John Henshaw

John Henshaw (born 1951, Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire) is a British actor, best known for his roles as Ken Dixon the landlord in Early Doors, Wilf Bradshaw in Born and Bred and PC Roy Bramwell in The Cops. Often associated with characters who are "hard men", he played John Prescott in ITV drama Confessions of a Diary Secretary.

Biography

One of 12 siblings, he grew up in Ancoats, Manchester's "Little Italy" community. He was a binman for ten years before deciding, at the age of 40, to become an actor. His first big break in acting was as a minder to Robert Lindsay's character Michael Murray in the acclaimed Channel 4 series, G.B.H.. He had roles in the Steve Coogan film, The Parole Officer and in the BBC Three sitcom The Visit, which was first shown in July 2007. In 2002 he appeared in the Scottish Gaelic drama, Anna Bheag (Wee Anna), although not as a Gaelic-speaking character.

Other credits include Nice Guy Eddie, When Saturday Comes and appearances in The Royle Family, Last of the Summer Wine and Life on Mars. In September 2007, at the Lowry in Salford, he starred in the world premier of the play King Cotton.

John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw

John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw (June 13, 1792 – July 20, 1852) was the fourth Bishop of Rhode Island in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, and the first to hold that position alone.

Early life

Henshaw was born in Middletown, Connecticut, and raised in the Congregational Church. He attended Middlebury College, graduating in 1808, and spent an additional year at Harvard College in 1809. He converted to the Episcopal Church and Bishop Alexander Griswold made him a lay reader in charge of a church in Marblehead, Massachusetts.

Ministry

Henshaw was ordained deacon on his 21st birthday in 1813 and for three years later served at St. Ann's Church in Brooklyn. After ordination as a priest on his 24th birthday in 1816, he became rector of St. Peter's Church in Baltimore, where he served for seventeen years. During his time in Baltimore, Henshaw befriended the Rev. William Levington, who had established the first African American Episcopal congregation south of the Mason-Dixon line in 1824. However, Henshaw was twice passed over during elections for bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland.