Alice Marcia CARPENTER Vera Rippington CARPENTER Leslie Richard S CARPENTER Anne Jane RIPPINGTON Mini tree diagram
Henry James Carpenter

Henry James Carpenter

Henry James CARPENTER2,3

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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