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. 1830; _Britannia after the Romans, By the Hon. A. H. 2 vols._ 1836–41; _Cyclops Christianus, or an argument to disprove the antiquity of the Stonehenge and other Megalithic erections in England and Britanny_ 1849. _d._ Ickleton, Cambs. 11 June 1855. _G.M. xliv_, 649–50 (1855).

HERBERT, CHARLES. _b._ 1783; entered Madras army 1803; colonel 16 Madras N.I. 29 June 1842 to death; general 26 April 1866; C.B. 20 July 1838. _d._ Morland lodge, Croydon 17 Jany. 1867 aged 84.

HERBERT, CHARLES. _b._ 1805; ensign 66 foot 10 Dec. 1825; lieut. col. 75 foot 2 June 1857 to 7 Dec. 1858; lieut. col. 54 foot 7 Dec. 1858 to 27 July 1866 when he retired on full pay; L.G. 1 Oct. 1877; C.B. 1 Jany. 1858. _d._ Boyle cottage, Thames Ditton 19 Sep. 1879.

HERBERT, SIR CHARLES LYON. M.D.; knighted at St. James’s palace 19 Aug. 1836; (_m._ 1812 Anne dau. of Humphrey Jeffreys of Bristol, she _d._ Florence 28 Nov. 1860), he _d._ Lower Berkeley st. Manchester sq. London 1855.

HERBERT, CYRIL WISEMAN (_youngest son of John Rogers Herbert 1810–90_). _b._ Gloucester road, Old Brompton, London 30 Sep. 1847; godson of Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman; ed. in France, at St. Mary’s coll. Oscott and King’s coll. London; studied in Italy 1868; exhibited 5 pictures at R.A, 1870–5; some of his paintings were Homeward after labour. Roman cattle driven home 1870; Returning to the fold. Welsh sheep driven home 1874, in Walker art gallery, Liverpool; curator of antique school in Royal Academy 1882. _d._ The Chimes, Kilburn 2 July 1882. _Academy 8 July 1882 p._ 38; _Art Journal 1882 p._ 256.

HERBERT, DENNIS. Inspecting field officer of militia, Nova Scotia 28 Jany. 1808 to 17 March 1817 when placed on h.p.; general 20 June 1854. _d._ Exeter 19 Sep. 1861.

HERBERT, EDWARD CHARLES HUGH (_younger son of 2 Earl of Carnarvon 1772–1833_). _b._ 30 March 1802; M.P. for Callington, Cornwall 1831–32. _d._ 30 May 1852.

HERBERT, EDWARD GILBERT. Ed. at Univ. college, London; barrister L.I. 17 Nov. 1862; equity draftsman and conveyancer; lecturer on law at Univ. of London; brought out with other writers a volume of essays entitled _Religious Republics_ 1869 in which he wrote _The Congregational Character_ pp. 91–132; wrote on art in public journals. _d._ Nottingham 12 March 1871.

HERBERT, EDWARD HENRY CHARLES (_only son of E. C. H. Herbert 1802–52_). _b._ 1 Sep. 1837; ed. at Ball. coll. Ox., scholar 1855–61, B.A. 1859, M.A. 1865; 3 sec. of legation at Athens 16 Nov. 1868 to death; while on an excursion to the plains of Marathon, taken prisoner by Greek brigands and murdered at Oropos Sykamenos 21 April 1870, _bur._ Burghclere ch. yard 15 May. _Times 14 April 1870 p._ 5, _7 May p._ 12, _17 May p._ 6; _I.L.N. lvi_, 491, 557 (1870); _Parl. Papers 1870 and 1871_.

HERBERT, HENRY ARTHUR (_elder son of Charles John Herbert of Muckross abbey, co. Kerry, d. 1836_). _b._ Muckross 1815; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.; M.P. for co. Kerry 9 Aug. 1847 to death; chief sec. to lord lieut. of Ireland, June 1857 to Feb. 1858; P.C. 25 June 1857; sheriff of Kerry 1836; lord lieut. of Kerry 1853 to death; hon. colonel of Kerry militia 9 Jany. 1854 to death. _d._ Adare manor, Limerick 26 Feb. 1866. _I.L.N. xxv_, 616 (1854), _portrait_.

HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM (_elder son of Hon. and Rev. William Herbert 1778–1847, dean of Manchester_). _b._ 10 Poland st. Oxford st. London 3 April 1807; ed. at Eton and at Caius coll. Cam., B.A. 1830; classical master in Rev. R. T. Huddart’s sch. New York 1831–9; with A. D. Patterson established the _American Monthly Mag._ 1833; made much money but was improvident and quarrelled with his friends; lived at The Cedars on the Passaic 1846–58; author of _Cromwell, a novel 2 vols._ 1837; _The Roman traitor 3 vols._ 1846; _The knights of England, France and Scotland_ 1852; _Memoirs of Henry VIII of England and his six wives_ 1858; under the pseudonym of Frank Forester he wrote _My Shooting Box_ 1846; _Frank Forester and his friends 3 vols._ 1849; _The Deerstalker_ 1850; _Horse and horsemanship of the United States and British provinces 2 vols._ 1857 and other books; _shot himself_ through the head at Stevens house, Broadway, New York 17 May 1858. _Judd’s Life of F. Forester 2 vols._ (1882), _portrait_; _Picton’s Life of F. Forester_ (1881); _Appleton’s American Biog. iii_, 179–80 (1877), _portrait_.

HERBERT, JOHN (_son of Wm. Herbert 1771–1851, librarian Guildhall library, city of London_). _b._ Walcot place, Lambeth 28 Feb. 1814; appeared as Romeo in the Catherine st. theatre 1831; a comic singer at Vauxhall, Cremorne and Rosherville 1833 etc.; played in dramatic companies at Brighton 1837–8, at York 1839–40, at Newcastle 1840, at Sadler’s Wells 1841, at the Victoria 1843, at City of London 1844–7; a low comedian of much ability, his best character was Paulo in _Plot and Counterplot_; acted at Royal theatre, Edinburgh 1851–2. _d._ Edinburgh 6 April 1852. _Theatrical Times, ii_, 217, 226 (1847), _portrait_; _J. C. Dibdin’s Edinburgh Stage_ (1888) 434, 436.

HERBERT, JOHN MAURICE (_son of John Lawrence Herbert of New hall, Montgomeryshire_). _b._ 15 July 1808; ed. at cathedral school, Hereford and St. John coll. Cam., B.A. 1830, M.A. 1833; fellow of his college 1830–40; barrister L.I. 8 May 1835; assistant tithe and copyhold comr.; comr. for enfranchising assessionable manors of duchy of Cornwall; judge of county courts, circuit No. 24 (South Wales) 12 March 1847 to death; F.G.S. _d._ Rocklands near Ross 3 Nov. 1882. _I.L.N. lxxxi_, 569 (1882), _portrait_; _Red Dragon, iii_, 1 (1883), _portrait_.

HERBERT, JOHN ROGERS (_son of the controller of customs, Maldon, Essex_). _b._ Maldon 23 Jany. 1810; student R. Acad. London 1826; exhibited 69 pictures at R.A., 26 at B.I. and 7 at Suffolk st. 1830–80; studied in Italy 1835; joined the Church of Rome 1840; A.R.A. 1841, R.A. 1846, retired 1886; a master of the School of design, Somerset house 1837; decorated the peers’ robing room, house of lords with 9 pictures, the best being, Moses bringing the tables of the law, executed in the water glass process and taking 14 years to complete; commenced painting religious subjects with, Introduction of Christianity into Britain 1842; some of his best known works are, Sir Thomas More and his daughter 1844; The acquittal of the seven bishops 1846; Our Saviour subject to his parents at Nazareth 1847; Laborare est orare 1862; The sower of good seed 1865; The bay of Salamis 1869; The adoration of the Magi 1874. _d._ The Chimes, Kilburn 17 March 1890. _bur._ Kensal green. _Sandby’s Hist. of R. Academy, ii_, 179–81 (1862); _Sherer’s Gallery of British artists, i_, 39–46; _I.L.N. 29 March 1890 p._ 390, _portrait_; _Pictorial World 3 April 1890 pp._ 423, 441, _portrait_; _Times 20 March 1890 p._ 10.

HERBERT, SIR PERCY EGERTON (_2 son of 2 Earl of Powis 1785–1848_). _b._ Powis castle, Montgomeryshire 15 April 1822; ed. at Eton and Sandhurst; ensign 43 foot 17 Jany. 1840; served in Kaffir war 1851–3, Russian war 1854–6 and wounded at the Alma, Indian mutiny 1857–8; A.D.C. to the Queen 29 June 1855 to 28 Jany. 1868; lieut.-col. 82 foot 19 Feb. 1858 to 16 Nov. 1860 when placed on h.p.; deputy quartermaster general 1 Nov. 1860 to 28 April 1865; L.G. 22 Sep. 1875; colonel 74 highlanders April 1876; M.P. Ludlow 1854–60; M.P. South Shropshire 1865 to death; treasurer of H.M.’s household 27 Feb. 1867 to Dec. 1868; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 2 June 1869; P.C. 19 March 1867. _d._ Styche, Market Drayton 7 Oct. 1876.

