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'''Henry Kingsley''' ([[January 2]], [[1830]] – [[May 24]], [[1876]]) was an [[England|English]] [[novelist]], brother of the better known [[Charles Kingsley]].
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'''Henry Kingsley''' (2 January 1830 – 24 May 1876)<ref name=ADB>{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050039b.htm |last=Phillips |first=A.A. |date=1974 |title=[[Australian Dictionary of Biography|Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5]] |chapter=Kingsley, Henry (1830–1876) |publisher=[[Melbourne University Press]] |pages=32–33 |access-date=23 August 2009}}</ref> was an English novelist, brother of the better-known [[Charles Kingsley]]. He was an early exponent of [[muscular Christianity]] in his 1859 novel ''[[The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingTraditions/1987/st0302/st0302f.pdf |title=Muscular Christianity in the Antipodes: Some Observations on the Diffusion and Emergence of a Victorian Ideal in Australian Social Theory |first=David W. |last=Brown |date=1987 |journal=Sporting Traditions |volume=3 |number=2 |pages=173–187 |via=la84foundation.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912144227/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingTraditions/1987/st0302/st0302f.pdf |archive-date=12 September 2016}}</ref>


==Life==
He was born at [[Barnack]], [[Northamptonshire]] and educated at [[King's College London]], and [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], which he left without graduating. He emigrated to [[Australia]], arriving at [[Melbourne]] in the Gauntlet in December 1853. He became involved in gold-digging, and later joined the [[mounted police]].
Kingsley was born at [[Barnack]] Rectory, [[Northamptonshire]], the son of the Rev. Charles Kingsley the elder and Mary, ''née'' Lucas.
Charles Kingsley came of a long line of clergymen and soldiers. There were several writers in the family besides Henry and Charles, including [[Mary Kingsley]], an explorer and writer, [[Charlotte Chanter|Charlotte Kingsley Chanter]], a botanical writer and novelist, and [[George Kingsley]], a traveller and writer.


Henry Kingsley's boyhood was spent at [[Clovelly]] and [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], before attending [[King's College School]], [[King's College London]], and [[Worcester College, Oxford|Worcester College]], Oxford, which he left without graduating.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}
On his return to the [[United Kingdom|UK]] in [[1858]] he devoted himself to literature, and wrote several well-regarded [[novel]]s, including ''[[Geoffrey Hamlyn]]'' ([[1859]]), set in [[Colebrooke]], [[Devon]],and [[Australia]], ''The Hillyars and the Burtons'' ([[1865]]), ''[[Ravenshoe]]'' ([[1861]]), and ''Austin Elliot'' ([[1863]]). ''Ravenshoe'' is generally regarded as the best. In [[1869]], he went to [[Edinburgh]] to edit the ''[[Daily Review]]'', but he soon gave this up, and became [[war correspondent]] for the paper during the [[Franco-German War]].
An opportune legacy from a relation enabled him to leave Oxford free of debt and emigrate to Australia. He arrived in [[Melbourne]] in the ''Gauntlet'' in December 1853 with [[Henry Venables]].<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=Peter M. |last=Cowan |title=Venables, Henry Pares (1830–1890) |id2=venables-henry-pares-4775 |accessdate=17 October 2013}}</ref> He became involved in gold-digging, and later joined the [[mounted police]].


For some time Kingsley had little or no money and carried his [[Swag (bedroll)|swag]] from station to station. Philip Russell stated in 1887 that he employed Kingsley at his station Langa-Willi, and that ''Geoffry Hamlyn'' (1859) was begun there. Miss Rose Browne, daughter of "[[Rolf Boldrewood]]", stated it was on her father's suggestion that Kingsley began to write. Russell's story is confirmed by her further statement that her father gave Kingsley a letter to Mr Mitchell of Langa-Willi, that he stayed with Mitchell, and there wrote ''Geoffry Hamlyn''.
He died of cancer of the tongue after living the last few years of his life at [[Cuckfield]] [[Sussex]].


[[File:Kingsley obelisk.JPG|thumb|The obelisk raised over Kingsley's grave, [[Holy Trinity Church, Cuckfield|Holy Trinity Church]], [[Cuckfield]].]]
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==External link==
On his return to the UK in 1857,<ref name="dab">{{Cite web |title=Kingsley, Henry |website=Dictionary of Australian Biography |url=http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks15/1500721h/0-dict-biogI-K.html#kingsley1 |accessdate=19 October 2017}}</ref> Kingsley devoted himself to literature, and wrote several well-regarded novels, including ''Geoffry Hamlyn'', set in [[Colebrooke, Devon]], and Australia, which the late 19th-century English author [[George Gissing]] called "unliterary stuff",<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Coustillas |editor-first=Pierre |date=1978 |title=London and the Life of Literature in Late Victorian England: the Diary of George Gissing, Novelist |location=Brighton |publisher=Harvester Press |page=289}}</ref> ''The Hillyars and the Burtons'' (1865), ''[[Ravenshoe (novel)|Ravenshoe]]'' (1861) and ''Austin Elliot'' (1863). ''Ravenshoe'' is generally seen as the best. Henry Kingsley married Sarah Maria Haselwood on 19 July 1864. In 1869, he moved to [[Edinburgh]] to edit the ''[[Daily Review]]'', but soon gave this up and in 1870 became [[war correspondent]] for the paper in the [[Franco-German War]].{{sfn|Chisholm |1911}}
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Kingsley also published ''Leighton Court'' (1866), ''Mademoiselle Mathilde'' (1868), ''Tales of Old Travel Re-narrated'' (1869), ''Stretton'' (1869), ''The Boy in Grey'' (1871), ''Hetty and other Stories'' (1871), ''Old Margaret'' (1871), ''Hornby Mills and other Stories'' (1872), ''Valentine'' (1872), ''The Harveys'' (1872), ''Oakshott Castle'' (1873), ''Reginald Hetherege'' (1874), ''Number Seventeen'' (1875), ''The Grange Garden'' (1876), ''Fireside Studies'' (Essays) (1876), and ''The Mystery of the Island'' (1877).<ref name="dab"/>
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{{A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature}}


