Stephen Henty

Stephen George Henty (3 November 1811 – 18 December 1872)[1] was a farmer and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.[1]

Henty was born in West Tarring, Sussex, England,[1] the son of Thomas Henty (1775–1839) and Frances Elizabeth, née Hopkins.[2]

Henty arrived at the Swan River settlement with brothers James and John in 1829.[2] In 1836 Stephen settled in Portland.[2]

In November 1856, Henty was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Western Province,[1] a position he held until November 1870.[1] For much of the period of Henty's Council membership, he and his family lived at Findon[2] a mansion he built in Kew[3] Melbourne.

Family

Stephen George Henty married Barbara Whilemena Bayntun–Sandys (1806–1891), daughter of Sir Edwin Bayntun–Sandys, Bart.[4] Their children include:

  • Richmond Henty (August 1837 – April 1904) was born in Portland, Victoria, and is reckoned either the first[5] or second[6] white child born in Victoria. Richmond married his cousin Agnes Barbara Reed (c. 1837 – 9 September 1895), granddaughter of Sir E. Bayntun–Sandys;[7] they had three sons and one daughter:
  • Ernest George Henty MLC (17 September 1862 – 25 June 1895) married Katie Cobham on 12 June 1890
  • Eulalie Henty ( – ) married Lieut. R. C. Ferrers Creer, RAN, on 15 June 1917[8] (divorced 1925).[9] Their elder daughter Deirdre Henty-Creer (1918–2012) was a successful artist,[10] while their son Henty Henty-Creer commanded one of the three midget submarines that attacked the German battleship Tirpitz in World War II.[11]
  • Eveline Henty married Capt. E. C. Starker in August 1888
  • Percival Edward Henty (c. 1867 – 26 March 1889)

See also

References
  1. "Henty, Stephen George". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
  2. Bassett, Marnie. "Henty, Stephen George (1811–1872)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 7 August 2014 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  3. "Henry "Money" Miller".
  4. "Family Notices". The Argus (13, 929). Melbourne. 14 February 1891. p. 1. Retrieved 25 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Obituary". Portland Guardian. LXII (5263). Victoria, Australia. 27 April 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 26 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia. This and other, later, publications also asserted that his mother was still alive.
  6. "The Beginning of Farming in Victoria". The Daily Telegraph (Launceston). XXXIV (107). Tasmania, Australia. 6 May 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 25 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Family Notices". The Argus (15, 393). Melbourne. 30 October 1895. p. 1. Retrieved 25 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "WEDDINGS". The Sun (744). New South Wales, Australia. 1 July 1917. p. 13. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "OMEO CLERGYMAN'S DRAMATIC ARREST—Sec story Page 17". Truth (1987). Sydney. 5 February 1928. p. 1. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Intimate Jottings". The Australian Women's Weekly. 17 (32). 14 January 1950. p. 19. Retrieved 25 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "SA Women In 5,000-Mile Search". The Advertiser. 94 (29, 059). Adelaide. 29 November 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 25 August 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
Victorian Legislative Council
New district Member for Western Province
November 1856 – November 1870
With: Charles Vaughan 1856–64
Charles Sladen 1864–68
Robert Simson 1868–70
James Palmer 1856–70
Thomas McKellar 1870
Andrew Cruikshank 1856–58
Henry Miller 1858–66
James Strachan 1866–70
Daniel Tierney 1856–59
Niel Black 1859–70		 Succeeded by
William Skene
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