WILLIAM

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

See also:

• GILES (GIL, GILLES), ST

GILES

See also:

• KINGSTON
• KINGSTON, ELIZABETH, DUCHESS OF (1720-1788)
• WILLIAM HENRY GILES KINGSTON (1814-188o)

KINGSTON (1814-188o)  , English novelist, son of Lucy Henry Kingston, was born in London on the 28th of February 1814 . Much of his 'youth was spent at Oporto, where his father was a merchant, but when he entered the business, he made his headquarters in London . He early wrote newspaper articles on Portuguese subjects . These were translated into Portuguese, and the author received a Portuguese order of knighthood and a pension for his services in the conclusion of the commercial treaty of 1842 . In 1844 his first book, The Circassian Chief, appeared, and in 1845 The Prime Minister, a Story of the Days of the Great Marquis of Pombal . The Lusitanian Sketches describe Kingston's travels in Portugal . In "1851 Peter the Whaler, his first book for boys, came out . These books proved so popular that Kingston retired from business, and devoted himself to the production of tales of adventure for boys . Within thirty years he wrote upwards of one hundred and thirty such hooks . He had a practical knowledge of seamanship, and his stories of the sea, full of thrilling adventures and hairbreadth escapes, exactly hit the taste of his boy readers . Characteristic specimens of his work are The Three Midshipmen; The Three Lieutenants; The Three Commanders; and The Three Admirals . He also wrote popular accounts of famous travellers by land and sea, and translated some of the stories of Jules Verne .

In all philanthropic schemes Kingston took deep

interest; he was the promoter of the mission to seamen; and he acted as secretary of a society for promoting an improved system of emigration . He was editor of the Colonist for a short time in 1844 and of the Colonial Magazine and East Indian Review from 1849 to 1851 . He was a supporter of the volunteer movement in England from the first . He died at Willesden on the 5th of August 1880 .