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HENDERSON, THOMAS, third son of Francis Henderson, Streatham, Surrey, and Elizabeth Child; nephew of John Henderson (qv); b.; adm. 24 Sep 1811; KS (aged 14) 1815; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1820, matr. 12 May 1820, Westminster Student (still 1829); ordained deacon 1824, priest 1825; Vicar of Messing, Essex, from 4 Jan 1828; Rector of Colne Wake, Essex 11 Mar 1831-46; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 25 Nov 1842; m. 19 Jul 1832 Frances, eldest dau. of Rev. Charles Dalton, Vicar of Kelvedon, Essex; d. 4 Aug 1861.

HENDERSON, WALTER GRIMSTONE, son of Thomas Henderson (qv); b. 14 May 1833; adm. 29 Jan 1847 (Rigaud's); QS 1847; left 1851; emigrated to Australia; d. unm. there.

Henderson-Roe, Peter Gordon, son of Maj. Jack Brewster Henderson-Roe RASC, of Cook Island, NZ, and Marjorie Blyth, d. of William Marshall Robertson Rhodes of Rio de Janeiro; b. 15 June 1918; adm. May 1932 (R); left Dec. 1934; Petty Officer RN in WW2.

Henderson-Scott, Archibald Malcolm, son of Charles Henderson-Scott, F.J.I., of Streatham, barrister-at-law, by his second wife, Minna, youngest daughter of Richard Jones, of Hastings, Sussex; b. Jan. 16, 1882; adm. Jan. 18, 1894 (A); left May 1899; Exeter Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1899; M.A., B.C.L. 1903; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Jan. 26, 1905; 2nd Lieut. Inniskilling Fusiliers June 3, 1905; Lieut. March 4, 1907; Capt. Oct. 12, 1914; Brevet Major Jan. 1, 1916; temp. Lieut.-Col. and A.A.G. July 23, 1916; mentioned in des­patches L.G: Jan. 1, 1916; Brevet Lieut.-Col.; C.B.E. 1920; retired 1922; a farmer in the Argentine; returned to England 1959; m. 1917, Grace Kathleen, daughter of George Mackern, M.D., of Buenos Aires; d. 1967.

Henderson-Scott, Walter Maxwell, brother of Archibald Malcolm Henderson-Scott (q.v.); b. June 11, 1885; adm. Jan. 19, 1899 (A); left Easter 1903; Royal School of Mines, scholar 1907; Mining Institute Prize 1907; M. l. M. M.; a manager of mines in Canada, and in U. S. A.; secretary, Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau, 1919-25; principal officer, Mineral Resources Dept. Imperial Institute, from 1925; served in France in Great War I; temp. Capt. 16th Batt. London Regt. March 4, 1915; temp. Major April 3, 1918; Asst. Provost-Marshal; m. Feb. 15, 1916, Marjorie, only daughter of Ernest Augustus de Paiva, of Ealham; d. Dec. 6, 1959.

Hendy, Sir Philip Anstiss, son of Frederick James Robert Hendy, Principal of Isleworth Training Coll., by Caroline Isabelle, eldest daughter of A. W. Potts, Head Master of Fettes Coll., Edinburgh; b. Sept. 28, 1900; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1914; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. (with Triplett) July 1919, matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1923; M.A. 1937; Asst., Wallace Collection, 1923-7; Curator of Paintings, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, U. S. A., 1930-3; Director of City Art Gallery, Leeds, 1934-45; Slade Professor of Fine Art, Oxford, 1936-46; Director of the National Gallery since 1945; knighted 1950; author of Spanish Painting (1945) and other works; m. 1925, Kythe, daughter of Francis Ogilvy, of Guildford; d. 6 Sept. 1980.

HENLEY, ---; b.; at school in 1569, chorister (Chapter Muniments 54019); a pensioner (Widow Perryn).

HENLEY, ROBERT, 2ND EARL OF NORTHINGTON, second and only surviving son of Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington (qv); b. 3 Jan 1746/7; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1770); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Oct 1763; MA 1766; played for OWW against Old Etonians in a cricket match on Moulsey Hurst Aug 1768 (Memoirs of William Hickey, i, 100); adm. Inner Temple 8 Feb 1754; a Teller of the Exchequer from 8 Apr 1763; Clerk of the Hanaper from 28 Nov 1771; MP Hampshire 1768 – 14 Jan 1772; Grand Tour (Italy) 1771-2; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Northington 14 Jan 1772; KT 18 Aug 1773; Lord Lieut., Ireland 30 Apr 1783 – 26 Feb 1784; Privy Councillor 30 Apr 1783; LLD Cambridge 3 Jul 1769, Trinity Coll. Dublin 21 Jun 1783; FSA 6 Mar 1777; travelling in Italy for health 1785-6; d. unm. at Paris 5 Jul 1786. DNB.

HENLEY, ROBERT, 1ST EARL OF NORTHINGTON, second son of Anthony Henley MP, The Grange, Hampshire, and Mary, dau. of Hon. Peregrine Bertie; b.; adm. (aged 12) Mar 1719/20; in under school list 1721; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Nov 1724; BA 10 Mar 1728/9; MA 1733; Fellow, All Souls Coll. Oxford 8 Nov 1727 [check]; adm. Inner Temple 1 Feb 1728/9, called to bar 23 Jun 1732, tenant chambers there from 1729, Bencher 1751; inherited family estates in Hampshire and Dorset from brother 1745; MP Bath 1747 – 30 Jun 1757; KC 12 Jul 1751; Solicitor-Gen. to George III when Prince of Wales 1751-4, Attorney-Gen. to Prince of Wales 1754-6; Attorney-Gen., 6 Nov 1756 – Jun 1757; knighted 6 Nov 1756; Lord Keeper of Great Seal 30 Jun 1757 – Jan 1761; Speaker of the House of Lords Jun 1757 – Jul 1766, although not a peer until Mar 1760; Privy Counsellor 30 Jun 1757; created Baron Henley 27 Mar 1760; Lord Chancellor 16 Jan 1761 – Jul 1766; created Earl of Northington 19 May 1764; presided as Lord High Steward at trials of Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (qv), Apr 1760, and of William Byron, 5th Baron Byron (qv), May 1765; procured dismissal of Rockingham administration 1766; Lord President of the Council 30 Jul 1766 – 23 Dec 1767; DL Dorset 1757; Lord Lieut., Hampshire 20 Aug 1764 – 6 Feb 1771; m. 19 Nov 1743 Jane, dau. of Sir John Huband, Bart.; d. 14 Jan 1772. DNB.

HENLEY-ONGLEY, ROBERT, 2ND BARON ONGLEY (I), elder son of Robert Henley-Ongley, 1st Baron Ongley (I) MP, and Frances, dau. of Richard Gosfright, Langton Hall, Essex; b. 3 Oct 1771; adm. 10 May 1784; succ. father as 2nd Baron Ongley (I) 23 Oct 1785; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 29 Jun 1788; MA 1790; m. 11 Jul 1801 Frances, dau. of Maj. -Gen. Sir John Burgoyne, Bart.; d. 20 Aug 1814.