He was one of the most prominent West Africans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century[1] and was a member of the legislative council in Lagos from 1918–1924.
Thomas, a close friend of his mother, to attend Wesleyan High School in Freetown, British Sierra Leone for his secondary education.
In 1906 he took a B.C.L degree at Lincoln's Inn and in the same year was made Chancellor of the Diocese of Western Equatorial Africa.
[7] Henry Carr was one of the few West Africans during the early twentieth century that broke barriers in colonial governance.
As the death rate of Europeans declined in west Africa, many expatriates came to the country and gained administrative positions, as the colonial officers readily accepted them and helped advance their careers.
Visitor and member of the Visiting Committee of Lagos Prisons (1925–37), member of the Board of Governors of Igbobi College, Yaba (1937-1945), "Architect" of Kings College, Lagos; book collector, matchless educationist, orator, musician, distinguished civil servant.
It is unclear how the fierce hatred between Henry Carr and Herbert Macaulay developed however their disputes are well documented.
Carr believed that Macaulay lacked integrity and was exploiting the House of Dosunmu for personal gain.
[9] The level of the strife between both men was so caustic that in 1924, Macaulay published a malicious account titled "Henry Carr Must Go".