James McHenry was a leading Irish-American financier and patron of the arts. He is remembered for having introduced Indian corn into Ireland at the time of the Famine. He published the Life and Works of J. Sheridan Knowles (5 vols) and the Geneological Table of Sheridan, Lefanu and Knowles Families. He was the son of James McHenry (1785-1845).

Born:	1816
Died:	1891