HERBERT, ST. LEGER ALGERNON (_1 son of Frederick Charles Herbert 1819–68, commander in navy_). _b._ Kingston, Canada 16 Aug. 1850; ed. at naval sch. New Cross, Kent and at Wadham coll. Ox., scholar 1869–74; in Canadian C.S. 1875–8; private sec. to Sir Garnet Wolseley in Cyprus 1878 and in South Africa 1879; at the storming of Sekokoeni’s Mountain and for his services C.M.G. 1880; a correspondent of _The Times_ from 1878; sec. to Sir F. Roberts in Africa, Feb. 1881; sec. to Transvaal commission 1881; special correspondent for _Morning Post_ in Egypt from Sep. 1883, shot through the leg at Tamai; on staff of Sir H. Stewart in Egypt 1884, _killed_ at battle of Gubat near Metammeh in the Soudan 19 Jany. 1885; _monument_ to memory of 7 journalists who died in Soudan, in crypt of St. Paul’s. _Morning Post 29 Jany. 1885 p._ 5; _I.L.N. lxxxvi_, 171 (1885), _portrait_.

HERBERT, SIR THOMAS (_2 son of Richard Townshend Herbert of Cahirnane, M.P. co. Kerry 1783–90_). _b._ Cahirnane, Feb. 1793; entered navy 23 July 1803; captain 25 Nov. 1822; served in China during war operations in Canton river 1840–41; commodore on south east coast of America 11 Jany. 1847 to 21 June 1849; a junior lord of admiralty, Feb. to Dec. 1852; V.A. 8 Dec. 1857; sheriff of Kerry 1829; C.B. 29 June 1841, K.C.B. 14 Oct. 1841; M.P. for Dartmouth 1852–57. _d._ 74 Cadogan place, London 4 Aug. 1861.

HERBERT, REV. THOMAS MARTIN (_son of Thomas Herbert of Nottingham_). _b._ Nottingham 18 Oct. 1835; ed. at Mill Hill sch., Spring Hill coll., Lancashire coll. and at Univ. coll. London, B.A. London, M.A.; congregational minister at Nether chapel, Sheffield to 1867, at Cheadle 1868–76; professor of philosophy and church history, Lancashire coll. 1876 to death; author of _The external relations of Congregationalism_, printed in Religious Republics 1869; _Difficulties in the way of religious education by the state_ 1874; _The realistic assumptions of modern science_ 1879. _d._ Ottringham near Manchester 28 Nov. 1877. _The Congregationalist, vii_, 33–40 (1878); _Congregational Year Book_ (1879) 320–21.

HERBERT, WILLIAM. _b._ 1771; librarian Guildhall library, city of London 1828–45; author of _Antiquities of the inns of court and chancery_ 1804; _Select views of London and its environs 2 vols._ 1804–5; _The history of the twelve great livery companies of London 2 vols._ 1836–7; with E. W. Brayley he wrote _Syr Reginalde or the Black tower, a romance_ 1803; _History of Lambeth palace_ 1806; with Robert Wilkinson _Londina illustrata 2 vols._ 1819–25. _d._ 40 Brunswick st. Haggerston, London 18 Nov. 1851.

HERBISON, DAVID (_son of an innkeeper, d. 1827_). _b._ Ballymena, co. Antrim 14 Oct. 1800; a hand loom linen weaver 1814–27 and 1830 to death; resided in Canada 1827–30; known as The Bard of Dunclug; author of _The fate of Mc. Quillan and O’Neill’s daughter, poems, Belfast_ 1841; _Midnight musings_ 1848; _Woodland wanderings_ 1858; _The Snow wreath_ 1869, _with Autobiography of the author_; _The children of the year_ 1876. _d._ Dunclug near Ballymena 26 May 1880, _monu._ at Ballymena. _Collected works of D. Herbison, ed. by Rev. D. Mc. Meekin_ (1883), _with memoir_.

HERDMAN, ROBERT (_4 son of Rev. William Herdman, minister of Rattray, Perthshire, d. 1838_). _b._ Rattray 17 Sep. 1829; ed. at Madras coll. St. Andrews 1838, and at Univ. of St. Andrews; studied art in Trustees’ acad. Edin. 1847 and in Italy 1854–6 and 1868; A.R. Scottish Acad. 1858, Academician 1863; _portrait_, figure and landscape painter; exhibited at R. Scottish Acad. 1850 to death; exhibited 32 pictures at R.A. Lond. and 2 at B.I. 1861–80; some of his paintings were, After the battle, a scene in covenanting times 1870, in National gallery, Scotland; Charles Edward seeking shelter in the house of an adherent 1876; Landless and homeless 1887; author of _Address to the students of the Board of manufacturers’ Art School_ 1888; _found dead_ in his studio from heart disease, Edinburgh 10 Jany. 1888. _Times 12 Jany. 1888 p._ 6.

HERDMAN, WILLIAM GAWIN (_son of a corn merchant_). _b._ Liverpool 13 March 1805; art teacher Liverpool; member of Liverpool academy till 1857 when he was expelled for his opposition to pre-Raphaeliteism; established an Art school in Liverpool 1857; exhibited 5 pictures at R.A. and 1 at Suffolk st. 1834–61; the reformation of perspective occupied much of his time; the founder of shilling art-unions; F.S.A.; published _Views of Fleetwood-on-Wyre_ 1838; _Studies from the folio of W. G. H._ 1838; _Pictorial relics of ancient Liverpool_ 1843; _A treatise on the curvilinear perspective of nature_ 1853; _Thoughts on speculative cosmology and the principles of art_ 1870; _found dead_ in his bed at 41 St. Domingo vale, Liverpool 29 March 1882. _Bryan’s Dictionary of painters_ (1886) 645; _Liverpool Mercury 1 April 1882 p._ 5.

HERING, GEORGE EDWARDS (_younger son of a German bookbinder_). _b._ London 1805; studied in Munich art sch. 1829 and in Italy 1830 etc.; landscape painter; exhibited 88 pictures at R.A., 86 at B.I. and 10 at Suffolk st. 1836–80; among his paintings were The ruins of the palace of the Cæsars at Rome 1836; Amalfi 1841 and Capri 18—, both in the Royal collection; Bridge over a stream 1847, in South Kensington museum; published _Sketches on the Danube, in Hungary and Transilvania_ 1838; _The mountains and lakes in Switzerland, the Tyrol and Italy, twenty coloured lithographs_ 1847. _d._ 45 Grove end road, St. John’s Wood, London 18 Dec. 1879, his wife a well known painter, exhibited landscapes 1853–8. _Art Journal, xxxii_, 83; _Clement and Hutton’s Artists_ (1879) 348.

HERIOT, FREDERICK LEWIS MAITLAND. _b._ 6 Feb. 1818; barrister 1839, advocate depute; sheriff of Forfarshire 21 Feb. 1862 to death; edited _The Scottish jurist, containing reports of cases decided in the courts of session_. _d._ Paris 7 March 1881. _Journal of Jurisprudence, xxv_, 204 (1881).

HERMAN, GEORGE FREDERIC. Joined British auxiliary legion in Spain as a captain in the Rifle corps 11 July 1835 and was present during all the fighting 1835–8, lieut.-col. 1 Oct. 1836; went out to Syria as assistant adjutant general on staff of Sir Charles Smith 1840 and served through Syrian campaign, receiving Sultan’s gold medal; vice consul at Bengazi 31 March 1848; consul at Tripoli 1 Jany. 1852 and consul general there 26 March 1856 to 13 Jany. 1865, retired on a pension 18 July 1865. _d._ 2 Aug. 1873. _Foreign Office List_ (1873) 111–12.

HERMON, EDWARD (_son of Richard Hermon_). _b._ London about 1821; member of firm of Horrocks, Miller and Co. cotton spinners, Preston; M.P. Preston 1868–81; gave money for prizes, for Essays on the prevention of explosions and accidents in coal mines 1874. _d._ Berkeley sq. London 6 May 1881, personalty sworn to be £588,000 on 25 June 1881, his pictures were sold for £37,116 4s. 6d. on 13 May 1882.

HERON, DENIS CAULFIELD (_eld. son of W. Heron_). _b._ Dublin 1826; ed. at St. Gregory’s Downside and Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1845, LL.B. and LLD. 1857; obtained a university scholarship 1845 but precluded from enjoying it on account of being a Roman Catholic; called to Irish bar 1848; professor of jurisprudence in Queen’s college, Galway 1849–59; Q.C. 4 July 1860; law adviser at Dublin Castle, April to July 1866; bencher of King’s Inns 1872; M.P. for Tipperary 1870–74; third serjeant at law Oct. 1880 to death; author of _The constitutional history of the university of Dublin_ 1847; _Should the tenant of land possess the property in the improvements made by him?_ 1852; _An introduction to the history of jurisprudence_ 1860; _The principles of jurisprudence_ 1873. _d._ while salmon fishing on the river Corrib at Galway 15 April 1881. _bur._ Glasnevin cemetery, Dublin 19 April. _Case of D. C. Heron against the provost and senior fellows of Trinity college_, _Dublin_ (1846).

