from the Hibernia 110, bearing the flag of Lord St. Vincent, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Niobe 40, Capt. John Wentworth Loring – to which vessel, after having assisted at the capture of Le Néarque national brig, of 16 guns and 97 men, he was confirmed on 11 of the following April. On the capture of Oporto by the French in March, 1809, Mr. Henderson, who had been sent thither with despatches, and for the purpose of superintending the landing of supplies, unfortunately fell into their power. He was accordingly placed in confinement, and ultimately obliged to accompany them in their retreat as far as the vicinity of Amaranta, where, however, he succeeded, on 16 May, in effecting his escape. Having contrived to get back to Oporto, in spite of many severe difficulties and privations, he there took a passage home in the Nautilus brig, Capt. Thos. Bench; and on his arrival he was immediately appointed First of the Active 46, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon. Continuing to serve under that officer, principally in the Adriatic, until 1 Aug. 1811, Mr. Henderson, besides assisting at the capture of many of the enemy’s vessels, was present, on 13 March, 1811, in the celebrated action off Lissa, where a British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men, completely routed, after a conflict of six hours, and a loss to the Active of 4 men killed and 24 wounded, a Franco-Venetian armament, whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men. As a reward for his gallantry, which was described by Capt. Gordon in the warmest terms, Mr. Henderson had the satisfaction of being promoted to the rank of Commander by a commission ante-dated to the day of victory. Prior, however, to the receipt of the intelligence, we again, on 27 of the ensuing July, find him signalizing and recommending himself in the strongest manner to notice, by his conduct at the capture and destruction of a convoy of 28 sail, defended, in a creek in the island of Ragosniza, by 300 troops and 3 gun-vessels; on which occasion, while the boats were left to attack the enemy from without, he landed with the small-arm men and marines, stormed and carried a hill which commanded the creek, and, having put the military to flight with great loss, annihilated in a great measure the difficulties of the enterprise. When subsequently on his voyage home in the Pomone 38, Capt. Robt. Barrie, Capt. Henderson, it appears, had the misfortune to be wrecked, on a sunken rook, near the Needles Point, 14 Oct. 1811. He was next, on 3 April, 1812, appointed to the Rosario brig, from which vessel, after cruizing for some months in the Downs, and conveying the Duke of Brunswick Oels from Harwich to the Elbe, he removed, 7 June, 1813, to the Dasher sloop. In the following Oct. he accompanied the outward-bound trade to the West Indies, and during his continuance on that station he co-operated in the reduction of Guadeloupe in Aug. 1815. He attained Post-rank on 9 Oct. in the same year, but did not leave the Dasher[1] until May, 1816, and on 13 Jan. 1835, was created a K.H. Capt. Henderson’s last appointments were, 25 July, 1837, and 2 Sept. 1841, to the Edinburgh 72, and Victory 104, on the Mediterranean and Portsmouth stations; his services in the former of which ships in the operations on the coast of Syria and at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre were acknowledged by his nomination to the C.B. 18 Dec. 1840. He was superseded in the command of the Victory in Sept. 1844.
Capt. Henderson married, in June, 1817, a sister of the present Rear-Admiral Geo. Henderson, R.N.
HENDRY. (Captain, 1822. f-p., 25; h-p., 27.)
William Hendry was born 16 Aug. 1777, at Paisley, N.B.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 April, 1795, as Midshipman, on board the Alcmène 32, Capt. Wm. Brown, with whom, in the same frigate, and in the Defence 74, be served, in the North Sea and off Lisbon and Cadiz, until May, 1798. He then removed to the Ville de Paris 110, bearing the flag of Earl St. Vincent, by whom, we believe, he was appointed, in Feb. 1799, Acting-Lieutenant of the Transfer brig, Capt. Geo. Mundy, on the Mediterranean station. In the following -Aug. he rejoined Capt. Brown, as Midshipman, on board the Vanguard 74, in which ship, and in the Aurora 28, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, and Robust 74, and Hussar 38, both commanded by his friend Capt. Brown, he further served, on the Lisbon, Newfoundland, Channel, and Irish stations, until promoted, immediately on passing his examination, to a Lieutenancy, 11 July, 1801, in the Hazard sloop, Capts. Wm. Butterfield and Rich. John Neve. Joining next (after a prolonged employment of four years off the coast of Ireland and in the Channel) the Hero 74, Capt. Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, Mr. Hendy fought in that ship in Sir Rich. Strachan’s action off Ferrol 4 Nov. 1805, and was also present, 13 March, 1806, at the capture of the French 80-gun ship Marengo, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. In the course of the latter year, he was again placed under the orders of Lord St. Vincent, in the Hibernia 110; and while next attached, between Aug. 1807, and March, 1810, to the Statira 38, Capts. Robt. Howe Bromley, Chas. Worsley Boys, and Geo. Paris Monke, he attended, as First-Lieutenant, the expedition to the Walcheren (where, with the frigate-squadron under Lord Wm. Stuart, he assisted in forcing the passage between the batteries of Flushing and Cadsand), and co-operated in the reduction of Guadeloupe. From the period of his leaving the Statira until that of his advancement to the rank of Commander, 27 April, 1814, Mr. Hendy successively officiated as Senior and Flag-Lieutenant, in the West Indies and at home, on board the Blonde 38, Capt. Thos. Huskisson, Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir John Gore, and Ulysses and Argo 44’s, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Wm. Brown. Being appointed, on 19 of the ensuing July, to the Forester 18, our officer, who retained command of that vessel on the Jamaica station until Aug. 1816, had the good fortune, although four other Captains had failed in the attempt, to obtain the liberation at Santa Martha of the officers and crews belonging to some vessels which had been confiscated by the authorities of Carthagena. Capt. Hendry’s only other appointments were, 5 Jan. 1819, and 21 July, 1821, to the Rosario 10, and Doterel 18, on the St. Helena and North American stations, from the former of which he was selected to carry home, in the Heron 18, Capt. Job Hanmer, the despatches announcing the death of Napoleon Buonaparte. On the morning immediately after the decease of the unfortunate Emperor, 6 May, 1821, Capt. Hendry appears to have formed one of the three naval Captains who were admitted to view the body.[2] He attained Post-rank 19 July, 1822, and accepted the half-pay of Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
On the first opening, in 1829, of the College in Portsmouth Dockyard for the instruction of officers in subjects connected with their profession, Capt. Hendry was the Senior of those admitted. The Frolic 16, a sloop constructed by him, was launched 23 Aug. 1842.
HENN. (Lieut,, 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
Richard Henn was born in March, 1791.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 June, 1806, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Centaur 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Webley, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Sam. Hood. On 25 of the following Sept. he assisted, in company with the Mars and Monarch 74’s, at the capture, off Rochefort, of four heavy French frigates, whose complete subjugation was not effected until Sir Sam. Hood had lost an arm; and he subsequently, it appears, besides attending the expedition against Copenhagen, and witnessing the surrender of Madeira, contributed, in conjunction with the Implacable 74, to the taking, 26
