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| Husband: | James Henty (1800-1882) | |
| Wife: | Charlotte Carter (1806-1865) | |
| Marriage | 2 May 1831 | Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Name: | James Henty | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Thomas Henty (1775-1839) | |
| Mother: | Frances Elizabeth Hopkins (1775-1848) | |
| Birth | 24 Sep 1800 | Church Farm, West Tarring, Sussex |
| Death | 12 Jan 1882 (age 81) | Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Name: | Charlotte Carter | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 17 Sep 1806 | Broadwater, Worthing, Sussex |
| Death | 5 Apr 1865 (age 58) | Victoria, Australia |
James Henty, merchant and banker, sailed for Swan River (Western Australia) in 1829 along with two brothers in the chartered “Caroline”, with stock and labourers, to establish a family sheep-breeding settlement in the new colony. But James became convinced that the poor soil made successful farming impossible. He therefore appealed through his father to the British government for permission to exchange the Swan grant for a smaller one in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). Pending a decision James transferred his capital in 1831 to Launceston where he settled with his wife Charlotte.
There he established the business of James Henty & Co, shippers to England of wool, wheat, whale oil and other merchandise. A prosperous leader of the Launceston mercantile community, promoter of free emigration, a worker for improvement of the town's shipping facilities, a founder of the grammar school and of Holy Trinity Church, shrewd, unswervingly honest, even his solidly based business could not survive the years of depression in the 1840s and he became bankrupt in 1846.
Two years later, James sailed for England with his wife and seven children. Returning in 1851 on the eve of the gold discovery, he started business in Melbourne, again as James Henty & Co. He was elected in 1853 to represent Portland in the Legislative Council, and from 1856 held a place in the Upper House until his death. A commissioner of the State Savings Bank, he became chairman in 1859; an early director of Victoria's first railway, he was later its chairman. He died in Melbourne in 1882, outliving all his brothers but the youngest, and to the last a man of strong principles, deep feelings and iron will.
Source: Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition