Henry James Carpenter
1849 - 24th Dec 1899
Astronomical Observer at the Durham University Observatory1
Life History
1849 |
Born in Bromley, Kent |
5th Feb 1850 |
Baptised in Bromley, Kent |
1851 |
Resident in Bromley, Kent |
between 1861 and 1871 |
Resident in Greenwich, London / Kent |
1877 |
Occupation Astromical Assistant for Lord Linsay at Leatherhead Surrey |
1881 |
Occupation Astronomer at the Dun Echt Observatory, Edinburgh |
1881 |
Resident in Observatory House Dun Echt, Aberdeenshire |
between 1885 and 1900 |
Occupation Astronomical Observer at the Durham University Observatory.1 |
between 1885 and 1900 |
Resident in Durham, County Durham |
1888 |
Married Anne Jane RIPPINGTON in Headington Registration District, Oxford, Oxfordshire Name: Anne Rippington to Henry James Carpenter Year of Registration: 1888 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: Headington County: Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire Volume: 3a Page: 1192 |
1889 |
Birth of daughter Alice Marcia CARPENTER in Durham, County Durham |
1892 |
Birth of daughter Vera Rippington CARPENTER in Durham, County Durham |
1895 |
Birth of son Leslie Richard S CARPENTER in Durham, County Durham |
1899 |
Buried in Kidlington, Oxfordshire |
24th Dec 1899 |
Died in Woodstock, Oxfordshire |
Notes
- Name: Henry James Carpenter
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Year of Registration: 1899
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 49
District: Woodstock
County: Oxfordshire
Volume: 3a
Page: 578
- Henry James Carpenter MSc was born in Bromley Kent in 1849.
He had a professional career at the Greenwich Observatory and started at the age of 16, then he moved on to Lord Crawford private observatory at Dun Echt Aberdeenshire.
He was also Astromical Assistant for Lord Linsay at Leatherhead Surrey aound 1877.
[Ref: James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford (formerly Lord Lindsay)]
He then decided to move to Oxford Observatory when he computed the transit of Venus.
In 1885 he was appointed to Durham Observatory which he held the post for 14 years.
In 1899 he retired.
Henry was given a degree in science by Durham University and was succeeded by his son Mr H J Carpenter (tbc).
He was a staunch Conservative supporter of the 'old' school and believed in conscription, as quoted by the local newspaper.
He was an active member of the Durham Parliamentary Debating Society and under the Conservative Administration held the post of Minister of War.
In addition was a keen sportsman with a rod and gun.
He was twice married ... at the time of his death on Christmas Eve in 1899 left a widow, six sons, and two daughters.
One his sons was engaged in the Boar War.
He was buried in Kidlington, Oxford cemetery.
Précis from a newspaper cutting, possibly the Oxford Times. - 'The mourners were, Mr H C Carpenter, Mr C E Carpenter, also Mr R and Mr W Rippington both brothers in law.'
Was at St. Oswold Durham Observatory at the 1891 Census, christened 5th Feb 1850 in Bromley Kent.
Durham University records show that Henry took his 2 children to Durham with him in 1885 as his wife died 6 years earlier.
- Name: Henry James Carpenter
Year of Registration: 1849
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Bromley
County: Greater London, Kent
Volume: 5
Page: 52
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