{{Short description|American circus proprietor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox person | name =Henry Ringling North | image =Henry Ringling North Sarasota, Florida.jpg | caption = | birth_name =Henry Whitestone North | birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|11|12}} | birth_place =Chicago, Illinois, US | death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|10|2|1909|11|12}} | death_place =Begnins, Switzerland | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education =Yale University (1933) | employer = | occupation = | title = | height = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse =Gloria de la Feld | partner = | children = | relatives =John Ringling North, brother<br>John Nicholas Ringling, uncle | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Henry Ringling North''' (November 12, 1909 – October 2, 1993) was an American businessman, as a circus proprietor who was the vice president, treasurer, director and operations chief, while his brother, John Ringling North, was the president and chairman of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, founded by their uncles.
==Biography== He was born in Chicago and attended Yale University. North was awarded a Silver Star for his actions in the Navy during World War II where he served in the Office of Strategic Services.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47762023/henry-ringling-north-circus-owner/ |title=Henry Ringling North, circus owner, manager |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post |agency=The New York Times |page=6B |date=1993-10-03 |access-date=2020-03-31 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In the 1960s he became an Irish citizen. He was involved with two oil firms in Oklahoma. His first two marriages ended in divorce. He died on October 2, 1993, in Begnins near Geneva, Switzerland.<ref>{{cite news |first= Bruce|last= Lambert|title=Henry Ringling North, 83, Dies; Owner Who Modernized Circus |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0DE1E3BF930A35753C1A965958260 |quote= Henry Ringling North, a former owner and manager of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus founded by his uncles, died yesterday at a hospital in Switzerland. He was 83 and lived in Begnins, near Geneva. He died after a long illness, said his lawyer, Richard Cunningham. |work=New York Times |date=3 October 1983 |access-date=2008-07-22 }}</ref>
==Legacy== His son, John Ringling North II, is the former owner of the Kelly-Miller Circus.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2007/07/12/ringling-kin-hits-a-roadblock/28582471007/ | title=Ringling kin hits a roadblock }}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:North, Henry Ringling}} Category:1909 births Category:1993 deaths Category:Businesspeople from Chicago Category:Military personnel from Illinois Category:Yale University alumni Category:Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus people Category:American circus owners Category:People of the Office of Strategic Services Category:Recipients of the Silver Star Category:20th-century American businesspeople Category:Naturalised citizens of Ireland