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 by his Journey through India, from Calcutta to Bombay, with Notes upon Ceylon, and a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces : he died in a swimming-bath at Trichinopoly on April 3, 1826, from the bursting of a blood-vessel. His hymns, 57 in all, were published in the Christian Observer from 1811 : his poetical works in 1812 : his Bampton Lectures, Life of Jeremy Taylor, and volumes of sermons were also published. A kneeling statue of Heber is in St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta : other monuments were erected to his memory in India.

HENCKELL, TILMAN ( ? - ? )

Notable as a great local administrator in India in the latter part of the 18th century : specially connected with the district of Jessore, in Bengal : was appointed Judge and Magistrate of Jessore in 1781, with Mr. Richard Roche as his assistant. A man of great ability, who made the real good of the natives of his district his chief aim, not, like most others, considering only the commercial interests of the Company : carried out many reforms in Jessore : remodelled the police force : defended the people against the oppression of subordinate officers : the first to develop the Sundarbans, and to originate the plan for reclaiming them by granting plots of land to persons undertaking to bring them under cultivation. About 1782 or 1783 he established three "ganjes" in places where clearings had been made in the jungle : one was named after him—Henckellganj : made Collector of Jessore in 1786 : helped to bring about the "Permanent Settlement" of Bengal by the information he was able to give to Cornwallis when making inquiry into the land revenue of the Presidency : when the Settlement was made, 1789, Henckell had left Jessore to become Collector, Judge, and Magistrate of Rajshahi : was succeeded by Richard Roche : the rule of these two men covers the period 1781–93, when Lord Cornwallis' reforms were completed.

HENDERSON, JOHN (1780–1867)

Born 1780 : son of Robert Henderson : was a drysalter in Glasgow and an East India merchant in London. For many years he spent about £3o,ooo annually on religious and charitable purposes : one of his principal aims was the promotion of mission work in India : he died May 1, 1867.

HENDERSON, PHILIP DURHAM (1840–)

Maj-General : born Aug. 19, 1840 : son of General R. Henderson, R.E. : educated privately : joined Madras Cavalry, 1857 : Under Secretary to the Foreign Department of the Government of India, 1872 : on special duty in Kashmir, 1874 : Superintendent of operations for suppression of Thagi and Dakaiti, 1878 : Resident in Mysore, 1892 : left India, 1895 : C.S.I., 1876, for his services in attendance on H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on his visit to India, 1875–6.

HENDLEY, THOMAS HOLBEIN (1847–)

Educated privately and at St. Bartholomew's Hospital : joined the Indian Medical Service : was employed for 27 years under the Foreign Department in India, as Residency Surgeon in the Jaipur States : Inspr-General of Hospitals, Bengal, 1898–1903 : retired, 1903 : Chairman Executive Committee, Jaipur Exhibition, 1883 : C.I.E., 1891. Author of several works on Indian Art, Rulers of India and Chiefs of Rajputana, 1897; Medico-Topographical Histories of Jaipur and Rajputana, etc.

HENLEY, SAMUEL (1740–1815)

A clergyman and professor in America before the Independence : came to England : was a teacher at Harrow School, then a curate : Rector of Rendlesham in Suffolk : in 1805 was made the first Principal of the East India College at Hertford, and at Hertford Heath, and D.D. : resigned his appointment, Jan. 1815 : wrote poems : paid much attention to literary matters : was author of theological, classical and archaeological treatises : F.S.A. : died Dec. 29, 1815.

HENNESSY, SIR GEORGE ROBERTSON (1837–1905)

Born April 22, 1837 : son of Maj-General John Hennessy, Bengal Army : entered the 34th Bengal N.l. 1854 : served with 93rd Highlanders in the Indian mutiny : present at Maharajganj, Alambagh and the relief of Lucknow by Sir