JOHN

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:

• JOHN HENRY WALSH (1810-1888)
• WALSH, PETER [VALESIUS] (c. 1618-1688)
• WALSH, WILLIAM (1663—1708)

WALSH (1810-1888)  , English writer on sport under the pseudonym of " Stonehenge," was born at Hackney, London, on the 21st of October 181o . He was educated at private schools, and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1844 . For several years he followed his profession of surgeon, but gradually abandoned it on account of the success of his works on the subject of sport . He removed from the country to London in 1852, and the following year brought out his first important book, The Greyhound (3rd ed . 1875), a collection of papers originally contributed to " Bell's Life." In 1856 appeared his Manual of British Rural Sports, which enjoyed many editions . During the same year he joined the staff of The Field, and became its editor at the close of 1857 . Among his numerous books published under the name of " Stonehenge " are The Shot-Gun and Sporting Rifle (1859), The Dog in Health and Disease (1859; 4th ed . 1887), The Horse in the Stable and in the Field (1861; 13th ed . 1890), Dogs of the British Isles (1867; 3rd ed . 1885), The Modern Sportsman's Gun and Rifle (1882-1884) . While editor of The Field Walsh instituted a series of trials of guns, rifles and sporting powders extending over a period of many years, which greatly tended to the development of sporting firearms; and his influence upon all branches of sport was stimulating and beneficial . He died at Putney on the 12th of February 1888 .