under pseudonyms of Miles, Piscator, and Scrutator; author of Trifles from my Portfolio, or recollections of 29 years military service, By a Staff Surgeon. Quebec 2 vols. 1839; Events of a military life 2 vols. 1843. d. Belleville, Upper Canada 27 June 1860. Morgan’s Bibl. Canadensis (1867) 182–3.
HENRY, William Alexander. b. Halifax, Nova Scotia 30 Dec. 1816; barrister N.S. Nov. 1840; Q.C. 1849; member of Nova Scotia Assembly 1840 for many years; mayor of Halifax; solicitor general 3 times; provincial secretary and attorney general; puisne judge of supreme court of Canada, Oct. 1875 to death. d. Ottawa 3 May 1888.
HENSLOW, Rev. John Stevens (1 son of John Prentis Henslow, solicitor, Enfield, d. 1854). b. Rochester, Kent 6 Feb. 1796; ed. at free gram. sch. Rochester and St. John’s coll. Cam., 16 wr. 1818, B.A. 1818, M.A. 1821; F.L.S. 1818; F.G.S. 1819; founded with Adam Sedgwick, the Cambridge Phil. Soc. 15 Nov. 1819; prof. of mineralogy at Cam. 1822 to March 1827; P.C. of St. Mary the Less, Cam. 1824–32; prof. of botany at Cam. June 1825 to death, his enthusiasm rendered botany popular, Darwin and others were his pupils; V. of Cholsey, Berks. 1832–7; R. of Hitcham, Suffolk 1837 to death; established study of botany in his schools; for tithe dinners substituted excursions; discovered beds of phosphatic nodules in the Suffolk Crag 1843 much used for manure; a founder of the Ipswich museum 1848; author of Catalogue of British plants 1829, 2 ed. 1835; The principles of descriptive and physiological botany 1836; An account of Roman antiquities found at Rougham, Bury St. Edmunds 1843; A dictionary of botanical terms 1856 and other books. d. Hitcham rectory house 16 May 1861, his collections divided between Ipswich, Cambridge and Kew museums. Jenyns’ Memoir of J. S. Henslow (1862), portrait; Popular Science Monthly, iii, 159–72 (1873), portrait; Longman’s Mag. June 1883 pp. 147–59.
HENSMAN, Rev. John (son of Thomas Hensman of Birmingham). b. Bedford 22 Sep. 1780; ed. at C.C. coll. Cam., 9 wr. 1801, B.A. 1801, M.A. 1804; fellow of his coll. 1801; C. to Rev. Charles Simeon at Cam. 1801; C. of Wraxall, Somerset 1803–9; C. in charge of Clifton parish ch. Bristol 1809–22; C. of Dowry chapel, Clifton 1822–30; incumb. of Trinity ch. Hotwells 1830–44; P.C. of Christ Church, Clifton 1844–7; R. of Clifton 1847 to death; St. James’ chapel, Clifton commonly known as the Hensman memorial church was consecrated Dec. 1862; hon. canon of Bristol cath. 1858; well known member of evangelical party; prime mover in building 4 churches in Clifton. d. Clifton hill 23 April 1864. Bristol Times 30 April 1864 p. 6.
HENSOM, Gravener. b. Nottingham 1785; engaged in hosiery trade and in point and bobbin net manufacture; had a practical knowledge of all kinds of looms; wandered about the coasts of England, Scotland and France discovering and exposing the tricks of the smugglers; imprisoned in Coldbath-fields prison for his connection with Luddite riots; gave evidence before parliamentary committee; author of List of 100 inventions and alterations in the stocking and lace machines 1828; Civil, political and mechanical history of the frame-work knitting and lace trades 1831 which was never finished. d. Broad st. Nottingham 15 Nov. 1852. Felkin’s History of hosiery (1867) pp. xv-xvii; Wylie’s Nottingham (1853) 234–5.
HENTY, Edward (6 son of Thomas Henty, landowner and banker, West Tarring, Sussex, who went to Tasmania 1831). b. West Tarring, Sussex 10 March 1809; emigrated to Tasmania 1831; one of the three founders of the colony of Victoria, Australia; the first settler in Portland Bay, Victoria 19 Nov. 1834 where he had a whaling station; imported pure merino sheep 1835; ploughed the first land ever turned up in Victoria 1835; went inland and took up large sheep runs; member for Normanby in legislative assembly 1856–61; held Muntham station, Victoria. d. Offington, St. Kilda road, Melbourne 14 Aug. 1878. Times 28 Sep. 1878 p. 10; Men of the Time. Victorian Series (1878) 86–8; R. Henty’s Australiana (1886) 26 etc.