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HEMSLEY, ALFRED MACARTNEY, brother of Henry Morley Hemsley (qv); b. 20 Jul 1860; adm. 4 Jun 1874 (G); left Aug 1878; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1880; BA 1882; adm. solicitor Feb 1886; went out to Australia; in practice at Sydney, New South Wales, by 1894; member, New South Wales Legislative Council 1927-33; d. 12 Jul 1937.

HEMSLEY, HENRY MORLEY, son of Alexander Hemsley, Ealing, Middlesex, solicitor, and Catherine --- (1881 Census); b. 19 Feb 1859; adm. from Marlborough Coll. 24 Sep 1874 (G); left Dec 1875; adm. solicitor Apr 1883; practised in London and Ealing; d. 26 Apr 1926.

HEN, HENRY; b. ; adm. ; Min. Can. 1641.

HENCHMAN, CHARLES, brother of Humphrey Henchman (KS 1684, qv); b.; adm.; KS 1685; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1688, matr. 29 Jun 1688, aged 17, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1688 – void 1701, expiry year of grace as V. Great Budworth; BA 1692; MA 1695; ordained; Vicar of Great Budworth, Cheshire from 13 Mar 1699/1700; Vicar of Horton, Northants 22 Aug 1700-1; Master of the King’s School, Chester, by 1712; Rector of Alderley, Cheshire, from 16 May 1713; Prebendary of Chester from 20 Jan 1717/8; m. Margaret, dau. of Hamlet Woods; d. 6 Feb 1741/2.

HENCHMAN, HUMPHREY, third son of Thomas Henchman, citizen and skinner, London, and Anne, dau. of Robert Griffiths, Caernarvonshire; bapt. Barton Seagrove, Northants 22 Dec 1592; adm. ; KS 16 Jan 1608/9 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f. 219 b); Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. 18 Dec 1609; BA 1612/3; MA 1616; BD 1623; DD 1628; Fellow, Clare Hall 1616 – 1622/3 (on Freeman foundation, as founder’s kin); ordained; Precentor and Canon Residentiary of Salisbury 20 Jan 1622/3 – Oct 1660; Prebendary of Salisbury 26 Feb 1622/3 – Oct 1660; Rector of Rushton, Northants 4 May 1624-38/9; Rector of Westbury, Wilts. , 1631; Rector of Wyke Regis, Dorset 11 Jan 1638/9, and of Isle of Portland, Dorset, from 28 Oct 1639; deprived of preferments 1643, “having gone to the Army against the Parliament”; largely instrumental in arranging escape of Charles II after battle of Worcester; consecrated Bishop of Salisbury 28 Oct 1660; Lord High Almoner from 5 May 1662; Bishop of London from 15 Sep 1663; set an example to his clergy by remaining in London during the Great Plague of 1665; a close friend of George Herbert (qv); Izaak Walton recorded that “no one mentioned him without some veneration for his life and excellent learning”; m. 1630 Ellen, sister of Robert Townson (qv); d. 7 Oct 1675. DNB.

HENCHMAN, HUMPHREY, elder son of Humphrey Henchman (KS 1684, qv); b. 28 May 1715; adm. Jan 1725/6; in school list 1729; Christ Church, Oxford, subs. 30 May 1730, Canoneer Student 16 Jul 1730 – void 1733; migrated to All Souls’ Coll., Oxford; BA 1735; MA 1739; BD 1759; adm. Inner Temple 9 Jun 1733, left 1745; ordained; Rector of Littleton, Middlesex, from 20 Apr 1745; m. 17 Jul 1745 Anne Keywood, Woodstock, Oxfordshire; d. 23 Mar 1765.

HENCHMAN, HUMPHREY, son of Thomas Henchman, Fulham, Middlesex, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Howe, Abbots Langley, Herts.; grandson of Humphrey Henchman (KS 1608/9, qv); b.; adm.; KS 1684; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1687, matr. 15 Jul 1687, aged 18, Westminster Student 19 Dec 1687 - void 1704; BA 1691; MA 1694; BCL and DCL 1702; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 23 Oct 1703; one of the counsel for Dr. Sacheverell 1710; an intimate friend of Francis Atterbury (KS 1674, qv); Judge, Admiralty Court 22 Jun – 1 Dec 1714; Chancellor, Dioceses of Rochester 1714 and London 1715; Commissary of Essex and Hertfordshire; m. 22 Sep 1713 Anne, fourth dau. of Thomas Wood, Littleton, Middlesex; d. 15 Aug 1739. DNB.

HENCHMAN, JOHN, younger son of Humphrey Henchman (KS 1684, qv); b. 24 Nov 1717; adm. Jan 1725/6; left 1734; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 May 1734; BA 1738; MA (from Lincoln Coll. ) 1740; Fellow, All Souls Coll. Oxford 1740; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1745, priest 22 Dec 1745 (both Winchester), to curacy Basingstoke, Hampshire; Vicar of Deddington, Oxfordshire, from 1752; lic. to m. 1 Aug 1752 Ann, eldest dau. of William Russell, Basing, Hampshire; d. 13 May 1790.

Henderson, Sir Alan Gerald Russell, elder son of the Rev. Alexander Henderson, Rector of St. John, Canton, near Cardiff, Glamorgan, by Gertrude, daughter of Capt. Arthur Harrison, R. A., of Bournemouth, Rants; b. March 22, 1886; adm. as Q.S. (from Felsted Grammar School) Sept. 28, 1899; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1904, matric. Michaelmas 1904; B.A. 1908; appointed to the Indian Civil Service after the exam. of 1909; arrived in India Nov. 27, 1910, and served in East Bengal and Assam as Asst. Magistrate and Collector; transferred to Bengal April 1912; joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector Dec. 1915; 1. A. R. O. Jan. - March 1918; District and Sessions. Judge from May 1923; Judge of the High Court, Calcutta, 1935-46; knighted 1945; m. Dec. 12, 1922, Margaret, eldest daughter of the Rev. J. Takle, of Brahmanbaria, Eastern Bengal; d. May 17, 1963.

HENDERSON, CHARLES ROBERT, son of Thomas Henderson (qv); b. 9 Jun 1841; at Felsted Sch. 1853-4; adm. Jan 1855; QS 1856; left 1859; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Dec 1859; d. at Port Perry, Ontario, Canada 22 Sep 1866.