Early and Family Life
David Henderson was born in Glasgow on 11 August 1862 into a shipping family. His father, also called David, was a joint owner of the Clydeside ship builders David and William Henderson and Company.
Henderson entered the University of Glasgow in 1877 at the age of just fifteen. While at university, Henderson read engineering and in his fourth year (1880–1881) he studied civil engineering and mechanics as well as office and field work in engineering. Henderson — for reasons unbeknownst to history — left to attend Sandhurst instead of graduating from the University of Glasgow.
In 1895, Henderson married Henrietta Caroline Dundas, later known as Dame Henrietta Henderson. She was a Dame of Grace, Order of St. John of Jerusalem (D.G.St.J.) and was knighted in 1919 as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE). The couple had three children, Ian Henderson who also joined the Royal Flying Corps, reaching the rank of captain, Stewart Peter Henderson and Anabel Margret Henderson. Ian Henderson predeceased his parents, dying in a flying accident in June 1918. Dame Henrietta Henderson died on 14 April 1959.
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