HORNE,

See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

RICHARD

See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY, or HENGIST (1803–1884)  , English poet and critic, was born in London on New Year's Day 1803 . He was intended for the army, and entered at Sandhurst, but receiving no commission, he left his country and joined the Mexican navy . He served in the war against Spain, and underwent many adventures . Returning to England, he became a journalist, and in 1836–1837 edited The Monthly Repository . In 1837 he published two tragedies, Canna de Medici and The Death of Marlowe, and in 1841 a History of Napoleon . The book, however, by which he lives is his epic of Orion, which appeared in 1843 . It was published originally at a farthing, was widely read, and passed through many editions . In the next year he set forth a volume of critical essays called A New Spirit of the Age, in which he was assisted by Elizabeth Barrett (Mrs Browning), with whom, from 1839 to her marriage in 1845, he conducted a voluminous correspondence . In 1852 he went to Australia in company with William Howitt, and did not return to England until 1869 . He received a Civil List pension in 1874, and died at Margate on the 13th of March 1884 . Horne possessed extraordinary versatility, but, except in the case of Orion, he never attained to a very high degree of distinction . That poem, indeed, has much of the quality of fine poetry; it is earnest, vivid and alive with spirit .

But Horne

early drove his talent too hard, and continued to write when he had little left to say . In criticism he had insight and quickness . He was one of the first to appreciate Keats and Tennyson, and he gave valuable encouragement to Mrs Browning when she was still Miss Elizabeth Barrett .