Harry de Windt

Captain
Harry de Windt
FRGS
Harry de Windt pictured in his From Paris to New York by Land
Born
Harry Willes Darell de Windt

(1856-04-09)9 April 1856
Paris, France
Died30 November 1933(1933-11-30) (aged 77)
Bournemouth, England
EducationMagdalene College, Cambridge
Spouse(s)
Frances Laura Arabella Long
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(m. 1882; div. 1888)​

Hilda Frances E. Clark
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(m. 1899; died 1924)​

Charlotte Elizabeth Ihle
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(m. 1927; died 1933)​
ChildrenMargaret Maude de Windt
ParentJoseph Clayton Jennyns de Windt
RelativesMargaret Brooke (sister)

Captain Harry Willes Darell de Windt FRGS[1] (9 April 1856 – 30 November 1933) was an explorer and travel writer.[2] His books were published under the name of Harry de Windt.

Early life

Harry de Windt was born on 9 April 1856 in Paris. He was the son of Capt. Joseph Clayton Jennyns de Windt, of Blunsdon Hall, between Swindon and Highworth in Wiltshire, England, and Elizabeth Sarah Johnson.[3] Among his siblings was sister Margaret Alice Lili de Windt, who married Charles Brooke.

He was admitted to Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1875, but did not take a degree, travelling with his brother-in-law.[4]

Career

From 1876 to 1878, de Windt served as aide-de-camp to his brother-in-law, Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak.[5]

In April 1897, while attempting to travel by land from New York to Paris, he became seriously ill at Paris after enduring exposure and poor treatment at Tchuktchis, Bering Strait.[6] In July 1902, he reached Dawson after traveling from Siberia on a river steamer with Viscount Desclinchams, Belgrade of Paris, George Harding (an English photographer),[7] and Stephen Rastorguyef (a Russian from Yakutakat who "the Russian government insisted should accompany De Windt through the wilds of Siberia").[8]

Personal life

On 18 July 1882 at St George's, Hanover Square in London, Harry married Frances Laura Arabella Long, sister of Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long. The couple had a daughter, Margaret, in 1884 and divorced in 1888. He married Hilda Frances E. Clark, who died, without issue, in 1924. Three years later he married the actress Charlotte Elizabeth Ihle, better known by her stage name Elaine Inescourt.[5]

Harry died at Bournemouth on 30 November 1933.[9]

Works

References

  1. ^ "Election of Fellows". Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society. New Series. 12: 356. 1890.
  2. ^ "DE WINDT, Harry". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 481.
  3. ^ "Sunday blazing Sunday brings down Blunsdon Abbey, recalls Barry Leighton". Swindon Advertiser. 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
  4. ^ "De Windt, Harry Willes Darrell (D875HW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ^ a b "EXPLORER DE WINDT, 71, TAKES ACTRESS BRIDE; Author Marries in London Elaine Inescourt, Who Appeared Here in "Smilin' Through."". The New York Times. 11 November 1927. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Harry De Windt in London". The New York Times. 14 April 1897. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  7. ^ "By George, I've found long-lost explorer's family". Dorset Echo. 22 September 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  8. ^ "HARRY DE WINDT AT DAWSON.; Traveling Explorer Reaches There from Siberia After Hardships". The New York Times. 17 July 1902. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  9. ^ To/as, Wireless to THE NSW YORK (2 December 1933). "HARRY DE WINDT, EXPLORER, IS DEAD; Traveled by Land From Paris to New York, Arriving in 1902 --Guest at White House. STUDIEP SIBERIAN PRISONS Visited Klondike Gold Fieldsu Wrote Many Novels, Books of Poetry and Memorabilia". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Review of Through the Gold-Fields of Alaska to Bering Straits". The Athenæum (3675): 435–436. April 2, 1898.
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