The '''Henty brothers''' were a family of seven brothers, sons of Thomas Henty and Frances Elizabeth {{nee|Hopkins}},<ref> {{Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=Marnie |last=Bassett |title=Henty, Thomas (1775–1839) |id2=henty-thomas-2179 |accessdate=8 August 2014 }}</ref> who are generally considered to be the first Europeans to establish a permanent agricultural settlement in Victoria, Australia.<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Stephen Adolphe |editor-last=Wurm |editor-first2=Peter |editor-last2=Mühlhäusler |editor-first3=Darrell T |editor-last3=Tyron |title=Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific |year=1996 |page=59 |publisher=Mouton de Gruyter |isbn=9783110134179}}</ref> The brothers were:
* James (1800–1882), founded James Henty and Company, merchants. He married Charlotte Carter. :*Henry (1833–1912), took over his father's company, inherited uncle Francis's fortune :*Herbert James (1834–1902), squandered the family fortune in his brother's absence<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=Sally |last=O'Neill |title=Henty, Herbert James (1834–1902) |id2=henty-herbert-james-3911 |year=1972 |access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref> :*Thomas (1836–1887), grazier and, briefly, MLC for Southern Province :**a grandson Sir Denham (1903–1978), Senator for Tasmania;<ref name="adb">{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Chapman|first=R. J. K.|authorlink=|year=1996|id=A140503b|title=Henty, Sir Norman Henry Denham (1903 - 1978)|accessdate=2007-12-16}}</ref> :*Frances Charlotte (1838–1925) who married James Balfour, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council. * Charles (1807–1864), banker and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly * William (1808–1881), solicitor, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for Tamar, and colonial secretary in the Weston cabinet * Edward (1810–1878), pioneer, first permanent land based<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Henty Brothers - Early Victorian settlers |url=http://www.wilmap.com.au/explorers/henty.html |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=www.wilmap.com.au}}</ref> settler in Victoria, Australia taking up property in 1834.<ref name=":0" /> * Stephen George (1811–1872), member of the legislative council of Victoria, 1856–1870 ** Richmond (1837–1904), author ** Walter Thomas (1856–1917), farmer at Hamilton * John (1813–1869), pastoralist in Victoria * Francis (1815–1889), farmer and grazier
==See also== *Political families of Australia
==Notes== {{reflist}} ==References== * Hurse, J. Lewis (1933), "Venture and Adventure: The Romantic Story of the Henty Family" **[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51832363 "'''No.1'''", ''The (Launceston) Examiner'', (Monday, 31 July 1933), p. 8.] **[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51832505 "'''No.2'''", ''The (Launceston) Examiner'', (Tuesday, 1 August 1933), p. 5.] **[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51832687 "'''No.3'''", ''The (Launceston) Examiner'', (Wednesday, 2 August 1933), p. 9.] **[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51832928 "'''No.4'''", ''The (Launceston) Examiner'', (Friday, 4 August 1933), p. 9.] **[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51833480 "'''No.5'''", ''The (Launceston) Examiner'', (Wednesday, 9 August 1933), p. 3.] **[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51833608 "'''No.6'''", ''The (Launceston) Examiner'', (Thursday, 10 August 1933), p. 10.] **[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51833951 "'''No.7'''", ''The (Launceston) Examiner'', (Monday, 14 August 1933), p. 8.] **[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51834396 "'''No.8'''", ''The (Launceston) Examiner'', (Thursday, 17 August 1933), p. 8.] **[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51834961 "'''No.9'''", ''The (Launceston) Examiner'', (Tuesday, 22 August 1933), p. 9.] **[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51835488 "'''No.10'''", ''The (Launceston) Examiner'', (Saturday, 26 August 1933), p. 9.] **[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51835787 "'''No.11'''", ''The (Launceston) Examiner'', (Tuesday, 29 August 1933), p. 8.]
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