Henty Brothers
# Henty Brothers

The Henty brothers were a family of seven brothers, sons of Thomas Henty and Frances Elizabeth née Hopkins, who are generally considered to be the first Europeans to establish a permanent agricultural settlement in Victoria, Australia. The brothers were:

   * Henry (1833–1912), took over his father's company, inherited uncle Francis's fortune

   * Herbert James (1834–1902), squandered the family fortune in his brother's absence

   * Thomas (1836–1887), grazier and, briefly, MLC for Southern Province

   ** a grandson Sir Denham (1903–1978), Senator for Tasmania;

   * Frances Charlotte (1838–1925) who married James Balfour, a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council.
* Charles (1807–1864), banker and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
* William (1808–1881), solicitor, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for Tamar, and colonial secretary in the Weston cabinet
* Edward (1810–1878), pioneer, first permanent land based settler in Victoria, Australia taking up property in 1934.
* Stephen George (1811–1872), member of the legislative council of Victoria, 1856–1870
   * Richmond (1837-1904), author
   * Walter Thomas (1856–1917), farmer at Hamilton
* John (1813–1869), pastoralist in Victoria
* Francis (1815–1889), farmer and grazier