HERON, SIR JOSEPH (_son of James Holt Heron, merchant_). _b._ Manchester 1809; ed. at Moravian sch. at Fairfield; admitted attorney and solicitor 1830; town clerk of Manchester, Dec. 1838 to death, an able administrator, instrumental in obtaining the act for the Thirlmere water scheme for Manchester 1879; knighted at Windsor castle 9 July 1869. _d._ Cannes, France 23 Dec. 1889. _Times 25 Dec. 1889 p._ 4; _Law Journal, xxv_, 14 (1890).

HERON, MATILDA. _b._ Labby vale, Londonderry, Ireland 1 Dec. 1830; studied in Philadelphia, U.S. America under Peter Richings; first appeared at Walnut st. theatre as Bianca in _Fazio_ 17 Feb. 1851; played at St. Louis 1852, in San Francisco 1853, in New York 1854 and 1857 when she acted as Camille her most successful character. (_m._ 24 Dec. 1857 Robert Stoepel, musical director, from whom she separated 1862, sued for a divorce March 1869); appeared at Lyceum, London as Rosalie Lee in _New Year’s Eve_ 1 April 1861 but met with little success; returned to U.S. America, made last appearance as Medea in April 1876; teacher of elocution New York 1876 to death; published _Camille. Adapted from the French of A. Dumas_ [_by M. H._] 1856; _Medea, a tragedy by G. J. B. E. W. Legouvé, translated_ 1857. _d._ New York city 7 March 1877. _Appleton’s American Biog. iii_, 184 (1887), _portrait_; _Soulé’s Annals of San Francisco_ (1855) 661, _portrait_.

HERON, SIR ROBERT, 2 Baronet (_only son of Thomas Heron of Chilham castle, Kent_). _b._ Newark 27 Nov. 1765; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam.; succeeded his uncle Sir R. Heron 18 Jany. 1805; came into large property on death of his uncle Rev. Robert Heron 19 Jany. 1813; M.P. Grimsby 1812–18; contested Lincolnshire 1818; M.P. Peterborough 1819–47; built the nave and tower of Stubton ch. Lincolnshire; author of _Notes_. _Grantham_ 1850, _reprinted_ 1851. _d._ Stubton hall near Newark 29 May 1854. _G.M. July 1854 pp._ 74–5.

HERRIES, SIR CHARLES JOHN (_eld. son of succeeding_). _b._ 1815; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840; barrister I.T. 20 Nov. 1840; commissioner of excise 22 Nov. 1842; dep. chairman of board of inland revenue 1856, chairman 15 Aug. 1877, retired 1881 on a pension of £1353; C.B. 1871, K.C.B. 27 Oct. 1880; author of _Memoir of Rt. Hon. J. C. Herries 2 vols._ 1880. _d._ St. Julian’s, Sevenoaks 14 March 1883. _Times 16 March 1870 p._ 8.

HERRIES, JOHN CHARLES (_eld. son of Charles Herries of London, merchant, d. 1819_). _b._ Nov. 1778; ed. at Cheam and at Univ. of Leipsic; clerk in the treasury 5 July 1798; private sec. to Nicholas Vansittart when secretary of the treasury 1801–1802, to Spencer Perceval when prime minister 1810–12; secretary and registrar to order of the Bath, Jany. 1809, resigned 1822; comptroller of army accounts 1811; commissary in chief 1 Oct. 1811 to 24 Oct. 1816 when office was abolished and he retired on pension of £1350; auditor of the civil list 29 Oct. 1816 to 1821; financial sec. to the treasury 7 Feb. 1823 to 4 Sep. 1827; chancellor of the exchequer 17 Aug. 1827 to 26 Jany. 1828; P.C. 17 Aug. 1827; master of the mint 12 Feb. 1828 to 14 Dec. 1830; president of board of trade 2 Feb. 1830 to 22 Nov. 1830; secretary at war 16 Dec. 1834 to 20 April 1835; president of board of control 28 Feb. to Dec. 1852; member of the India board 28 Feb. 1852; M.P. for Harwich 1823–41; contested Ipswich 3 July 1841; M.P. for Stamford 1847–53; translated Frederick Gentz’s work _On the state of Europe before and after the French revolution_ 1803. _d._ St. Julian’s, Sevenoaks 24 April 1855. _E. Herries’ Memoir of J. C. Herries 2 vols._ 1880; _Portraits of eminent conservatives and statesmen 2 series_ (1846); _I.L.N. xiv_, 269 (1849), _portrait_.

HERRIES, SIR WILLIAM LEWIS (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Amiens, France 1785; cornet 19 dragoons 23 Jany. 1801; served in South America, at Walcheren, at siege of Flushing and in Peninsula; lost his leg before Bayonne 1814; permanent assistant quartermaster general 28 July 1814 to 31 July 1817 when placed on h.p.; chairman of board of comrs. for auditing public accounts; lieut.-col. on half pay 13 Aug. 1830 to 9 Nov. 1846; a comr. of Chelsea hospital; col. of 68 foot 17 April 1854 to death; L.G. 20 June 1854; K.C.H. 1826; knighted at Carlton house 29 May 1826; C.B. 19 July 1831. _d._ 14 Bolton st. Piccadilly, London 3 June 1857.

HERRING, JOHN FREDERICK (_son of Mr. Herring, fringe maker, Newgate st. London_). _b._ Surrey 1795; coach painter at Doncaster 1814; driver of the Nelson coach from Wakefield to Lincoln 1814–6, then of the Doncaster and Halifax coach, and later on of the Highflyer coach between London and York; painted Filho da Puta the winner of the St. Leger 1815, and the winners for 32 years in succession; painted Mameluke the winner of the Derby 1827 and the winners for 18 years following; at Doncaster till 1830, at Six mile bottom, Newmarket 1830–33, settled at Camberwell 1833; exhibited 22 pictures at R.A., 44 at B.I. and 82 at Suffolk st. 1818–68; member of Soc. of British Artists 1841–52; animal painter to duchess of Kent; among his pictures were, A frugal meal, now in National gallery; A group of ducks, in the Glasgow gallery, and A black horse drinking from a trough, in National gallery, Dublin; many of his paintings were engraved, and published by Fores, Fuller and Graves; he published _The Horse_, 12 _plates_. _d._ Meopham park near Tunbridge Wells 23 Sep. 1865. _Memoir of J. F. Herring. Sheffield_ (1848), _portrait_; _Scott and Sebright, By the Druid_ (1862) 88–93; _I.L.N. xlvii_, 360, 361 (1865), _portrait_.

HERRING, PAUL, stage name of William Smith. _b._ 20 Sep. 1800; clown at Richardson’s show playing 12 times a day and also taking part in the outside parade; acted Bob Logic in the original cast of _Tom and Jerry_ at the royal amphitheatre 17 Sep. 1821; in H. Brading’s dramatic co. at Albert saloon, Shepherd fields, London where he was the hero in _The imp of the devil’s gorge_ 1841; clown at Victoria theatre under Daniel Webster Osbaldiston; played clown last time at St. James’ theatre 1859; pantaloon from 1859, played in _The White Cat_ at Drury Lane 1877. _d._ 32 North st. Hercules buildings, Lambeth, London 18 Sep. 1878. _bur._ Tooting cemetery 25 Sep. _The Era 22 and 29 Sep. 1878_; _Illust. S. and D. News, ii_, 268 (1874); _Tinsley’s Mag., July 1883 pp._ 72–6.

HERRING, RICHARD. _b._ 1829; paper agent and wholesale stationer Finsbury pavement, London; made a study of telegraphy; author of _Paper and paper making, ancient and modern_ 1855, _3 ed._ 1863; _A letter on the collection of rags for paper making_ 1860; _A few personal recollections of the Rev. George Croly_ 1861; _Mr. Herring and the telegraphs_ 1874, _4 ed._ 1875 and other books. _d._ 27 St. Mary’s road, Islington 5 Oct. 1886. _The Bookseller 8 Oct. 1886 p._ 949.

HERSCHEL, SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM, 1 Baronet (_only child of Sir Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, astronomer 1738–1822_). _b._ Slough, Bucks. 7 March 1792; ed. at Hitcham, Eton and St. John’s coll. Cam., senior wrangler, Smith’s prizeman and fellow of his coll. 1813; B.A. 1813, M.A. 1816; F.R.S. 27 May 1813, member of council, one of secretaries 1824–7, royal medallist 1833, 1836 and 1840; a founder of R. Astronomical soc. 1820, wrote the inaugural address, first foreign secretary 1824–7, medallist 1826, 1836, president 1827; discovered 525 new nebulae; discovered double stars; made researches and discoveries in light, heat and photography, one of the greatest men since Sir Isaac Newton; K.H. 12 Oct. 1831; baronet 17 July 1838; lord rector of Marischal college, Aberdeen, March 1842; master of the mint 13 Dec. 1850, resigned Feb. 1855; president of British association at Cambridge meeting 1845; one of the 8 foreign members of Institute of France 23 July 1855; wrote upwards of 150 scientific papers; author of _Results of astronomical observations made 1834–8 at Cape of Good Hope being the completion of a survey of the heavens_ 1847; _A manual of scientific enquiry, for the use of the navy_ 1849, _5 ed._ 1886; _Outlines of astronomy_ 1849, _10 ed._ 1869; _Familiar lectures on scientific subjects_ 1866; _The Iliad of Homer translated into accentuated hexameters_ 1866. _d._ Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent 11 May 1871. _bur._ Westminster abbey 19 May. _Dunkin’s Obituary notices of astronomers_ (1879) 47–85; _Martineau’s Biog. sketches_ (1876) 449–67; _Monthly notices R. Astronom. soc. xxxii_, 122–42 (1872); _Illust. News of World, ix_ (1862), _portrait_; _Year book of facts_ (1846), _portrait_.

