Mitchell Henry

Mitchell Henry (1826 – 22 November 1910) was an English financier, politician and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Mitchell's elder brother, John Snowden Henry, born in 1824, became a magistrate for the County of Southampton.

[1] After the death of his father in 1862, Mitchell Henry abandoned his career in medicine and returned to his native Manchester to run the family business.

As part of his candidature in 1868 Henry started up the Manchester Evening News, though it passed out of his hands at the end of the election.

He opposed Gladstone's Irish university bill, chiefly on the ground that it did not concede the principle of sectarian education demanded by public opinion in Ireland.

They had nine children, five daughters and four sons: Henry was an enthusiastic angler, and his interest in the sport brought him frequently to the west of Ireland.

Kylemore provided employment in a remote section of Galway; Henry also built a school for the children of his tenants.

The church is a miniature replica of a gothic cathedral, the inside features coloured marble from each of the 4 provinces of Ireland.