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Henry Musgrave (1827 – 2 January 1922),〔〔 DL, was a Northern Irish business man and philanthropist. He is perhaps best remembered for Musgrave Park in Belfast which he donated to the city. (His portrait ) hangs in the Examination Hall of Queen's University, Belfast. ==Family== Henry Musgrave was the youngest of 12 children born to Dr Samuel Musgrave and Mary Musgrave, totalling nine sons and three daughters. Originally from Edinburgh, Dr Musgrave (1767–1834)〔 moved to Lisburn, Co Down when he was about 20〔 to practice as a doctor and open a dispensary.〔(Bass, HG (1977) A Short History of an old family firm, Records and Recollections of Alexander Boyd & Co. Ltd, James Collins, Exiles From Lisburn )〕 It was here that Henry was born. His mother, Mary Musgrave, néé Riddel (1785–1862),〔 was from Co Down and her family owned land near Comber.〔 Mary's brother, John Riddel (also Riddle/Riddell) founded the firm Riddels, Hardware Merchants and Ironmongers, of Donegall Place, Belfast. It was this business from which the Musgrave family's ironworking concerns later developed〔 which Henry Musgrave was to inherit. Soon after the death of Henry's father, when Henry was seven, the family moved from Lisburn to Belfast. They first lived in Upper Arthur Street, then Donegall Square South and eventually built Drumglass House in Malone in 1855,〔 which now serves as Victoria College, a girls' boarding school. In about 1882 the Musgraves built a gate lodge to the house in a Queen Anne style. The family monogram can still be seen above a doorway of this and on the gate pillars to Drumglass Park on Lisburn Road.〔 In 1867〔 the family also bought an estate of 23,673 acres〔(The Musgrave Baronetcy by Timothy Belmont )〕 in Carrick, Co Donegal where they sometimes held shooting parties.〔 None of the Musgrave children went on to marry and Henry was the last of his siblings to survive, living to 95. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Musgrave」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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