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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.

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, JOHN, son of Andrew Henderson, bookseller and miscellaneous writer, and Sarah Radford; b. 1759; adm. 4 Jul 1770; left Dec 1770; entered Royal Navy 1776; acting Purser, HMS Nautilus, 27 Apr 1779, confirmed 19 Oct 1780; served on board HMS Alfred in West Indies 1780-2; Secretary to Adm. Sir Alexander Hood (Lord Bridport); present at battle off Ushant 1 Jun 1794; Paymaster of Ordnance, Woolwich, to retirement 1821; m. 1784 Elizabeth, dau. of George Ludewig, Surveyor of Customs, Deal, Kent; d. 17 Apr 1849.

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, Randall Walter, brother of Peter Berrie Henderson (q.v.); b. June 8, 1877; adm. June 14, 1892; left July 1894; served in France in Great War I; Capt. 9th Batt. London Regt. (T.F.) Nov. 16, 1914; invalided May 13, 1918; m. Feb. 13, 1917, Annie Maude, daughter of Jonas Smith, of Shepreth, Cambs; d. Oct. 31, 1953