The Washington herald., 1915-03-30
YOUR FIRST NAME
ITS ORIGIN AND THE FAMOUS FOLK
WHO HAVE BORNE 1T.

and Irish. and introduced judicial and
fiscal reforms: Henry ", first OF the
house of Lancaster, who gained the
throne by deposing his cousin Richard
II: and Henry VII, who established
the House of Tudor on the English
throne. and ended. by his victory Of
Bosworth Field. the disastrous Wars of
the Roses. The last Henry to date,
among English kings was the Jolly
King Hail. the eighth of his name, whom
We usually think OF as modern Blue
beard. under whom English exploration
was begun in the western hemisphere.
and whose religious policy led to a
break between the churches of Rome and
If England. He is undoubtedly the
worlds most famous bearer OF the name.
There has been a noted Henry-some-
lines more than one-in almost every
walk Of life. and they have represented
many countries.
Heinrich Hcine. the great German
lyric writer, is perhaps the most pic.
turesque figure among the literary
Henrys. and perhaps he is the great
est German Henry as well. Just at
present his memory Is having rather
hard time. for he is very unpopular
with the reigning house of the Faith
crland. He was born in territory at
The time under French control. but
later acquired by &c rmany. He never
acknowledged that he Was a German.
so he didn't consider it lese majestic
10 say what he thought about the
Hohenzollern family. The present
kai. disagrees with the poet in this
opinion. and SO strong is williams
dislike for Heine that his admirers in
Berlin dare not try to erect a statue
in his honor. knowing vel that the
royal censor would forbid II.
There Is another Henry, the popular
American 1onEfcllow. TO help uphold
the poetic honor of the name; and
Henry James in fiction. Henry Tho
reau and Henry Van Dyke in essay.
Hendrix Ihsen in drama. and the
twelfth century Englishman. Henry OF
Huntingdon in history. represent the
name in other branches of writing
Many persons always think of the
great French critic. Taine. as Henri
His name is really HippoIyte Adolphe
Taine. but owing to some error the
first edition of his History of English
Literature" appeared in England I'M
der the authorship of Henri Taine.
and so ii has always remained in the
minds of many.
The English explorer. Henry Hud-
son. who just 300 years ago next
month sailed up the river named for
him in the little sIoop Half Moon; the
fiery Kentucky statesman and orator.
Henry Clay: the twelfth century
French itinerant preacher Henry of
Lausanne. and the American, Henry
Ward Beecher: the great leaders at
the time of the French religious wars,
Henri de Guise. Henri de Valois. and
Henri de Navarro: the CIVIL war gem
eral. Henry W. Slocum; the English
actor, Sir Henry Irving. ana the Itai-
ian tenor. Enrico Caruso; the Ameri-
Of It'd,
and RoSers-these men. among Others
represent their name in the fields of
exploration. war. religion. industry,
the stage. craftsmanship. and oratory.
Henriette is the feminine form of the
name in French and German. Enrichetta
in Italian and Enriquetta in Spanish
Harriet Is the true English feminine form.
just az Harry is the true English mascu-
line form. and Henrietta. like Henry, Is
said to be merely an imitation Of the
French spelling. The popular variations
OF the name in English are Hatty, Eta.
lIetty and Delta
Henrietta Maria- daughter Of Henry ".
NJ France. first made her form of the |
name popular in England. She came
there as Queen OF Charles l. She was
and possessed great charm or
manner and speedily became favoritc
among the Royalists. They named their
d'Si'fls loI ana IL is a nce
fact that Cromwell named one OF his |
daughters Henrietta. TIc must have re-
D"nt"d this later when he and the king
became such bitter foes. The daughter
IF Charles J. and Henrietta Maria Was
Henrietta Anna. Who married the brother |
II Louis XIV. Of France.
H"nri"tte in France, like Marguerite In |
iermdu!. is considered the name ndica- |
iv" If uOd"sty and virtue. because of |
h" srmpi" Young girl OF the name in |
N0lior" = play. "irs Fcmmcs Savantes" |
tn" poet Shcllcys first wife was named |
Harriet, and there was another noted |
English woman OF the name. the author |
Harriet Martineau. Tho greatest woman |
II tho name in this country Is the author
" u nCle Toms Cabin. Harriet Beecher |
Stove. sister Of Henry Ward BeeCher
This brother and sister. both prc-eminent |
n their own line of work. have thus made |
he two forms Of the name famous in |
his country probably for all time
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