Word: hensley
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...grubby, grimy poor. In 1907, Edward VII offered him the Bishopric of Montreal. He refused. The Archbishopric of York was in his hopes. Next year he gained it. . . . Able prelates last week mooted as successors to him at York are: Frederic Sumpter Guy Warman, Bishop of Chelmsford; Herbert Hensley Henson, Bishop of Burham; Frank Theodore Woods, Bishop of Winchester; and Arthur Foley Winnington Ingram, Bishop of London. Potent have been the Archbishops of Canterbury in English history. Augustine (597-605) established Christianity in England. Bertha, queen of the fourth Saxon king of Kent, Aethelbert, was already a Christian and gave...
During the past week, the Lord High Chancellor took his seat on the Woolsack* and their lordships debated the bill. From amid the encircling gloom arose Dr. Herbert Hensley Henson, whose style is the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Durham, 86th of those to hold that dignity. The Bishop, so the story ran, "jolted" his fellow Bishops by telling them: "Better a free Britain than a sober one." Such simple, wet words from a leader of the church militant had effect in defeating the bill by 166 to 50 votes. Their dry lordships continued to hold fast to their...
...twentieth anniversary of his first flight. Reports of the frequent breakdowns of the fliers and news of the almost fatal adventures of the American leader indicate all too clearly, however, that man's conquest of the air is far from complete. In view of this conclusion, Major Hensley's prediction that before 1927 because of inadequate appropriations "we will have nothing to fly with" is of more than passing interest...
...will begin. Yet the plans for "safe" flying and low speed planes allow little opportunity for further pioneering in the development of the aircraft. The task of dangerous and costly, though vitally important, experimentation would seem to fall to the air departments of the army and navy. If Major Hensley's statement is correct that, "We are getting virtually no support from Congress in the way of new equipment," this duty can obviously not be performed...
...Colonel W. N. Hensley will address a joint meeting of the Aeronautical and Engineering Societies in Pierce...