Henry Hyndman

Henry Meyers Hyndman was born into the family of John Beccles Hyndman, a lawyer and founder of the Hyndman Trust, which built churches. He was educated at home first, and later studied at Trinity College, Cambridge.

In 1861, he received his degree, but later studied law for two more years. Subsequently, he became a war correspondent for the Pall Mall Gazette and served in this capacity during the Austro-Prussian-Italian War of 1866, but was shocked by the horrors of the war and for some time came down with a nervous illness. He inherited his father's wealth and began to travel extensively, at the same time starting to write articles on political topics.