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Andrew Clarence Hendy was a Hereditary Chief of the Mosquito Reservation. He grew up in Nicaragua outside of the reservation and was supported by Nicaraguans in claiming the chiefdom in 1888. Lacking support among the Miskito he abdicated in 1889 in favour of his cousin Jonathan I. Hendy returned to the reservation in 1891 to claim the chiefdom following the death of Jonathan and won support from the Miskito Sambu but lost out to Robert Henry Clarence. Robert was deposed by the Nicaraguans in 1894 and Hendy was selected as chief in a disputed convention which also permitted the reincorporation of the reservation into Nicaragua. Hendy saw several rebellions against his rule and the chiefdom was ended in the 1900s.