MARK OF LEWIS HERNE AND FRANCIS BUTTY, LONDON, 1759

He was the son of the Huguenot John James Majendie (1709-1782). Henry followed family tradition and entered the church having been educated at Charterhouse School and Christ Church College Oxford. He was initially vicar of Bromsgrove having been preceptor to Prince William, the future King William IV (r.1830-1837). He served with the prince during his service in the American War of Independence and visited New York in 1782. He was made a canon of Windsor in 1785, the year he married his wife who bore him thirteen children. He was later made a prebend of St Paul's Cathedral and Bishop of Chester in 1800. He was translated to the bishopric of Bangor in 1809 where he remained until his death in 1830. He was a strong promoter for the education of the poor and was mindful of the difficulties endured by the population with the increasing industrialisation of Britain.