Henry Cary

Henry Francis Cary (December 6, 1772 - August 14, 1844) was a Gibraltarian author and translator. Henry Francis Cary was born in Gibraltar, on 6 December 1772. He was the eldest son of William Cary, at the time a Captain of the First Regiment of Foot, by Henrietta daughter of Theophilus Brocas, Dean of Killala. His grandfather, Henry Cary was archdeacon, and his great grandfather, Mordecai Cary, bishop of that diocese. He was educated at the gram... more

Henry Francis Cary (December 6, 1772 - August 14, 1844) was a Gibraltarian author and translator. Henry Francis Cary was born in Gibraltar, on 6 December 1772. He was the eldest son of William Cary, at the time a Captain of the First Regiment of Foot, by Henrietta daughter of Theophilus Brocas, Dean of Killala. His grandfather, Henry Cary was archdeacon, and his great grandfather, Mordecai Cary, bishop of that diocese. He was educated at the grammar schools of Rugby, Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham, and at Christ Church, Oxford, which he entered in 1790. He took holy orders and in 1797 became vicar of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire. This benefice he held till his death. In 1800 he also became vicar of Kingsbury in Warwickshire. While still at school he had become a regular contributor to the Gentleman's Magazine and had published a volume of Sonnets and Odes. At Christ Church he devoted much time to the study of French and Italian literature; the fruits of these studies appeared in... less