HERSCHELL, HELEN S. (_dau. of William Mowbray of Edinburgh_). A Latin, Greek, Hebrew and German scholar; a friend of Rev. Edward Irving 1834–8. (_m._ 1831 the succeeding); wrote _The Bystander_, a series of papers in _The Christian Ladies’ magazine_; author of _The child’s help to self-examination and prayer_ 1835; _The voice from the fire_ 1839. _d._ Bonn, Germany 31 Dec. 1853. _bur._ Kensal green 12 Jany. 1854. _Far above rubies. Memoir of Helen S. Herschell_ (1854).

HERSCHELL, REV. RIDLEY HAIM (_son of a Jew_). _b._ Strzelno, Prussian Poland 7 April 1807; ed. at Berlin univ. 1822; _baptized_ in England by bishop of London 1830; missionary among the Jews; in charge of Lady Olivia Sparrow’s schools and mission work at Leigh, Essex and Brampton, Hunts. 1835–8; opened an unsectarian chapel in London 1838, removed to Trinity chapel, John st. Edgware road 1846; a founder of British soc. for propagating gospel among Jews; one of first to establish school excursions; a founder of Evangelical Alliance 1845; author of _A brief sketch of the state and expectations of the Jews 3 ed._ 1834; _Plain reasons why I a Jew have become a catholic and not a Roman catholic_ 1842; _A visit to my fatherland. Notes of a journey to Syria and Palestine_ 1844; edited _The voice of Israel conducted by Jews who believe that Jesus is the Messiah_, _vols._ 1–2, 1845–7, and other books. _d._ Brighton 14 April 1864.

HERSEE, WILLIAM. _b._ Coldwaltham, Sussex 1786; a ploughman; bookseller with Cooper at Bunhill row, London 1813; accountant in Inland revenue office, London 1809–26; edited the _Warwick Advertiser_ 1831 to March 1852; published _Poems, rural and domestic. Chichester_ 1810; _The battle of Vittoria, a poem_ 1813; _The spirit of the orders issued by the board of excise for the guidance of officers_ 1829 and other books. _d._ Warwick 6 Aug. 1854.

HERSHON, PAUL ISAAC. _b._ Galicia 1817; early converted to Christianity; a missionary for promoting christianity among the Jews in England; director of the house of industry for Jews at Jerusalem, and then of the model farm at Jaffa, retired 1859; author of _Extracts from the Talmud_ 1860; _The Pentateuch according to the Talmud. Genesis_ 1878; _A Talmudic miscellany_ 1880; _Treasures of the Talmud_ 1882; translated the New Testament into Judæo-Polish for the use of the Continental Jews. _d._ 9 Park avenue, Wood Green, Middlesex 14 Oct. 1888. _Times 15 Oct. 1888 p._ 10.

HERTFORD, MARIA SEYMOUR-CONWAY, Marchioness of (_dau. of the Marchese Fagniani an Italian_). _b._ 1771; known as Mie Mie; lived with George Selwyn as his adopted dau. at Matson hall, Gloucester 1779–91 when he died leaving her £30,000; a public singer. (_m._ 18 May 1798 Francis, Earl of Yarmouth who in 1822 became 3 Marquis of Hertford 1777–1842); travelled on the continent as the acknowledged mistress of Marshal Andoche Junot, duc d’Abrantes 1802–4; the 4th Duke of Queensberry (’Old Q’) bequeathed to her by will in 1810 a sum of £100,000. _d._ 3 Rue Taitbout, Paris, March 1856 aged 85. _P. Fitzgerald’s Kings and Queens of an hour, ii_, 355–70 (1883); _The Croker Papers, By L. J. Jennings, i_, 235–6 (1884).

HERTFORD, RICHARD SEYMOUR-CONWAY, 4 Marquis of (_elder son of 3 Marquis of Hertford 1777–1842_). _b._ 22 Feb. 1800; styled viscount Beauchamp 1800–22, earl of Yarmouth 1822–42; attaché of embassy at Paris 1817; cornet 2 dragoons 24 Feb. 1820, captain 25 March to 17 April 1823 when placed on h.p.; M.P. co. Antrim 1821–26; captain of Cape corps of cavalry 1823; attaché of embassy at Constantinople 1829; succeeded his father 1 March 1842; K.G. 19 Jany. 1846; commander of Legion of Honour for encouragement given to the arts 14 Nov. 1855; known by the nickname of Bagatelle. _d._ 6 Rue Lafitte, Paris 25 Aug. 1870. _bur._ Père Lachaise cemetery, personalty sworn under £500,000, 8 July 1871. _Irish Reports. Common Law series, vi_, 196–220, 343–410 (1873); _Some professional recollections_ [_By C. R. Williams_] (1883) 75–92; _Waagen’s Treasures of art, ii_, 154–61 (1854); _Waagen’s Galleries of art_ (1857) 79–92; _Lippincott’s Mag. xiii_, 191–6 (1874).

HERTFORD, FRANCIS HUGH GEORGE SEYMOUR, 5 Marquis of (_son of Sir George Francis Seymour, G.C.B. 1787–1870_). _b._ 11 Feb. 1812; ensign 3 foot guards 12 July 1827, captain 28 Nov. 1845 to 10 Dec. 1847; groom of the robes to the Queen 1837–70; state steward to lord lieut. of Ireland 1843–46; equerry to Prince Albert 1846–58, to the Queen 1858–70; deputy ranger of Windsor great park 1850–70; succeeded his cousin 25 Aug. 1870; lord chamberlain of the household 21 Feb. 1874 to 7 May 1879; P.C. 2 March 1874; general 10 Feb. 1876; G.C.B. 24 Jany. 1879. _d._ Ragley hall near Alcester, Warws. 25 Jany. 1884. _Graphic_, _xxix_, 100 (1884), _portrait_; _I.L.N. lxxxiv_, 97 (1884), _portrait_.

HERTSLET, LEWIS. _b._ Nov. 1787; sub-librarian in foreign office, London 5 Feb. 1801, librarian and keeper of the papers 6 Jany. 1810 to 20 Nov. 1857 when he retired on pension; superintendent of queen’s messengers and comptroller of their accounts for three secretaries of state offices 30 June 1824 to 30 June 1854 when office abolished; author of _A complete collection of the treaties between Great Britain and foreign powers and of the laws concerning the same 11 vols._ 1827–66. _d._ 16 Great college st. Westminster, London 15 March 1870.

HERTZEN or GERTSEN, ALEKSANDR IVANOVICH (_son of Mr. Yakovlef, d. 1846_). _b._ Moscow 1812; ed. at Moscow univ.; imprisoned in 1835, in Siberia 1835–7; editor of _Vladimir gazette_ 1837; in office of minister of interior, Moscow 1840; in France, Switzerland and Italy 1846; came to England 1848, established a printing office in Paternoster row, edited the _Free Russian Press_; _The Polar Star_; _Kolokol_ [_The Bell_], _ed. by Iskander_, 196 numbers 1857–63, it was afterwards published at Geneva; lost his influence by taking the side of the Polish insurgents; author of _Imprimerie Russe á Londres_ 1855; _La France ou l’Angleterre. Par Iscander_ 1858; _Le monde Russe et la Révolution 2 parts_ 1860–62 and many other works in French, Russian and Polish. _d._ Paris 21 Jany. 1870. _Temple Bar, April 1870 pp._ 44–58, _by W. R. S. Ralston_; _A. Hertzen’s My exile to Siberia 2 vols._ (1855).

HERVEY, ALFRED (_youngest son of 1 marquis of Bristol 1769–1859_). _b._ St. James’ sq. London 25 June 1816; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1837, LLD. 1864; barrister I.T. 27 Jany. 1843; M.P. for Brighton 1842–57, for Bury St. Edmunds 1859–65; a lord of the treasury Dec. 1852 to Feb. 1855; keeper of privy seal to Prince of Wales 4 Feb. 1853 to 1855; receiver general of inland revenue 1871 to death. _d._ Lowndes st. London 15 April 1875. _I.L.N. lxvi_, 402 (1875).

HERVEY, ANDREW. Entered Bengal army 1805; col. 52 Bengal N.I. 8 March 1849 to death; L.G. 23 July 1861; C.B. 9 June 1849. _d._ England 14 June 1862.

