Henry Mainwaring Henry Mainwaring Sir Henry Mainwaring (1587–1653), was an English lawyer, soldier, author, seaman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622. He was for a time a pirate based in Newfoundland and then a naval officer with the Royal Navy. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Mainwaring was born in Ightfield, Shropshire, second son of Sir George Mainwaring and his wife Ann, the daughter of Sir William More of Loseley Park in Surrey. His maternal grandfather was Sir William More, Vice-Admiral of Sussex. He graduated from Brasenose College at Oxford University,
The Recruit (Dad's Army) hastily written into the script at the last minute by Jimmy Perry and David Croft when Beck became ill. Following this episode the character was never seen, heard from nor referred to again. The character was however written into the radio episode. The Recruit (Dad's Army) "The Recruit" is the seventh episode of the sixth series of the British television sitcom "Dad's Army" that was originally transmitted on 12 December 1973. Captain Mainwaring is indisposed due to an ingrowing toenail, so Sergeant Wilson takes charge temporarily of the platoon. When, however, he allows the vicar and the verger to join