Background
Henn was the son of Review John Henn, honorary Canon of Manchester.
Henn was the son of Review John Henn, honorary Canon of Manchester.
After his education in England, Sydney worked in Chile for 30 years for Duncan, Fox & Company, founded by David Duncan. He but returned to England to retire, but resumed working during the First World War as director of army priority at the War Office from 1917 to 1919, and then director of Disposal Board at the Ministry of Munitions. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 Birthday Honours for his services during the war.
Henn died in a London hospital, age 74, after falling and breaking his thigh in two places and contracting pneumonia.
32nd United Kingdom Parliament. 33rd United Kingdom Parliament. 34th United Kingdom Parliament.