HERVEY, AUGUSTUS HENRY CHARLES (_2 son of 2 marquis of Bristol 1800–64_). _b._ Ickworth park, Bury St. Edmunds 2 Aug. 1837; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1859; attaché at St. Petersburg 31 July 1862, at Dresden 19 Feb. 1863, resigned 24 Jany. 1865; M.P. West Suffolk 8 Dec. 1864 to death. _d._ at res. of his brother 6 St. James’ sq. London 28 May 1875.

HERVEY, THOMAS KIBBLE (_son of James Hervey of Manchester, drysalter_). _b._ Paisley 4 Feb. 1799; ed. at Manchester free gr. sch.; articled to Sharp, Eccles & Co. solicitors, Manchester; studied for the bar; at Trin. coll. Cam. 1818–20; edited the _Friendship’s Offering_ 1826–7; migrated to Paris 1827 but soon returned to London; edited _The Amaranth_ 1839; a leading contributor to the _Athenæum_ from 1828, editor 23 May 1846, resigned Dec. 1853; contributed to the _Art Journal_ 1855–9. (_m._ 17 Oct. 1843 Eleanor Louisa dau. of George Conway Montagu, she is an author and poetess); author of _Australia with other poems_ 1824; _The poetical sketch book_ 1829; _The book of Christmas_ 1837; _The English Helicon_ 1841. _d._ Kentish town, London 27 Feb. 1859. _bur._ Highgate cemet. _The poems of T. K. Hervey, Ed. by Mrs. Hervey with a memoir_ (1866), _portrait_; _Manchester sch. register, iii_, 284 (1874).

HERZ, JAMES. _b._ 1807; founder of the Cheque Bank opened Pall Mall east, London 23 July 1873, the payment of all cheques drawn being guaranteed by the Bank. _d._ Coburg hotel 14 Charles st. Grosvenor sq. London 23 Feb. 1880. _Times 1 April 1873 p._ 10, _25 Sep. p._ 5, _26 Sep. p._ 4; _Banker’s Mag. xxxiii_, 651, 930 (1873).

HESKETH, SIR THOMAS GEORGE FERMOR, 5 Baronet. _b._ Rufford hall near Ormskirk, Lancs. 11 Jany. 1825; succeeded 10 Feb. 1843; sheriff of Lancs. 1848; lieut. col. commandant 2 royal Lancashire militia 1 March 1852 to 25 Sep. 1872; M.P. for Preston 4 April 1862 to death; assumed name of Fermor by royal license 8 Nov. 1867. _d._ Rufford hall 20 Aug. 1872. _I.L.N. lxi_, 215, 571 (1872).

HESKETH-FLEETWOOD, SIR PETER, 1 Baronet (_3 son of Robert Hesketh of Rossall, Lancs. 1764–1824_). _b._ Wennington hall near Lancaster 9 May 1801; ed. at Trin. coll. Ox., B.A. 1823, M.A. 1826; sheriff of Lancashire 1830; assumed by r.l. additional name of Fleetwood, March 1831; M.P. for Preston 10 Dec. 1832 to July 1847; cr. a Baronet 20 July 1838; projected and commenced building town of Fleetwood, Lancashire on his estate at Rossall at mouth of river Wyre 1836; published a translation of Victor Hugo’s _Last days of a condemned_, to which he prefixed _Observations on capital punishment_ 1840. _d._ 127 Piccadilly, London 12 April 1866. _G.M. i_, 908 (1866); _I.L.N. xlviii_, 426 (1866); _Herald and genealogist, iv_, 371 (1866–7).

HESLEDEN, WILLIAM SMITH. _b._ 1773; Assoc. British Archæol. Assoc. 1845; wrote _An account of ancient earth works at Barton and on the site of the battle of Brunanburgh in the time of Athelstan_; published _A sketch of the properties of Sutton patent gravitated sails for windmills_ 1807. _d._ Barton-upon-Humber 24 Dec. 1854. _Journ. B. Archæol. Assoc. xi_, 162 (1855).

HESLOP, REV. GEORGE HENRY (_1 son of Rev. Alfred Heslop of Keswick, Cumb._) _b._ 1822; ed. at Queen’s coll. Ox., scholar 1842–8, fellow 1848–51; B.A. 1846, M.A. 1846; head master of St. Bees gram. sch. 1854–79; hon. canon of Carlisle 1875; R. of Church Oakley, Hants. 1879 to death; one of the most exact and correct scholars of his time; in the Catena Classicorum series, Rivingtons, London, he edited _Demosthenes’ Orationes publicae_ 1868 and _Demosthenes’ De Falsa legatione_. _d._ Oakley rectory, Basingstoke 30 Jany. 1887.

HESLOP, THOMAS PRETIOUS (_son of Mr. Heslop a Scotchman and major R.A._) _b._ West Indies 1823; apprenticed to Thomas Underhill, M.D. of Tipton, Staffs.; studied at Universities of Dublin and Edin., M.D. Edin. 1848; M.R.C.P. 1859, F.R.C.P. 1872; practised at Birmingham 1848 to death, house physician general hospital 1848 to Jany. 1852; professor of physiology at Queen’s college 1853–58 and senior phys. 1870–82; the chief consultant phys. in Midland counties many years; founded the Free hospital for children opened in Steel house lane, Birmingham 1861, the Women’s hospital 1871 and the Skin and Lock hospital 1880; founded the Midland Medical Society 1848; a trustee of Mason college 1873, president of the council 1884 to death, gave 11,000 volumes to the library; author of _The realities of medical attendance on the sick children of the poor_. _Birmingham_ 1869; _The abuse of alcohol in the treatment of acute diseases_ 1872. _d._ the Devil’s Elbow, 3 miles south of Braemar 17 June 1885. _bur._ at Dublin 20 June. _Birmingham Weekly Post 20 June 1885 p._ 4 _col._ 7.

HESSEY, REV. FRANCIS (_2 son of James Augustus Hessey of St. Bride’s, London_). _b._ 10 April 1816; ed. at Merchant Taylors and St. John’s coll. Ox., scholar and fellow 1834–61; S.C.L. 1837, B.C.L. 1839, D.C.L. 1844; C. of Kentish town, London 1839–40; principal of Huddersfield coll. sch. 1840–43; head master of Kensington sch. 1843–53; V. of St. Barnabas, Kensington 1853 to Oct. 1881; author of _Hints to district visitors, By F. H._ 1858; _Confirmation questions_ 1859, _7 ed._ 1866, _Second series_ 1862; _Catechetical lessons on book of Common prayer_ 1868; _A few parochial sermons preached at St. Barnabas, Kensington_ 1882. _d._ Midhurst, Sussex 10 Aug. 1882.

HETHERINGTON, REV. WILLIAM MAXWELL. _b._ in parish of Troqueer near Dumfries 4 June 1803; a gardener; ed. at Edin. Univ. 1822; presbyterian minister of Torphichen, Linlithgow 1836–43; a free ch. minister to students at St. Andrews 1843–8; minister at St. Paul’s, Edin. 1848; edited the _Free Church Magazine_ 1844–8; professor of systematic theology in Glasgow Free Church coll. 1857; LLD. and D.D. of an American university; author of _Twelve dramatic sketches founded on the pastoral poetry of Scotland_ 1829; _The minister’s family_ 1838, _12 ed._ 1880; _History of the Church of Scotland_ 1842, _7 ed. 2 vols._ 1852; _History of Westminster assembly of divines_ 1843, _4 ed._ 1878; _The anti-christian system or popery as predicted in Scripture_ 1851. _d._ 23 May 1865. _bur._ Grange cemet. Edin. _Wylie’s Disruption Worthies_ (1881); _The apologetics of the Christian faith By W. H. Hetherington_ 1867, _with a Memoir pp. xiii-xv_; _Scott’s Fasti vol. i, pt. i, p._ 204.

HEWETSON, CHARLES. Entered Madras army 1811; col. 49 Madras N.I. 21 July 1861 to 1869; L.G. 25 June 1870. _d._ Madras 4 Feb. 1873.

HEWETT, SIR PRESCOTT GARDINER, 1 Baronet (_son of Wm. Nathan Wrighte Hewett of Bilham hall near Doncaster_). _b._ 3 July 1812; ed. at St. George’s hospital and in Paris; M.R.C.S. 1836, hon. F.R.C.S. 1843, professor of human anatomy and surgery, member of council 1867, vice pres. 1875, pres. 1876; surgeon extraord. to the Queen 14 Oct. 1867, sergeant surgeon extraord. 19 Feb. 1877; surgeon in ord. to Prince of Wales 10 March 1874; pres. of Clinical Soc. 1873; F.R.S. 4 June 1874; retired from practice Nov. 1883; created baronet 6 Aug. 1883. _d._ Chestnut lodge, Horsham, Sussex 19 June 1891. _bur._ Brompton cemetery, London 25 June.

