997 Henry Ince

Constituency  : Hastings  1883-5,  Islington  East  1885-6

Henry chalked  up  another  gain  for  the  Liberals  when  he  captured  Hastings  in  a  by-election.

Henry  was  the  son  of  Edward  Ince  publisher  of  The  Law  Journal. Henry  started  out  working  in  shipping  but  an  accident  made  him  a  semi-invalid  and  he  became  a  leader  writer  for  The  Daily  News  instead.  He  then  decided  to  switch  to  law  and  became  a  barrister.  He  wrote  some  law  treatises.

Henry  was  concerned  about  the  1883  Infants  Bill  and  opposed  any  clause  which  might  lead  to  divided  authority  over  children. He  said  the  Bill  had  been  drawn  up  by  "elderly  bachelors  and  spinsters, who  knew  nothing  about  matrimony  and, if  possible, less  about  children".

Henry  switched  to  Islington  East  when  Hastings  was  reduced  to  a  one  member  seat. He  criticised  Chamberlain's  behaviour  during  the Home  Rule  crisis  saying  he  had adopted  "an  utterly  unintelligible  course, " He  was  defeated  in  1886.

He  died  of  a  brain  aneurysm  in  his  chambers  in  1889  aged  59.