Researching Andrew Henderson

In 1832, he moved to nearby Annapolis Royal and opened a boarding and day school with a grant from the Nova Scotia legislature. In 1837, on a farm outside the town, he set up Albion Vale Academy. This school operated until 1847 when he sold the farm and school. He returned to Annapolis Royal, where he became postmaster, a storekeeper, and a magistrate. Much of what is known about Henderson comes from a letter. He also kept a diary. His remains lie buried in Garrison Cemetery, Annapolis Royal.

Henderson joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 1971 and worked in the West African Department. In 1972, he moved to the Defence Department, moving once more to the Latin American Department on temporary duty in 1975.

Between 1977 and 1980 he was Vice Consul in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and between 1980 and 1984 he was Second Secretary in Oslo, Norway.

He returned to the FCO in London in 1985 to become Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Sir Geoffrey Howe. Henderson then moved to New York City, United States, as a Consul between 1987 and 1989.

Between 1988 and 1991, he was First Secretary in Washington D.C., United States, moving to become Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Luanda, Angola, between 1992 and 1993. Henderson was then appointed First Secretary of the Economic and Aid Department in Cairo, Egypt, in 1994, later becoming Head of the Commercial and Aid Section.

In 1998, he returned to London once more as Head of the Parliamentary Relations Department; a post he held until 1999. He was then Consul General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia between 2000 and 2003.

Between 2003 and 2006, Henderson was Consul General and Director of British Trade and Investment in Sao Paulo, Brazil, before becoming Ambassador to Algeria in 2006.

Henderson is married to Julia, with whom he has two children born in 1988 and 1990 respectively.

Henderson made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1964 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. Henderson played two further Minor Counties Championship fixtures for the county in 1965, against Hertfordshire and Berkshire.

Having played Second XI cricket for the Sussex Second XI since 1968, Henderson made his only first-class appearance for Sussex in the 1972 County Championship against Gloucestershire. In the Gloucestershire first-innings he took 3 wickets for 65 runs, while in their second-innings he took 2 wickets for 67 runs. With the bat he was dismissed for 2 runs by Sadiq Mohammad in the Sussex first-innings, while in their second-innings he scored 9 runs before being dismissed by John Mortimore.