Born: May 20, 1824, Blooms­bu­ry, Mid­dle­sex, Eng­land.

Died: Au­gust 1, 1905, in a rail­way train near Great Ry­burgh, Nor­folk, Eng­land.

Ed­u­cat­ed at Trin­i­ty Coll­ege, Cam­bridge, Hens­ley grad­u­at­ed in 1846 as Sen­ior Wrang­ler and first Smith’s Prize­man. From 1846-1852, he was a Fel­low and As­sist­ant Tu­tor at Trin­i­ty Coll­ege. He took Ho­ly Or­ders in 1851, and served as Cur­ate at Up­ton-with-Cla­vey, Bucks; Vi­car of Ip­o­lyts-with-Great-Wy­mond­ly, Hert­ford­shire; Vi­car of Hitc­hin, Hert­ford­shire; and Rur­al Dean, 1867. Hensley’s hymns ap­peared in Hymns for the Sun­days af­ter Trin­i­ty (Lon­don: Bell & Dal­dy, 1864) and Hymns for the Mi­nor Sun­days from Ad­vent to Whit­sun­tide (Lon­don: Bell & Dal­dy, 1867). His other works in­clude:

• Household Devotions
• Shorter Household De­vo­tions

Sources

Lyrics

1. Thy Kingdom Come, O God