William Henderson (priest)
The Very Rev William George Henderson DD was Dean of Carlisle from 1884 to his death in 1905.Early life
Henderson was born in 1819 at Harbridge, Hampshire. He attended Magdalen College, Oxford.Career
Henderson was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, his alma mater and a Tutor at Durham University. He was Master of Hatfield College, Durham, from 1851 to 1852.
Henderson was ordained in 1859. He was then Headmaster of Victoria College, Jersey, and Leeds Grammar School before his appointment to the Carlisle Deanery.
He married Jane Melville Dalyell, daughter of John Dalyell. Their son was George Francis Robert Henderson.
He died on 24 September 1905.
