The Hon Harold Greenwood Henderson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Henderson

Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Harold Greenwood Henderson CVO (29 October 1875 – 1 November 1922), was a British Conservative politician.

Born in Brentford, Henderson was the eldest son of Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon of Buscot Park in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), and his wife Jane Ellen (née Davis). He served in the Royal Berkshire Regiment of the British Army, and later joined the Territorial Army in the Berkshire Yeomanry. He sat as Member of Parliament for Abingdon from 1910 to 1916. Henderson resigned his seat on his appointment as military secretary to the Duke of Devonshire who was to become Governor General of Canada in November 1916.

Henderson married Lady Violet Charlotte, daughter of Robert Dalzell, 11th Earl of Carnwath, in 1901. They lived at Kitmore House at Shellingford in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He died in November 1922, aged 47 in Faringdon, twelve years before the death of his father. He had four children and his eldest son, Alexander Gavin, succeeded in the barony in 1934.

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<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Lieutenant-Colonel" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant-Colonel">Lieutenant-Colonel</a> the Hon. Harold Greenwood Henderson, <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Royal Victorian Order" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Order">CVO</a> (29 October 1875 – 1 November 1922), was a British <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Conservative Party (UK)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)">Conservative</a> politician.</p>kground: none;" title="Brentford" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentford">Brentford</a>, Henderson was the eldest son of <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Henderson,_1st_Baron_Faringdon">Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon</a> of <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Buscot Park" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buscot_Park">Buscot Park</a> in <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Berkshire" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkshire">Berkshire</a> (now <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Oxfordshire" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a>), and his wife Jane Ellen (née Davis). He was commissioned a <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Second lieutenant" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_lieutenant">second lieutenant</a> in the 3rd (<a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Militia (United Kingdom)" href="[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia_%28United_Kingdom%29">Militia</a> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia_(United_Kingdom)">Militia</a>]) Battalion of the <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color:#0b0080; background: none;" title="Royal Berkshire Regiment" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Berkshire_Regiment">Royal Berkshire Regiment</a> on 3 March 1894.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;"><a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Henderson#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> He transferred to active service in the <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="British Army" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army">British Army</a> when he was appointed a second lieutenant in the <a class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="1st Life Guards" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Life_Guards">1st Life Guards</a> on 3 February 1897, and was promoted to <a style="text-decoration-line: none;color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Ma...)">lieutenant</a> on 2 April 1898. With a detachment from his regiment, he served in the <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Second Boer War" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War">Second Boer War</a> in South Africa 1899–1900, and received the <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Queen's South Africa Medal" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_South_Africa_Medal">Queen's South Africa Medal</a> (with two clasps).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;"><a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Henderson#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> After his return, he was on 6 September 1902 promoted to <a class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Captain (BARM)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_(BARM)">captain</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;"><a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Henderson#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> and appointed <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Adjutant" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjutant">adjutant</a> of the regiment.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;"><a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Henderson#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> After he resigned from the army, he received an appointment with the <a class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Territorial Army (United Kingdom)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_Army_(United_Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a> in the <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Berkshire Yeomanry" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkshire_Yeomanry">Berkshire Yeomanry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space:nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;"><a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Henderson#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup></p>gin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">He sat as <a class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Member of Parliament" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_of_Parliament">Member of Parliament</a> for <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Abingdon (UK Parliament constituency)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abingdon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)">Abingdon</a> from 1910 to 1916. Henderson <a class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Steward of the Manor of Northstead" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steward_of_the_Manor_of_Northstead">resigned his seat</a> on his appointment as military secretary to the <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Cavendish,_9th_Duke_of_Devonshire">Duke of Devonshire</a> who was to become <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Governor General of Canada" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_General_of_Canada">Governor General of Canada</a> in November 1916.<sup id="cite_ref-Times41259_6-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;"><a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Henderson#cite_note-Times41259-6">[6]</a></sup></p>alzell, daughter of <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Robert Dalzell, 11th Earl of Carnwath" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dalzell,_11th_Earl_of_Carnwath">Robert Dalzell, 11th Earl of Carnwath</a>, in 1901. They lived at Kitemore House at <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Shellingford" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellingford">Shellingford</a> in <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Berkshire" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkshire">Berkshire</a> (now <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Oxfordshire" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-rbhsh_7-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px;"><a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Henderson#cite_note-rbhsh-7">[7]</a></sup> He died in November 1922, aged 47 in <a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Faringdon" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faringdon">Faringdon</a>, twelve years before the death of his father. He had four children and his eldest son, <a class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #0b0080; background: none;" title="Alexander Henderson, 2nd Baron Faringdon" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Henderson,_2nd_Baron_Faringdon">Alexander Gavin</a>, succeeded in the barony in 1934.</p>