| Authorised form of name | Denham; Sir; Henry Mangles (1800 - 1887) |
| Dates | 1800 - 1887 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 28 August 1800 |
| Place of death | Carlton Gardens |
| Date of death | 03 July 1887 |
| Activity | Career:
Nautical surveyor, The Royal Navy; served under Captain Martin White on the surveys of the Channel Islands and English and Irish channels (1810-1827); appointed command of the 'Linnet' (1827); conducted surveys of the Bristol Channel and ports of Liverpool and Milford (1827-1834); promoted to rank of Commander (1835); appointed command of the 'Lucifer' surveying the coast of Lancashire and Cumberland (1835-1845); appointed to command of the 'Avon' surveying the west coast of Africa (1845-1846); post rank granted (1846); appointed to the command of expedition of the HMS 'Herald' and HMS 'Torch' for exploration and survey in the western Pacific including the west coast of Australia and Coral Sea, mapping the route outside the Great Barrier Reff by the Torres Strait to Dutch colonies and clarifying the navigabale routes to other islands (1852-1860); promoted to rank of Rear Admiral (1864); Vice Admiral (1870); Admiral (1877)
Honours:
Kt 1867; Freedom of the borough of Liverpool 1834
Memberships:
Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool (1834); Corporation of Trinity House (1841); Corresponding Member of the United States Institute for the Promtion of Science (1841) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 28/02/1839 |
| Relationships | Parents: Henry Denham |
| General context | Expert in nautical navigation and surveying, hydrographical engineering and improvement of commercial ports including Liverpool, Swansea and bideford. Best known for his command of the surveying expedition of the HMS 'Torch' and HMS 'Herlad' in the Pacific from 1852-1860, resulting in much improved charts of the area and for which he was knighted in 1867. Advised the New South Wales Government during the Russian War of 1854-1855. Executed several commissions for the Lords Committee of the Privy Council for Trade. |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1887-1888 vol 43 pp i-ii signed by G H R [Sir George Henry Richards RN] https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rspl.1887.0109 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/65734440 |
| Royal Society code | NA6653 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1839/13 | Denham, Sir Henry Mangles: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/Maull/001129 | Denham, Sir Henry Mangles | nd |
| MC/3 | Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1839-1843 |
| MC/3/17 | Letter from Sir Henry Mangles Denham, 64 Mill Street, Liverpool, to Samuel Hunter Christie, Secretary of the Royal Society | 9 April 1839 |
| AP/39/14 | Paper, 'Brief description of a ctenostomatous polyzoon, allied to Vesicularia, cccurring on the Australian coast' by John Denis Macdonald | April 1856 |
| AP/39/19 | Paper, 'Anatomical description of a species of asteroid polypes, probably forming the type of a new genus of Alcyonidae' by John Denis Macdonald | April 1856 |
| AP/39/16 | Unpublished paper, 'On the sea saw-dust [Trichodesmium] of the Pacific' by John Denis Macdonald | 1856 |
| AP/39/13 | Paper, 'Further observations on the anatomy and physiology of nautilus' by John Denis Macdonald | April 1856 |
| AP/39/13/1 | Manuscript, 'Further observations on the anatomy and physiology of nautilus' by John Denis Macdonald | April 1856 |
| AP/39/16/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'On the sea saw-dust [Trichodesmium] of the Pacific' by John Denis Macdonald | 1856 |
| AP/39/14/1 | Manuscript, 'Brief description of a ctenostomatous polyzoon, allied to Vesicularia, cccurring on the Australian coast' by John Denis Macdonald | April 1856 |
| AP/39/15/1 | Manuscript, 'Observations on the natural affinities and classification of Gasteropoda' by John Denis Macdonald | May 1856 |
| AP/39/15 | Paper, 'Observations on the natural affinities and classification of Gasteropoda [Gastropoda]' by John Denis Macdonald | May 1856 |
| AP/39/19/1 | Manuscript, 'Anatomical description of a species of asteroid polypes, probably forming the type of a new genus of Alcyonidae' by John Denis Macdonald | April 1856 |
| AP/39/39/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'On the anatomy of Tridacna' by John Denis Macdonald | March 1857 |
| AP/39/39 | Unpublished paper, 'On the anatomy of Tridacna' by John Denis Macdonald | 1857 |
| MA/156/1 | Tidal observations at Liverpool, England, by Henry Mangles Denham | 10 April-15 October 1834 |