Harold Greenwood Henderson,

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(29 October 1875 – 1 November 1922), was a British Conservative politician.

Early life

Born in

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings whi ...

, Henderson was the eldest son of Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon of Buscot Park in

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(now

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), and his wife Jane Ellen (née Davis). He was commissioned a

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in the 3rd ( Militia) Battalion of the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 3 March 1894. He transferred to active service in the British Army when he was appointed a second lieutenant in the

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on 3 February 1897, and was promoted to lieutenant on 2 April 1898. With a detachment from his regiment, he served in the Second Boer War in South Africa 1899–1900, and received the Queen's South Africa Medal (with two clasps). After his return, he was on 6 September 1902 promoted to

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, and appointed

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of the regiment. After he resigned from the army, he received an appointment with the Territorial Army in the Berkshire Yeomanry.

Political career

He sat as Member of Parliament for Abingdon from 1910 to 1916. Henderson resigned his seat on his appointment as military secretary to the

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who was to become Governor General of Canada in November 1916.

Personal life

Henderson married Lady Violet Charlotte Dalzell, daughter of Robert Dalzell, 11th Earl of Carnwath, in 1901. They lived at Kitemore House at Shellingford in

(now

). He died in November 1922, aged 47 in Faringdon, twelve years before the death of his father. He had four children and his eldest son, Alexander Gavin, succeeded in the barony in 1934. He was on the governing body of

Abingdon School Abingdon School is a day and boarding independent school for boys in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. The twentieth oldest independent British school, it celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2006. The school was described as "highly ...

from 1910 to 1916.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Henderson, Harold 1875 births 1922 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Royal Berkshire Regiment officers Heirs apparent who never acceded People from Brentford People from Faringdon People from Vale of White Horse (district) UK MPs 1910–1918 Berkshire Yeomanry officers Military personnel from London British Army personnel of the Second Boer War British Life Guards officers Governors of Abingdon School