Spouse(s) Annie Wood Role Politician | Name John Henry Died October 30, 1896 | |
Born September 30, 1824 ( 1824-09-30 ) Manchester, United Kingdom | ||
John Snowdon Henry (30 September 1824 – 30 October 1896) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician.
He was the eldest son of Alexander Henry, founder of A & S Henry & Co, a Manchester-based firm of cotton merchants and Conservative member of parliament for South Lancashire from 1847 to 1852. His younger brother was Mitchell Henry who was to become a Liberal Party parliamentarian. He married Annie Wood of County Durham, and they had two daughters.
A resident of Crumpsall, near Manchester, in 1865 Henry purchased East Dene, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, the childhood home of the poet Algernon Charles Swinburne.
Political career
At the 1868 general election, Henry was selected by the Conservatives to contest the newly created South-Eastern Division of Lancashire, which would return two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons. He was elected along with his party colleague, Algernon Egerton. He held the seat until the 1874 general election, when he did not seek re-election.
Henry died at East Dene in October 1896, aged 72.