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John Henderson 1747-1785 |
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Born: 1747 and died 1785.
Son of:
not known.
Brother of:
1. Not known.
John married: Jane
Figgins.
John and Jane had issue:
1. Harriet
Moore nee Henderson (1779-1866).
2. No other daughters. Did he have
any sons?
John Henderson: An Overview
We know about John from:
1. The book "Records of the Carrick Moore Family" by George
Heath, 1912.
2. A number of his portraits in the National
Portrait Gallery, London.
John Henderson know as "Bath Roscius" a rival and successor
to Garrick, was of Scottish extraction and born in 1747. He
acted the parts of Macbeth, Hamlet, Falstaff and many others.
While at Bath, he received only one guinea a week, but later achieved
a high reputation. He was mainly instrumental in popularising
that famous ballad "John Gilpin".
By his will he left £40 per annum to his mother. A portion
for the education of his only daughter Harriet, afterwards Mrs James
Moore. Balance to his widow. A set of books and 1st
editions of Shakespeare to his Exors.
Henderson died of fever at the early age of 38, in 1785, and was
buried close to Garrick in Poet's Corner.
His granddaughter Julia presented to the National Portrait Gallery in
1895, the portrait of her grandfather, which had been "painted
by his friend Thomas Gainsborough RA".
There appears to be a number of portraits of John Henderson. There are six versions in the National Portrait Gallery London and one in the Victoria & Albert Museum London.
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