Kingsley and his wife moved to [[Cuckfield]], Sussex late in 1874, where Kingsley died of cancer of the tongue on 24 May 1876.<ref name=ADB/> Kingsley House at [[King's College School]] is named after him.
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==Further reading==
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*{{Cite book |first=Lewis |last=Melville |title=Victorian Novelists |year=1906 |publisher=Archibald Constable and Company |location=London |url=https://archive.org/details/victoriannoveli02benjgoog |quote=Le Fanu |pages=[https://archive.org/details/victoriannoveli02benjgoog/page/n266 239]–257}}

==References==
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*{{A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature}}
*{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Kingsley, Henry}}

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*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-892002 Henry Kingsley brief bio from National Library of Australia]

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Latest revision as of 21:22, 9 November 2024

For the American lawyer and railroad executive, see Henry Coit Kingsley.

Henry Kingsley
Kingsley, c. 1870
Kingsley, c. 1870
Born(1830-01-02)2 January 1830
Northamptonshire, England
Died24 May 1876(1876-05-24) (aged 46)
Sussex, England
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Henry Kingsley (2 January 1830 – 24 May 1876)[1] was an English novelist, brother of the better-known Charles Kingsley. He was an early exponent of muscular Christianity in his 1859 novel The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn.[2]

Life

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Kingsley was born at Barnack Rectory, Northamptonshire, the son of the Rev. Charles Kingsley the elder and Mary, née Lucas. Charles Kingsley came of a long line of clergymen and soldiers. There were several writers in the family besides Henry and Charles, including Mary Kingsley, an explorer and writer, Charlotte Kingsley Chanter, a botanical writer and novelist, and George Kingsley, a traveller and writer.

Henry Kingsley's boyhood was spent at Clovelly and Chelsea, before attending King's College School, King's College London, and Worcester College, Oxford, which he left without graduating.[3] An opportune legacy from a relation enabled him to leave Oxford free of debt and emigrate to Australia. He arrived in Melbourne in the Gauntlet in December 1853 with Henry Venables.[4] He became involved in gold-digging, and later joined the mounted police.

For some time Kingsley had little or no money and carried his swag from station to station. Philip Russell stated in 1887 that he employed Kingsley at his station Langa-Willi, and that Geoffry Hamlyn (1859) was begun there. Miss Rose Browne, daughter of "Rolf Boldrewood", stated it was on her father's suggestion that Kingsley began to write. Russell's story is confirmed by her further statement that her father gave Kingsley a letter to Mr Mitchell of Langa-Willi, that he stayed with Mitchell, and there wrote Geoffry Hamlyn.

The obelisk raised over Kingsley's grave, Holy Trinity Church, Cuckfield.

On his return to the UK in 1857,[5] Kingsley devoted himself to literature, and wrote several well-regarded novels, including Geoffry Hamlyn, set in Colebrooke, Devon, and Australia, which the late 19th-century English author George Gissing called "unliterary stuff",[6] The Hillyars and the Burtons (1865), Ravenshoe (1861) and Austin Elliot (1863). Ravenshoe is generally seen as the best. Henry Kingsley married Sarah Maria Haselwood on 19 July 1864. In 1869, he moved to Edinburgh to edit the Daily Review, but soon gave this up and in 1870 became war correspondent for the paper in the Franco-German War.[3]

Kingsley also published Leighton Court (1866), Mademoiselle Mathilde (1868), Tales of Old Travel Re-narrated (1869), Stretton (1869), The Boy in Grey (1871), Hetty and other Stories (1871), Old Margaret (1871), Hornby Mills and other Stories (1872), Valentine (1872), The Harveys (1872), Oakshott Castle (1873), Reginald Hetherege (1874), Number Seventeen (1875), The Grange Garden (1876), Fireside Studies (Essays) (1876), and The Mystery of the Island (1877).[5]

Kingsley and his wife moved to Cuckfield, Sussex late in 1874, where Kingsley died of cancer of the tongue on 24 May 1876.[1] Kingsley House at King's College School is named after him.

Further reading

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  • Melville, Lewis (1906). Victorian Novelists. London: Archibald Constable and Company. pp. 239–257. Le Fanu

References

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  1. ^ a b Phillips, A.A. (1974). "Kingsley, Henry (1830–1876)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5. Melbourne University Press. pp. 32–33. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  2. ^ Brown, David W. (1987). "Muscular Christianity in the Antipodes: Some Observations on the Diffusion and Emergence of a Victorian Ideal in Australian Social Theory" (PDF). Sporting Traditions. 3 (2): 173–187. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2016 – via la84foundation.org.
  3. ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
  4. ^ Cowan, Peter M. "Venables, Henry Pares (1830–1890)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Kingsley, Henry". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  6. ^ Coustillas, Pierre, ed. (1978). London and the Life of Literature in Late Victorian England: the Diary of George Gissing, Novelist. Brighton: Harvester Press. p. 289.
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