Stanley, Henry Morton

African explorer, born in Denbigh, Wales, in humble circumstances, his parental name being Rowlands, he having a umed the name of Stanley after that of his adopted father, Mr. Stanley, New Orleans; served in the Confederate army; became a newspaper foreign correspondent, to the New York Herald at length; was summoned to go and "find Living stone"; after many an impediment found Living stone on 10th November 1871, and after staying with him, and accompanying him in explorations, returned to England in August next year; in 1874 he set out again at the head of an expedition, solved several problems, and returned home; published "Congo and its Free State," "In Darkest Africa," .; represents Lambeth, North, in Parliament, having been elected in 1895; b . 1840.