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, 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.

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.

Henderson, Cyril McClelland, son of William Hope Henderson PhD MIMinE, of Chelsea, and Else Marguerite, d. of Col. August Haag of Bienne, Switzerland; b. 5 Oct. 1918; adm. Sept. 1932 (R); left July 1936; City & Guilds Inst., BSc 1939; RAFVR 1939-45 (Flt Lieut. Tech. Branch); MIT USA, MCP 1945; Littauer Fellow Harvard Univ.; a city planner and manager in Tennes­see, California, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Ontario; m. 29 June 1950 Helen Margaret, d. of Merrill Des Brisay QC, of Toronto; d. 14 Oct. 1978.

HENDERSON, GEORGE BY, sixth son of Charles Cooper Henderson, Lower Halliford, Middlesex, artist, and Charlotte, second dau. of Charles William By; b. 22 Oct 1845; adm. 21 Jan 1858 (James'); left Christmas 1862; bequeathed £100 to Elizabethan Club; d. 19 Mar 1909.

HENDERSON, HENRY COOPER, brother of George By Henderson (qv); b. 17 Apr 1848; adm. 21 Jan 1858 (James'); left Aug 1858; presented silver-gilt cup to School in memory of his brother George By Henderson (qv), and £200 to provide an annual prize for winner of cup; d. unm. 18 May 1913.

Henderson, Henry Ludwig, son of Henry William Henderson, of West Kensington, by Louisa Augusta, daughter of Ludwig Schneider, of Melsungen bei Cassel, Germany; b. July 4, 1880; adm. from Highgate School as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 27, 1894 (A); Mure Scholar 1896; Capt. of the School 1898; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1899, matric. Michaelmas 1899; mentioned in exam. for the Hertford scholarship 1900 and 1901; 1st class Classical Mods. 1901; 1st class Lit. Hum. 1903; Craven Scholar 1901; Chancellor's Prize for Latin Verse 1902, Gaisford Prize for Greek Verse 1903; Chancellor's Latin Essay Prize 1906; B.A. 1903; M.A. 1906; First Division Clerk in the Admiralty (Secretary's Dept.) 1904-5; Fellow and Lecturer of New Coll. Oxon. 1905, Tutor 1910; Sub-Warden 1913-4, and Dean 1919-34; temp. 2nd Lieut. 12th Batt. Wares Regt. June 14, 1915; Lieut. 1st Garr. Batt. Devonshire Regt. Jan. 25, 1915; served in Egypt Oct. 1915 - June 1916, in the Censorship Dept. of the War Office July 1916 - Jan. 1917, and as Censor at Singapore March 1917 - Feb. 1919; demob. in April 1919, and subsequently granted the rank of Capt.; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1920; served in Postal Censorship 1939-40; personal asst. to Deputy Secretary Admiralty, 1942-5; d. 1963.

Henderson, Peter Berrie, eldest son of John Henderson, by Jane Baird Adam, of Greenock, Renfrewshire; b. Feb. 3, 1875; adm. Jan. 13, 1887 (G); Q.S. Sept. 25, 1888; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1893, matric. Oct. 1893; B.A. 1897; adm. a solicitor Feb. 1901, practised in London; served as a Gunner (Anti-Aircraft) in the R. N. V. R. 1914-6; m. June 10, 1911, Sylvia, daughter of Thomas Bennett; d. Aug. 7, 1958.

Henderson, Robert Hallam, son of James Murray Henderson, cost accountant, of Croydon, and Nellie, d. of George Anker of Carlton, Notts; b. 3 Jan. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (KS); killed in a mountaineering accident in the French Alps 5 Aug. 1937.