James Henderson (diplomat)

James Henderson (* 1783 in Cumberland ; † 1848 ) was a British diplomat .

James Henderson was in 1823 together with John Potter Hamilton and Patrick Campbell as agent (Engl. Commissioner ) in the newly established State of Colombia sent. Henderson served after the conclusion of a friendship treaty between Great Britain and Colombia (English Treaty of Amity ) until 1829 as consul general .

James Henderson and José María Córdova were alienated by Simón Bolívar's request to establish a monarchy. In September 1829, José María Córdova wrote a manifesto in which he called for a strong government, but expressed his rejection of Bolivar's request to establish an aristocracy and rebelled against it. Simón Bolívar sent Daniel Florence O'Leary with a force to Antioquia . Cordova was killed in the battle of El Santurario on October 17, 1829. Rafael Urdaneta , on the instructions of Bolivar, passed a law that expelled James Henderson and then US Ambassador William H. Harrison . The end of the term of office of the future US President Harrison as US Ambassador to Colombia is given as September 26, 1829.

In 1831 Henderson received a pension of 2000 pounds sterling . The daughter of James Henderson was Fanny Henderson, the fiancée of José María Córdova, Minister of War of Simon Bolivar in 1828.

Publications

A history of the Brazil; comprising its geography, commerce, colonization, aboriginal inhabitants, & c. & c. & c. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London 1821 ( full text in Google book search).

Individual evidence

↑ John Poter Hamilton: Travels through the interior provinces of Colombia , Volume 1. London, the 1827th
^ Gabriel B. Paquette, Enlightened reform in Southern Europe and its Atlantic colonies, c. 1750-1830
↑ James Henderson fue Cónsul de Inglaterra acreditiado por la Corona británica ante el gobierno der Colombia, Urdaneta, con la anuencia de Bolívar, le decretó la expulsión del pais junto con el general William Harrison ministro diplomatico de los Estates Unidos de América ant nosotoros más tarde llegó a ser el noveno presidente de aquella república. segun Horacio Rodríguez Plata, Santander en el exilio: proceso, prisión, destierro, 1828-1832 Editorial Kelly, 1976 - 862 p.
↑ In his Alphabetic List of Places, Pensions, Sinecures, Grants and Compensations , John Wade lists James Henderson at £ 2,000. In: John Wade: The Extraordinary Black Book. An Exposition of Abuses in Church and State, Courts of Law, Representation, Municipal and Corporate Bodies; with a Precis of The House of Commons, Past, Present and to come. New Edition. Effingham Wilson, London, 1832, p. 542.

predecessor	Office	successor
Alexander Cockburn	British Consul General in Colombia 1825 to October 1829	William Turner

personal data
SURNAME	Henderson, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	1783
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cumberland
DATE OF DEATH	1848

[1] John Poter Hamilton: Travels through the interior provinces of Colombia , Volume 1. London, the 1827th

[2] Gabriel B. Paquette, Enlightened reform in Southern Europe and its Atlantic colonies, c. 1750-1830

[3] James Henderson fue Cónsul de Inglaterra acreditiado por la Corona británica ante el gobierno der Colombia, Urdaneta, con la anuencia de Bolívar, le decretó la expulsión del pais junto con el general William Harrison ministro diplomatico de los Estates Unidos de América ant nosotoros más tarde llegó a ser el noveno presidente de aquella república. segun Horacio Rodríguez Plata, Santander en el exilio: proceso, prisión, destierro, 1828-1832 Editorial Kelly, 1976 - 862 p.

[4] In his Alphabetic List of Places, Pensions, Sinecures, Grants and Compensations , John Wade lists James Henderson at £ 2,000. In: John Wade: The Extraordinary Black Book. An Exposition of Abuses in Church and State, Courts of Law, Representation, Municipal and Corporate Bodies; with a Precis of The House of Commons, Past, Present and to come. New Edition. Effingham Wilson, London, 1832, p. 542.