Percy Edensor Sinnett

Percy Edensor Sinnett, (b. 1877 - d. 1908) commonly known as "Denny", was the son of Patience Edensor Sinnett and Alfred Percy Sinnett.

Bio-Data

Denny was born from Alfred Percy Sinnett and Patience Sinnett on May 16, 1877. His health seems to have been frail from the beginning. H. P. Blavatsky and even the Mahatmas expected Denny to be a strong influence for good, but the expectation was never fulfilled. As his father states in his Autobiography, Denny failed, generally with discredit, in the attempts to make a living.

While young he tried to get a job but was usually dismissed after a short trial. He tried to enter the militia but fail to pass the examination. Then, when the South Africa War broke he went to Cape Town and worked with the force guarding prisoners. He fell in love and married a local lady, without letting his parents know of the fact at the time.

During all this time Denny depended financially on his parents, and when Bottomley swindled A. P. Sinnett out of his entire savings, the difficulty of the situation became acute.

Denny lost his commission as result of bad reports by his superiors, and he returned to England with his wife. Being unable to find a job in London, he soon returned to the Cape where he contracted tuberculosis. When he was at the later stages of the illness he returned with his wife to London. The shock his state produced on Patience was terrible, and during the few weeks that he lived she contracted the cancer of which she finally died.

Denny died on May 11, 1908, leaving a widow with two boys.