Alexander Henderson (1850-1934)
Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon CH (28 September 1850-17 March 1934), known as Sír Alexander Henderson, 1st Baronet, from 1902 to 1916, was a British financier and Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament.
Henderson began his career in the City of London with the accountancy firm Deloittes before becoming a stockbroker. He was best known as a financier of railways in the UK and internationally, and was chairman of the Great Central Railway from 1889 to 1922.
He was also a major shareholder in the Manchester Ship Canal, and was involved in port developments and telephone and electrical systems in several countries. The asset management firm Henderson Global Investors was founded in 1934 to administer his estate.
Faringdon was the son of George Henderson of Langholm, Dumfriesshire. He was elected to the House of Commons for West Staffordshire in 1898, a seat he held until 1906, and then represented St George's Hanover Square from 1913 to 1916.
He was created a Baronet in 1902 and in 1916 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Faringdon, of Buscot Park in the county of Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). In 1917 he was made a Companion of Honour.
Lord Faringdon married Jane Ellen, daughter of Edward William Davis, in 1874. He died in March 1934, aged 83, and was succeeded by his grandson Gavin, his eldest son Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Harold Henderson having predeceased him.
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