Name Henry Clinton | Education Westminster School | |
Died October 24, 1852, Welwyn, United Kingdom Books Fasti romani, Fasti hellenici, An Epitome of the Civil and Liter, Fasti Romani : the civil a | ||
Henry Fynes Clinton (14 January 1781 – 24 October 1852) was an English classical scholar, chronologist and Member of Parliament.
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Life
He was born in Gamston, Nottinghamshire, the eldest son of Rev. Charles Fynes, prebendary of Westminster and perpetual curate of St. Margaret’s, Westminster. For some generations his family bore the name of Fynes, but his father resumed the older family name of Clinton in 1821. Henry was educated at Southwell Grammar School, Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he studied classical literature and history. He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1808 to study law.
From 1806 to 1826 he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Aldborough.
He died at Welwyn, Herts, where he had purchased the residence and estate of the poet Edward Young. He had married twice; firstly Harriott, the daughter of Rev. Charles Wylde of Nottingham and secondly Katherine, the daughter of Rt. Rev. Henry William Majendie, Bishop of Bangor. They had 2 sons who predeceased their father and 9 daughters.
Works
His reading was methodical (see his Literary Remains). His Fasti, on classical chronology, has required correction on the basis of later research.
His major works are:
In 1851 and 1853 respectively he published epitomes of the above. The Literary Remains of H. F. Clinton (the first part of which contains an autobiography written in 1818) were edited by Clinton James Fynes Clinton in 1854.