Henry Denny Denson

Henry Denny Denson (ca 1715 – June 3 1780) was an Irish-born soldier and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1761 to 1765 and from 1770 to 1784.

He was born in County Mayo. He married in Ireland but shortly afterwards joined the British Army as a lieutenant, leaving his wife behind in Dublin. By 1760, he had decided to settle in Nova Scotia and was serving as an agent for the Nova Scotia government in settling people from New England. He acquired a large property on which he farmed and raised livestock. In 1761, he was named justice in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas. Denson was also an officer in the militia, commissioner for roads and customs collector for the county. After suffering from gout, he resigned from the militia and shortly afterwards died at Falmouth.

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last = Bumsted
first = J M
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title = Henry Denny Denson
encyclopedia = Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
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date = 1979
url = http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=1847
accessdate = 2008-10-03