HENRY. (Lieutenant, 1823. f-p., 21; h-p., 18.)
John Henry entered the Navy, 8 June, 1808, as a Volunteer, on board the Iphigenia 36, Capt. Hen. Lambert, in which ship, after making a voyage to Quebec, he proceeded to India, where he witnessed the conquest of Ile Bourbon in July, 1810, and in the course of the following month assumed a share, as Midshipman, in a series of gallant but unfortunate operations, which, by the 28th, terminated in the self-destruction of the British frigates Sirius. bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sam. Pym, and Magicienne, the capture of the Nereide, and the surrender to a powerful French squadron of the Iphigenia herself, after incurring an individual loss of at least 5 men killed and 13 wounded, at the entrance of Port Sud-Est, Isle of France. From the date last mentioned Mr. Henry remained subject to the horrors of a loathsome captivity, until released at the subsequent reduction of the Mauritius, when he was re-appointed to the Iphigenia, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, with whom, he returned to England and was paid off in May, 1811. He then served for three years in the Baltic and Channel, part of the time as Master’s Mate, on board the Pyramus 36, Capts. Chas. Dashwood and Jas. Whitley Deans Dundas; which frigate, towards the close of 1812, brought Sir Jas. Saumarez from Gottenborg to England. Between May, 1814, and Aug. 1824, Mr. Henry was employed, on the West India, Mediterranean, Home, and African stations, in the Sultan 74, Capt. John West, Euphrates 36, Capt. Robt. Preston, Tagus 38, Capt. J. W. D. Dundas, Active 46, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, Ramillies 74, Capt. Edw. Brace, Owen Glendower 42, Commodore Sir Robt. Mends, and Driver sloop, Capt. Chas. Bowen. While in the latter vessel, of which he was confirmed a Lieutenant 22 Oct. 1823, we find him co-operating with the troops engaged in the Ashantee war. His last appointment afloat was, 6 Nov. 1828, to the Challenger 28, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, with whom he served in the East Indies, as First Lieutenant, until he returned home and was paid off 12 June, 1833.
Lieut. Henry, who has long officiated as an Emigration Agent, is now employed in that capacity at Dublin.
HENRY. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 26.)
William Henry entered the Navy, 19 Nov. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the- Neptune 98, Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, bearing the flag afterwards of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, with whom he also served for some time in the Pompée 74, and Statira 38. During the term of his attachment to the two former of those ships he assisted as Midshipman at the redaction of Martinique and the Saintes, aided on shore at the- taking of Guadeloupe, witnessed the capture of the French 74-gan ship D’Haupoult, and was at the destruction of the 44-gun frigates Loire and Seine, in L’Ance la Barque. In Feb. 1811, after having served for a short time with Sir. Fras. Laforey in the Dragon 74, Mr. Henry joined the Castor 32, Capt. Chas. Dilkes, and proceeded to the Mediterranean, where, on 23 June, 1813, he contributed, in the boats, to the cutting-out, from under the protection of a strong fort, on the coast of Catalonia, of La Fortune, French privateer, of 2 guns, 2 swivels, and 48 men – an exploit which occasioned the British a loss of 4 men killed and 9 wounded. In 1814 Mr. Henry, we find, participated in another affair of the same description. Quitting the Castor in April, 1815, he next, for short periods, joined the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, and Royal Sovereign 100; and on 13 of the following June he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Since 21 Dec. 1841 he has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.
HENSLEY. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 9; h-p., 32)
Charles Hensley entered the Navy, 31 Jan. 1806, as Third-cl. Boy, on board the Nassau 64, Capt. Robt. Campbell. After serving for some time at the blockade of the Texel, and attending, as Midshipman, the expedition to Copenhagen, he assisted, 22 March, 1808 (on the Nassau’s hardwrought extrication from a mass of ice in which she had been blocked up during the whole winter), at the. capture and destruction, when in company with the Stately 64, of the Danish 74-gun ship Prindts Chistian. Frederic – an achievement accomplished at the close of a long running fight in which the Nassau sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 16. wounded. While next attached, between Nov. 1809 and Aug. 1813, to the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley, Mr. Hensley served with great activity on the Mediterranean and Adriatic stations, contributing, during that period, to the capture, 27 Nov. 1811, of La Carceyre French frigate, pierced foe 40 but mounting only 28 guns, and the reduction,, in July, 1813, of the town of Fiumé. On leaving the Eagle he became Master’s Mate of the Union 98, Capt. Robt. Rolles, in which ship (being confirmed to her by commission dated 20. Oct. 1813) he further served in the Mediterranean until July, 1814. His last appointment was, 4 May, 1815, to the Towey 24, Capt. Hew Steuart, with whom, during a continuance of three months in, that ship, he served at Falmouth and off Havre de Grace.
HENSLOW, K.W. (Lieutenant,. 1829,)
Frederick John Francis Henslow entered the Navy 22 Aug. 1811. passed his examination in, 1819; and was made Lieutenant, 16 March, 1829, into the Java 52, flag-ship in the East Indies of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage, with whom, in 1830, he returned to England. From 19 Sept. 1833 until Oct. 1836, he commanded the Rose, Revenue-vessel; and in 1841 he was appointed one of the Naval Knights of Windsor. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.
HERBERT. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Douglas Herbert served for some time as Midshipman of the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, on the- Mediterranean station, where, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, he shared in the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, and was officially mentioned for his services.[1] Having passed his examination, 6 Oct. 1843, he was promoted, after an employment of some months, as Mate, on board the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, and Victoria and Albert steam-yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, to the rank of Lieutenant 7 Oct. 1846. He has since been on half-pay.
HERBERT. (Lieut., 1844.. f-p., 15; h-p., 1.)
Frederick Charles Herbert, born 25 Feb. 1819, at Spofforth, near Wetherby, co. York, is second son of the Hon. and Very Rev. Wm. Herbert, LL.D., Dean of Manchester, by Letitia Dorothea, second daughter of Joshua, fifth Viscount Allen; nephew of the late, and first-cousin of the present, Earl of Carnarvon; and nephew of Capt. Hon. Chas. Herbert, R.N., a gallant seaman who was accidentally drowned in 1808.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 4 Aug. 1831; and embarked, 17 Aug. 183S, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Forte 44, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, with whom, latterly as Midshipman, he served on the North America and West India station, until Aug. 1836. He then Joined the Pincher schooner, Lieut.-Commander Geo. Byng, and, after an employment of some months in that vessel on the coast of Africa, removed successively, on the Home station, to the Britannia 120, flag-ship of Lord Amelius Beauclerk, Modeste 18, Capt. Harry Eyres, and Royal Adelaide 104, bearing the flag again of Lord A. Beauclerk. His health obliging him to leave the latter ship in Aug. 1838, he remained on shore for a period of 10 months, and became an under-graduate at Trinity College, Cambridge. He re-embarked, in June, 1839, on board the Howe 120,
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2610.
