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Hamish Henderson was born on November 11, 1919 in Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross, United Kingdom. Born to a single mother in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Henderson eventually moved to England with his mother. His mother died shortly before he was due to take up his place at Dulwich School and he was forced to live in an orphanage while studying there.
Hamish won a scholarship to the prestigious Dulwich School in London; however, his mother died shortly before he was due to take up his place and he was forced to live in an orphanage while studying there.
Hamish studied Modern Languages at Downing College, Cambridge in the years leading up to World War II, and as a visiting student in Germany ran messages for a Quaker organization aiding the German resistance and helping to rescue Jews.
Henderson threw himself into the work of the folk revival after the war, discovering and bringing to public attention Jeannie Robertson, Flora MacNeil, Calum Johnston and others. In the 1950s, he acted as a guide to the American folklorist, Alan Lomax, who collected many field recordings in Scotland.
Henderson hosted the events every year until 1954, when the Communist ties of several members of the Peoples Festival Committee led to the Labour Party declaring it a "Proscribed Organisation". Losing the financial support of the local trades unions, the Peoples Festival was permanently cancelled. Henderson's own songs, particularly "The Freedom Come All Ye", have become part of the folk tradition themselves.
Henderson was a socialist. He was involved in campaigns for Scottish home rule and in the foundation of the 1970s Scottish Labour Party.
Henderson was open bisexual.
Dividing his time between Europe and Scotland, he eventually settled in Edinburgh in 1959 with his German wife, Kätzel (Felizitas Schmidt). They have two daughters, Janet and Christine.
