Hennell

The Hennell family is a family of prominent silver-smiths and writers in Southern England. The family is possibly of Huguenot origin, and has traditionally held dissenting religious and Liberal political convictions. All members can be traced back to David Hennell (1712-1785), who founded the silver-smith dynasty, and include:Henry Hennell FRS (c.1797–1842), chemist Hennell, English first-class cricketer for Marylebone Cricket Club Colonel Samuel Hennell (1800-1880), Indian Army officer and Colonial Office administrator Mary Hennell (1802–1843), writer Charles Christian Hennell (1809–1850), merchant and Unitarian apologist Sara Hennell (1812–1899), writer Caroline Hennell, known as Cara Bray, (1814–1905), writer and wife of Charles Bray Thomas Hennell (1903–1945), artist and writer Professor Michael Hennell, leading computer scientist Andrew Hennell, specialist purveyor of 17th century and earlier furniture and antiquities