Henty Brothers

The Henty brothers were a family of seven brothers, sons of Thomas Henty and Frances Elizabeth née Hopkins,[1] who are generally considered to be the first Europeans to establish a permanent agricultural settlement in Victoria, Australia.[2] The brothers were:

  • James (1800–1882), founded James Henty and Company, merchants. He married Charlotte Carter.
  • Henry (1833–1912), took over his father's company, inherited uncle Francis's fortune
  • Herbert James (1834–1902), squandered the family fortune in his brother's absence[3]
  • Thomas (1836–1887), grazier and, briefly, MLC for Southern Province
  • Frances Charlotte (1838–1925) who married James Balfour, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council.
  • Charles (1807–1864), banker and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
  • William (1808–1881), solicitor, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for Tamar, and colonial secretary in the Weston cabinet
  • Edward (1810–1878), pioneer, first permanent land based[5] settler in Victoria, Australia taking up property in 1934.[5]
  • Stephen George (1811–1872), member of the legislative council of Victoria, 1856–1870
    • Richmond (1837-1904), author
    • Walter Thomas (1856–1917), farmer at Hamilton
  • John (1813–1869), pastoralist in Victoria
  • Francis (1815–1889), farmer and grazier

References
  1. Bassett, Marnie. "Henty, Thomas (1775–1839)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. Wurm, Stephen Adolphe; Mühlhäusler, Peter; Tyron, Darrell T, eds. (1996). Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific. Mouton de Gruyter. p. 59. ISBN 9783110134179.
  3. O'Neill, Sally (1972). "Henty, Herbert James (1834–1902)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  4. Chapman, R. J. K. (1996). "Henty, Sir Norman Henry Denham (1903 - 1978)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
  5. "The Henty Brothers - Early Victorian settlers". www.wilmap.com.au. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.