HEWETT, SIR WILLIAM NATHAN WRIGHTE (_2 son of Dr. William Wrighte Hewett_). _b._ Brighton 12 Aug. 1834; entered the navy March 1847; shewed great presence of mind and courage in a battery before Sebastopol and at Inkerman 1854, lieut. 20 Oct.; V.C. 24 Feb. 1857; commodore and commander in chief on west coast of Africa during Ashantee war 1873–76, and present at capture of Coomassie; K.C.B. 31 March 1874, Ashantee medal with clasp; commander in chief in East Indies 1882–5; occupied Suez and seized the Canal 1882; defended Suakim 6 Feb. 1884, governor for the Khedive 10 Feb.; went on a mission to king John of Abyssinia, April 1884; commander of Channel squadron 18 March 1886 to 17 April 1888; known as the fighting admiral; K.C.S.I. 17 Nov. 1882. _d._ Haslar hospital, Portsmouth 13 May 1888. _Times 15 May 1888 p._ 8, _16 May pp._ 11, 16, _18 May p._ 5; _I.L.N. xxxix_ 41 (1861), _portrait_, _lxxxiv_ 172 (1884), _portrait_.

HEWITSON, WILLIAM CHAPMAN. _b._ Newcastle-upon-Tyne 9 Jany. 1806; ed. at York; land surveyor, sometime under George Stephenson on London and Birmingham railway, came into a fortune and gave up business; resided at Bristol, at Hampstead and from 1848 at Oatlands park, Surrey; made a study of birds’ eggs and collected specimens in Norway 1833; made a collection of diurnal lepidoptera, paid travellers to search for them in all parts of the world and gave £350 for a single specimen 1848, etc.; member of Entomological soc. 1846, the Zoological 1859 and the Linnean 1862; author of _British Oology being illustrations of the eggs of British birds with figures of each species Newcastle 3 vols._ 1833–42; _Coloured illustrations of the eggs of British birds 2 vols._ 1846, _3 ed. 2 vols._ 1856; _Illustrations of diurnal lepidoptera 2 vols._ 1863–78; _Description of 100 new species of hesperediæ_ 1867. _d._ Oatlands park 28 May 1878. _bur._ Walton-on-Thames. Left his lepidoptera, stuffed birds, pictures and water colours to Br. Museum, now in Cromwell road; his books and £30,000 to Nat. Hist. Soc. Newcastle, and money to the Müller institute Bristol. _Academy 8 June 1878 p._ 512; _Nature xviii_, 196–7 (1878).

HEWITT, DANIEL CHANDLER. _b._ Scotland 1789; author of _New analysis of music, a theory of melody, harmony and modulation_ 1828; _The true science of music_ 1860 _and_ 1864. _d._ London 1869.

HEWITT, JOHN. _b._ Lichfield 1807; organist St. Mary’s ch. Lichfield; in war office, London; resided at Woolwich; wrote articles in magazines under name of Sylvanus Swanquill; author of _The tower of London, its history_ 1841; _Ancient armour and weapons in Europe 3 vols._ 1855–60; _Official catalogue of the Tower armories_ 1859; _Old Woolwich_ 1860; _Handbook for the city of Lichfield_ 1874, _2 ed._ 1884 and other works. _d._ Lichfield 10 Jany. 1878. _bur._ in cathedral close 15 Jany. _Reliquary xviii_, 228–30 (1877–8).

HEWITT, WILLIAM HENRY. _b._ 1791; entered Bengal army 1806; col. 27 Bengal N.I. 1850 to death; L.G. 30 Dec. 1859. _d._ Westfield house, Bath 16 April 1863 aged 72.

HEWLETT, THOMAS (_2 son of Thomas Hewlett of Oxford_). _b._ Oxford 16 March 1845; of Magd. hall Ox., B. Mus. 22 June 1865; organist Duke of Buccleuch’s chapel, Dalkeith; teacher and organist in Edin.; accompanyist Edin. Sacred harmonic soc.; organist Newington park ch. Edin.; wrote _Are other eyes, Madrigal_ 1864; _The good old days, A Christmas song_ 1865; _Introduction, offertoire and fuge for the organ_ 1867; _Second offertoire for the organ_ 1872 _and Third_ 1872. _d._ 2 Hope park crescent, Edinburgh 1 April 1874.

HEWLETT, THOMAS GILLHAM. _b._ 1832; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1853; assist. surgeon Bombay army 20 Jany. 1854, surgeon 20 Jany. 1865; served during Indian mutiny 1857–8; deputy assay master Bombay mint; health officer Bombay when he organized the public health department; sanitary commissioner for Bombay presidency; deputy surgeon general Bombay 1 Nov. 1879; C.I.E. 1 Jany. 1878; author of _Reports on leprosy in the Bombay presidency_ 1879; _Report on enteric fever_ 1883. _d._ of heart disease at Finchley road station, Metropolitan railway 8 Oct. 1889. _Times 29 Oct. 1889 p._ 9, _31 Oct. p._ 10.

HEWSON, REV. WILLIAM (_son of William Hewson, banker’s clerk_). _b._ 12 April 1806. _bapt._ St. Margaret’s, Westminster 29 Dec.; ed. at St. Paul’s sch. and St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1830, M.A. 1833; C. of Bishop Burton, Yorks. 1830–3; C. of Spofforth 1834–5; head master of Sherburn gram. sch. Yorks. 1835–8 and of St. Peter’s sch. York 1838–47; P.C. of Goatland 1848 to death; author of _The key of David or the mystery of the 7 sealed books of Jewish prophecy_ 1855; _The oblation and temple of Ezekiel’s prophetic visions 5 parts_ 1858; _Thy kingdom come_ 1859; _Christianity in relation to Judaism and Heathenism_ 1860; _The Hebrew and Greek scriptures compared with Oriental history, dialling, science and mythology 7 parts_ 1870. _d._ 1 St. Hilda ter. Whitby 23 April 1870. _bur._ York cemet. _Smales’ Whitby authors_ (1867) 104, 171–6, 217; _Whitby Times 29 April 1870 p._ 4.

HEY, WILLIAM (_son of William Hey 1772–1844 surgeon_). _b._ Leeds 23 Dec. 1796; M.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.; succeeded his father at Leeds 1844; surgeon Leeds infirmary 1830–51, consulting surgeon 1864; a founder of Leeds school of medicine, and lecturer on surgery there 1831–57; president surgical section British Med. Assoc. at Leeds, July 1869; V.P. Leeds Philos. and Lit. Soc. 1835 and 1839. _d._ Gledhow Wood, Leeds 10 May 1875. _British Medical Journal, i_, 763 (1875).

HEY, VEN. WILLIAM (_son of Rev. Samuel Hey, vicar of Ockbrook, Derbyshire_). _b._ Ockbrook 1811; ed. at Sherborne and at St. John’s coll. Cam., fellow 1836, B.A. 1834, M.A. 1837; head master St. Peter’s sch. York 1844–64; V. of St. Helen, Stonegate 1854–77; preb. of Weighton, York cath. 1854–81 and succentor canonicorum 1871–81; canon residentiary of York cath. 1864; precentor and preb. of Duffield 1881; archdeacon of Cleveland 1874 to death; examining chaplain to Archbp. of York 1874; V. of St. Olave with St. Giles’, York 1877 to death; select preacher Cam. 1879. _d._ The Residence, Minster yard, York 22 Nov. 1882. _Church portrait journal, Jany. 1880 pp._ 5–8, _portrait_.

HEYGATE, JAMES. _b._ West Haddow, Northampton; M.R.C.S. 1823, M.D. Edin. 1836; in practice at Hanslope, Bucks., at Derby 1837 to death; senior physician Derbyshire general infirmary; F.R.S.; V.P. British medical assoc.; author of _Tic doloureux, An essay_ 1836 and of papers in medical journals. _d._ Little Eaton, Derby 4 Aug. 1872. _Medical Times 31 Aug. 1872 p._ 243.

HEYSHAM, THOMAS COULTHARD (_eld. son of Dr. John Heysham_). _b._ 1792; mayor of Carlisle 1839; J.P. for Cumberland; made extensive collections in entomology, ornithology and botany; his name given to some species of coleoptera. _d._ Fisher st. Carlisle 6 April 1857. _Carlisle Journal 10 April 1857 p._ 8, _17 April p._ 8.

HEYTESBURY, WILLIAM A’COURT, 1 Baron (_eld. son of Sir William Pierce Ashe A’Court, 1 Baronet 1747–1817_). _b._ Salisbury 11 July 1779; ed. at Eton; sec. of legation at Naples 31 July 1801; sec. to special mission at Vienna 20 April 1807; first commissioner of affairs, Malta 1812; envoy extraord. to Barbary states 5 Jany. 1813, to Naples 5 July 1814 and to Spain 5 April 1822; ambassador to Portugal 22 Sep. 1824 and to Russia 5 April 1828, pensioned 18 Aug. 1832; succeeded as 2 baronet 22 July 1817; P.C. 30 Dec. 1817; G.C.B. 20 Sep. 1819; cr. baron Heytesbury of Heytesbury, Wilts. 23 Jany. 1828; nominated governor general of India 28 Jany. 1835 but the ministry resigned and he never took office; lord lieut. of Ireland 26 July 1844 to 11 July 1846; governor of the Isle of Wight to 1857. _d._ Heytesbury 31 May 1860. _F. O. List_ (1860) 145; _I.L.N. v_, 60 (1844), _portrait_; _Eton portrait gallery_ (1876) 346–8; _Waagen’s Galleries of art_ (1857) 386–90.

