| Authorised form of name | Henslow; Sir; John (1730 - 1815); boat builder and surveyor |
| Dates | 1730 - 1815 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 9 October 1730 |
| Date of death | 22 September 1815 |
| Occupation | Royal Navy Surveyor |
| Activity | Career:
Apprenticed to Sir Thomas Slade (1745); Master Boat Builder at Woolwich (1762); Assistant Surveyor to the Navy (1771); Surveyor to the Navy (1784-1806); retired to Sittingbourne, Kent (1806)
Honours:
Kt 1793 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/03/1794 |
| Age at election | 64 |
| Proposer | Arden; Php Stephens; Jno Ibbetson; Alexr Aubert; Fra Stephens; Philip Prince Secret Bouillon ?; G T Goodenough; Geo Rogers |
| Relationships | Parents: John Henslow, master carpenter in the dockyard at Woolwich
Children: John Prentis Henslow, solicitor
Grandchildren: John Stevens Henslow; Francis Hartwell Henslowe |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Notes:
Last on PL for 1815. |
| Code | NA3554 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1793/19 | Henslow, Sir John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| HS/9/310 | Letter, from John Stevens Henslow to Sir John Herschel, dated at Mitcham, Hadley, Sufk | 27 March 1848 |
| HS/9/309 | Letter, from John Stevens Henslow to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge | 13 May 1843 |
| HS/9/312 | Letter, from John Stevens Henslow to Sir John Herschel, dated at Mitcham, Hadley, Sufk | 10 November 1849 |
| HS/9/311 | Letter, from John Stevens Henslow to Sir John Herschel, dated at Mitcham, Hadley, Sufk | 30 November 1848 |