Constituency : Shrewsbury 1862-5, 1874-5 Merioneth 1885-6
Henry came in at Shrewsbury in June 1862 after the death of Robert Slaney.
Henry was an ironmaster, railway engineer and maker of locomotives from Scotland. He came to Wales to work on developing some mines for a Scottish bank. He developed the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway in the 1840s. He bought a country estate in Wales and enjoyed hunting and fishing.
Henry built the Iron Kingland Toll Bridge in Shrewsbury. He usually spoke on railways in the House.
Henry relinquished the seat in 1865 but stood again in 1874 to wrest the seat back from the Tories. He switched to Merioneth in 1885 because Shrewsbury lost one of its members.
Henry abandoned his seat in 1886 as a protest against Home Rule and left the party. He gave his support to Conservative and Liberal Unionist candidates in the election but does not appear to have formally joined the Liberal Unionists.
He died in 1888 after a paralytic stroke aged 72.
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