HEYTESBURY, WILLIAM HENRY ASHE A’COURT-HOLMES, 2 Baron (_son of the preceding_). _b._ London 1809; ed. at Eton and St. John’s coll. Camb., M.A. 1831. _m._ 2 Oct. 1833 Elizabeth Woosley, eld. dau. of Sir Leonard Worsley Holmes, bart., and assumed name of Holmes on 14 Oct.; M.P. for Isle of Wight 1837–47; succeeded as 2 Baron 31 May 1860. _d._ Heytesbury 21 April 1891.

HEYWOOD, SIR BENJAMIN, 1 Baronet (_eld. son of Nathaniel Heywood of Manchester, banker, d. 1815_). _b._ St. Ann’s sq. Manchester 12 Dec. 1793; ed. at univ. of Glasgow 1809–11; banker at Manchester 1814, sole proprietor 1828, retired 1860; chief founder of Manchester mechanics’ institution 1824, president 1824–44; M.P. for Lancashire 1831–1832; baronet 28 July 1838; F.R.S. 1843; gave £1000 toward Manchester public park 1844; vice pres. of British association at Manchester 1842 and 1861; author of _Address delivered at Manchester mechanics’ institution_ 1843. _d._ Claremont near Manchester 11 Aug. 1865. _bur._ St. John’s Islam’s o’ the Height; personalty sworn under £400,000, 14 Oct. 1865. _Grindon’s Manchester banks_ (1877) 79–86; _T. Heywood’s Memoir of Sir B. Heywood_ (1888), _portrait_.

HEYWOOD, JOHN. _b._ 1804; hand loom weaver to 1837; a ruler to his brother Abel Heywood 1839–46; a stationer Deansgate st. Manchester from 1846, the largest copy book maker in the world, bookseller and newsagent, employed 120 hands; member of Manchester city council 1860–61; chairman of Chorlton guardians. _d._ Manchester 7 Oct. 1864. _The Bookseller 26 Feb. 1861, p._ 105.

HEYWOOD, JOHN (_son of the preceding_). _b._ 1832; errand boy in a solicitor’s office; succeeded to his father’s book, news and stationery establishment, Manchester 1864; made a central depot for the small local booksellers, and a book saloon for the exhibition of educational appliances; had 30,000 customers’ names in his books, and employed 30 carts to distribute books and newspapers; his Excelsior printing and bookbinding works, Hulme hall road, Manchester, opened 4 July 1870; employed 750 workmen; printed a series of books called _J. Heywood’s Pocket guides_ 1869 etc., and many other works. _d._ The Grange, Derbyshire lane, Stretford, Manchester 10 May 1888. _Bookseller, June 1888 pp._ 573–4.

HEYWOOD, JOHN JOSEPH (_son of R. Heywood of Glencrutchery near Douglas_). _b._ 1789; first deemster or chief justice of Isle of Man 1821 to death. _d._ Bomahague, Douglas 26 May 1855 aged 66. _bur._ Kirk Onchar ch. yard. _Hardwicke’s Annual Biog._ (1856) 355.

HEYWOOD, THOMAS (_brother of Sir B. Heywood_). _b._ Manchester 3 Sep. 1797; ed. at Manchester gram. sch. 1811; partner in Heywood, Bros. & Co. bankers, St. Ann’s sq. Manchester, retired 1828; collected a remarkable library of local books at Swinton, they were sold Manchester 22–3 April 1835; boroughreeve of Salford 1826; sheriff of Herefordshire 1840; F.S.A.; member of council of Chetham soc. for which he edited The Norris Papers 1846 and 5 other works; author of _The earls of Derby and the verse writers of the 16th and 17th centuries_. _Manchester_ 1826; _The most pleasant song of Lady Bessy_ 1829. _d._ Hope End near Ledbury 20 Nov. 1866; his general library sold Manchester, Nov. 1868. _Manchester sch. reg. iii_, 74–6 (1874).

HEYWORTH, LAWRENCE (_4 son of Peter Heyworth, woollen manufacturer, d. 1799_). _b._ Greensnook, Bacup 1786; ed. at Hipperholme gram. sch. near Halifax 1799–1802; woollen manufacturer with his brothers at Bacup 1802; established business connections with Portuguese and Spanish 1805 and with South America 1808; in S. America 1809–16; established agencies in Liverpool and Hamburg; firm became Heyworth, Brothers & Co., retired 1836; purchased Yew Tree estate near Liverpool 1819; chairman Liverpool Free trade association; M.P. Derby 1848–57; author of _On the corn laws and other legislative restrictions_, _7 ed._ 1843; _On economic fiscal legislation_ 1845; _The expansion of the suffrage and accession of blessings God has in store for all classes through the wise exercise of the franchise_ 1861. _d._ Yew Tree, West Derby, Liverpool 19 April 1872. _I.L.N. 22 June 1850 pp._ 443–4, _portrait_; _Newbigging’s Forest of Rossendale_ (1868) 181–88.

HIBBERD, JAMES SHIRLEY (_son of a master mariner_). _b._ St. Dunstan, Stepney, London 1825; apprentice to a bookseller at Stepney; editor of _Floral World_ 1858, which he managed to 1875; editor _Gardener’s Magazine_ 1861 to death; a practical writer on agriculture, experimented on fruit trees and vegetables, especially on potatoes; temperance advocate and a vegetarian; a popular lecturer, lectured at Wylde’s Great Globe; F.R.H.S.; author of _Brambles and Bayleaves. Essays_ 1855, _3 ed._ 1873; _Profitable gardening_ 1863; _Familiar garden flowers 5 vols._ 1879–87; _Water-cresses without sewage_ 1878 and 25 other books. _d._ 1 Priory road, The Green, Kew 16 Nov. 1890. _Gardener’s Mag. 22 Nov. 1890_, _portrait_; _I.L.N. 29 Nov. 1890 p._ 678, _portrait_.

HIBBERD, SAMUEL. _b._ 1839; jockey; won the Cambridgeshire on Malacca 1856, Cesarewitch on Lecturer 1866, the Chester Cup on One

## Act in 1856 and on Dalby in 1865 and 1866. _d._ Newmarket 21 Feb.

1888. _Times 29 Feb. 1888 p._ 9.

HIBBERT, JOHN (_son of John Hibbert of Braywick lodge, Maidenhead, d. 1855_). _b._ 29 Jany. 1811; ed. at Eton and King’s coll. Cam., scholar, fellow; B.A. 1833, M.A. 1836; barrister I.T. 29 April 1836; chairman of Cookham board of guardians; built a ch. for the poor of the Maidenhead and Cookham union; founded and endowed a ward in Royal Windsor infirmary. _d._ Braywick lodge, Maidenhead 28 March 1888.

HIBBS, REV. RICHARD. _b._ 1812; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., scholar; B.A. 1841, M.A. 1844; C. of Bishop Hatfield 1841–3; C. of Corton near Lowestoft 1843–8; teacher and preacher at Lowestoft 1848–52; C. of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden 1852; assist. minister St. John’s chapel, Edin. 1852–4, a controversy with the incumbent led him to establish the New Church of England chapel, St. Vincent st. Edin. 1854; C. of Market Lavington 1874–6; chaplain at Lisbon; chaplain at Rotterdam and Utrecht 1876–8; author of _The substance of a series of discourses on baptism_ 1848; _Scottish episcopal Romanism, or popery without a pope_ 1856; _Truth vindicated or some account of the New Church of England chapel_ 1858, _4 ed._ 1859; _Prussia and the poor, or the systematized relief of the poor at Elberfeld in contrast with that of England_ 1876, _4 ed._ 1883. _d._ 13 St. Lawrence road, North Kensington, London 26 March 1886. _Academy 10 April 1886 pp._ 255–6.

HICKEY, REV. WILLIAM (_eld. son of Rev. Ambrose Hickey, rector of Murragh, co. Cork 1796 to his death in 1826_). _b._ 1787 or 1788; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin 1804–5, B.A. 1809, M.A. 1832; pensioner St. John’s coll. Cam. 7 March 1806, B.A. 1809; C. of Dunleckny, Leighlin 1811; V. of Bannow, Ferns 1820; founded an agricultural soc. on a farm of 40 acres; a founder of South Wexford agricultural soc., the first of its kind in Ireland; R. of Kilcormuick 1826; R. of Wexford 1831; R. of Mulrankin 1834 to death; endeavoured to improve the husbandry of small farms; author of _State of the poor in Ireland_ 1817; member of R. Dublin soc, gold medallist; civil list pension of £80, 6 Oct. 1853; had pension from R. Literary fund; under the pseudonym of Martin Doyle he wrote _Hints to small farmers_ 1830, _numerous editions_; _Hints on emigration to Upper Canada_ 1831, _3 ed._ 1834; _Practical gardening_ 1833, _2 ed._ 1836; _A cyclopædia of practical husbandry_ 1839, _new editions_ 1844, 1851; _The farmer’s manual_ 1868; with Edmund Murphy he conducted the _Irish Farmer’s and Gardener’s Magazine_ _9 vols._ 1834–42. _d._ Mulrankin 24 Oct. 1875. _Dublin Univ. Mag., April 1840 pp._ 374–6, _portrait_; _Wexford Independent 27 and 30 Oct. 1875_.

