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Sir John Henslow (9 October 1730 – 22 September 1815) was Surveyor to the Navy (Royal Navy) a post he held jointly or solely from 1784 to 1806. ==Career== He was 7th child of John Henslow a master carpenter in the dockyard at Woolwich〔(''Darwin’s Mentor: John Stevens Henslow, 1796-1861'' ) S. M. Walters and E. A. Stow CUP〕 * 1745 Apprenticed to Sir Thomas Slade * 1762 Master Boat Builder at Woolwich * 1771 Assistant Surveyor to the Navy * 1784 Surveyor to the Navy * 1793 Knighted * 1806 retired to Sittingbourne, Kent Cape Henslow on Guadalcanal is named after him Among the vessels he designed were the Acute class gun-brigs and four frigates to the same design, the first of which was ''Phoebe''. The Laurel class post ship sixth rates were a series of six ships built to his 1805 design. Perhaps his smallest vessels were the two ''Placentia''-class sloops of 42 tons burthen, which he designed for coastal patrol duties off Newfoundland. His son John Prentis Henslow, solicitor, was father of John Stevens Henslow. He was also the grandfather of Francis Hartwell Henslowe, who was the son of Edward Prentis Henslow. 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「John Henslow (Surveyor of the Navy)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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