John Henry (1 September 1834 – 14 September 1912) was an Australian politician, member of the

Tasmanian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Tasmanian Legislative Council, Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House, Hobart, Parliament Hou ...

and

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. Henry was born in

Lerwick Lerwick ( or ; ; ) is the main town and port of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland. Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick had a population of about 7,000 residents in 2010. It is the northernmost major settlement within the United Kingdom. Centred ...

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, Scotland, the third of seven sons of John Henderson Henry, a merchant, and his wife Christina, ''née'' Henderson. Henry migrated to

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with his father and three brothers in May 1854. Henry was for a number of years Warden of the Mersey Marine Board. Henry was returned to the House of Assembly for

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on 22 May 1891 and after that seat was abolished, was returned for Devonport on 8 January 1897. In August 1892 he accepted office as Treasurer in the

Henry Dobson Henry Dobson (24 December 1841 – 10 October 1918) was an Australian politician, who served as a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly and later of the Australian Senate. He was the 17th Premier of Tasmania from 17 August 1892 to 14 Ap ...

ministry. He was a director of the Mount Lyell Prospecting Association from 1885. Henry was a member of the

Tasmanian Legislative Council The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. It is one of the two Chambers of parliament, chambers of the Parliament, the other being the Tasmanian House of Assembly, House of Assembly. Both ho ...

for

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from 16 August 1901 until resigning on 18 July 1902. He was appointed CMG in the

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. Henry died on 14 September 1912 at

Devonport, Tasmania Devonport ( ; Aboriginal Tasmanians#North, pirinilaplu/palawa kani: ''Limilinaturi'') is a port city situated at the mouth of the Mersey River (Australia), Mersey River on the North West Tasmania, north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. Positi ...

; he was survived by his wife, three sons and three daughters. Their second daughter Emily Henry (c. 1869 – 22 September 1930) married cricketer

John Savigny John Horatio Savigny (25 August 1867 – 11 February 1923) was an Australian cricketer. He played thirteen first-class matches for Tasmania between 1888 and 1911. Savigny's father William Henry Savigny was headmaster of the Launceston Chu ...

on 6 April 1891.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Henry, John 1834 births 1912 deaths People from Lerwick Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia Colony of Tasmania people Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council Treasurers of Tasmania