| Administrative History | Extract from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:
In 1824 Henry sailed again for the Caribbean where, as part of a small team, he conducted an official inquiry into the administration of justice in the West Indies and South American colonies. The commission's huge and detailed reports were presented to parliament in July 1825, March 1826, and December 1826; a summary was published in 1827. Between 1822 and 1831 Henry remained in close touch with Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton, colonial under-secretary until 1828, providing him in November 1827 with an opinion on the Spanish law of manumission. |
| Administrative History Sources | Graham, D. (2006, May 25). Henry, Jabez (1775–1835), colonial judge and writer on conflict of laws. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 17 Feb. 2021, from https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-94368. |