HICKLEY, VICTOR GRANT (_son of J. A. Hickley of Purbrook, Hants._) _b._ 1823 or 1824; sub-lieut. R.N. 18 Aug. 1842; captain 1 April 1858, retired 8 June 1868; retired admiral 12 April 1886. _d._ Taunton railway station 27 Jany. 1888.

HICKLIN, JOHN. _b._ England; editor of _Nottingham Journal_, and of _Chester Courant_; author of _Church and state. Historic facts ancient and modern_. _Torquay_ 1873; _Literary recreations_. _d._ 13 Jany. 1877.

HICKS, AGNES ROSS (_dau. of J. Boss of Campsie, Stirlingshire_). _b._ 1850; ed. under Warwick Jordan, Mus. Bac. organist of St. Stephen’s, Lewisham; soprano singer; first appeared in public at Public hall, Lee, Kent 1875; sang at St. James’ hall, London, her old ballads being in much favor; well known by her singing of Gounod’s ‘Worker.’ (_m._ George Hicks), she _d._ 32 Henrietta st. Covent Garden, London 13 March 1886. _bur._ Norwood cemet. 17 March. _The Era, March 1886 p._ 13.

HICKS, EDWARD (_only son of Edward Simpson of Lichfield_). _b._ 10 Aug. 1814; ed. at Charterhouse and C.C. coll. Cam., B.A. 1836; student of Inner Temple 1837; assumed surname of Hicks on succeeding his kinsman Rev. James Hicks 1835; sheriff of Cam. 1862; master of harriers; M.P. Cambs. 1879–85; contested Newmarket division 1885. _d._ Wilbraham Temple, Cambridge 13 Jany. 1889.

HICKS, SIR FRANCIS (_youngest son of John Hicks of Southwark, London_). _b._ Southwark 1821; treasurer of St. Thomas’s hospital, London 1865 to death; knighted at St. James’s palace 21 June 1871 on opening of new St. Thomas’s hospital. _d._ Margate 1 Sep. 1877 in 57 year. _Times 4 Sep. 1877 p._ 9.

HICKS, GEORGE. Entered Bengal army 7 Sep. 1808; col. 70 Bengal N.I. 7 May 1854 to 1869; L.G. 28 Oct. 1868; C.B. 3 April 1846. _d._ 24 Oct. 1873.

HICKS, MARY (_dau. of John and Sarah Roden_). _bapt._ Broseley, Salop 14 Nov. 1773; she however said she was dau. of Samuel and Mary Roden and _bapt._ Broseley 15 Feb. 1767. (_m._ at Isleworth, John Hicks who _d._ 1848). _d._ Brentford workhouse 24 Nov. 1870 aged 97. _W. J. Thoms’ Longevity_ (1879) 236–42.

HICKS, NEWTON TREE (_son of Cecil Hicks, who d. 15 March 1866_). _b._ 4 Sep. 1811; appeared as Richard 3rd at Royalty theatre, London 1824; played at the Coburg, the New Brunswick and Surrey theatres; in the provinces 6 or 7 years; made the round of metropolitan theatres; known by sobriquet of Bravo or Brayvo Hicks; some of his characters were Fabian in _The Black Doctor_; Monte Christo at the Surrey, June 1848; Sir Thomas Clifford in _The Hunchback_, and Leopold in _The Jewess_; retired from the stage about 1863; lived in Hogarth’s house, Hogarth lane, Chiswick. _d._ 21 Feb. 1873. _Theatrical Times, ii_ 17 (1847), _portrait_, _iii_ 209 (1848), _portrait_; _Era 2 March 1873 p._ 11.

NOTE.—His brother Cecil Hicks pianist at the Canterbury, Cambridge and Foresters’ music halls, _d._ 19 Jany. 1888. _bur._ Ilford cemet. 29 Jany.

HICKS, WILLIAM. _b._ 29 April 1831; ensign 24 Bombay N.I. 3 March 1851; served in India in campaign of 1857–9, with Panjâb movable column, in Rohilkand campaign and under Lord Clyde; captain Bombay Staff Corps 29 Dec. 1861; brigade major in 1 div. in Abyssinian campaign 1867–8; lieut.-col. B.S.C. 29 Dec. 1875 to 1 July 1880; A.A.G. Bombay 3 Dec. 1877 to 1 July 1880; commander of Egyptian army in the Sûdân to suppress the Mahdi’s revolt Feb. 1883 and known as Hicks Pasha, joined his troops at Khartûm, ascended the White Nile to Duem and advanced across the desert to El’Obeyd Sep. 1883, betrayed into an ambuscade and _killed_ with most of his troops at the battle of Kashgil 4 Nov. 1883. _J. Colborne’s With Hicks Pasha in the Soudan_ (1884), _portrait_; _I.L.N. lxxxiii_, 521 (1883), _portrait_; _Graphic xxviii_, 529 (1883), _portrait_.

HICKS, WILLIAM ROBERT (_son of William Hicks, schoolmaster, Bodmin, d. 1833_). _b._ Bodmin 1 April 1808; schoolmaster Bodmin 1832–40; clerk of Bodmin board of guardians 1834; domestic superintendent Cornwall county lunatic asylum 1840–60, with the medical officers introduced a more humane treatment of the patients; mayor of Bodmin 1865; a well known story teller, familiar in London as the Yorick of the West; was a proficient in the Cornish and Devonshire dialects, and in miners’ talk. _d._ Westheath, Bodmin 5 Sep. 1868. _Collier’s W. R. Hicks, a memoir_ (1888), _portrait_.

HICKSON, GEORGE BLAKE. Called to the bar in Ireland 1819; Q.C. 1 July 1837. _d._ 2 Aug. 1869.

HICKSON, WILLIAM EDWARD (_son of William Hickson, boot manufacturer, London_). _b._ 7 Jany. 1803; boot maker, partner with his father, retired 1840; a pioneer of national education and of popular musical culture; on the royal commission on condition of handloom weavers 1837, when he visited seats of industry in Great Britain and Ireland; studied national school systems in Holland, Belgium and Germany 1839; editor and proprietor of _Westminster Review_, _vols._ 34–45, 1840–52; author of _The singing master, instructions for teaching singing in schools and families_, _3 parts_ 1836; _Dutch and German schools_ 1840; _Part singing or vocal harmony for choral societies_, _4 parts_ 1842; _Time and faith, an enquiry into the data of ecclesiastical history 2 vols._ 1857; _A musical gift containing 24 new songs_ 1859. _d._ Fairseat, Sevenoaks, Kent 22 March 1870.

HIGGIN, RIGHT REV. WILLIAM (_4 son of John Higgin of Greenfield, governor of Lancaster castle 1783–1833_). _b._ Lancaster 27 Sep. 1793; ed. at Lancaster gram. sch., Manchester gram. sch., and Trin. coll. Cam., 13 wr. 1817, B.A. 1817; M.A. of Trin. coll. Dublin 1835, D.D. 1849; C. of Clifton 1817–20; chaplain Richmond general penitentiary, Dublin 1820–8; R. of Roscrea 1828–45; vicar general of Killaloe 1828–45; dean of Limerick, instituted 25 Jany. 1845; bishop of Limerick 1849; translated to Derry 7 Dec. 1853, enthroned 20 Dec.; comr. of national education 1853; an ecclesiastical comr. for Ireland 1866; author of _Ministerial fidelity and zeal. A sermon_ 1839, and other sermons and charges 1849–67. _d._ the Palace, Londonderry 12 July 1867. _bur._ in ground of St. Columba cath. _Manchester school register, iii_, 62–5 (1874).

HIGGINBOTTOM, JOHN (_son of a solicitor_). _b._ Ashton under Lyne 14 June 1788; studied at Edin.; M.R.C.S. 1818, F.R.C.S. 1844; F.R.S. 3 June 1852; practised at Nottingham 1812 to death; temperance advocate, gave no alcohol to his patients; wrote in scientific journals on tritons, tadpoles and frogs 1850–62; author of _An essay on the application of lunar caustic in the case of wounds and ulcers_ 1826, _3 ed._ 1865; _Mothers, doctors and nurses. A dialogue on paralysis and apoplexy_ 1850. _d._ St. Alban’s villas, Gill st. Nottingham 7 April 1876. _The Lancet 29 April 1876 p._ 652.

HIGGINS, MOST REV. ANDREW. _b._ Killarney 1834; dean of Kerry; bishop of Kerry 5 Feb. 1882 to death. _d._ The palace, Kerry 1 May 1889. _bur._ in the cathedral 3 May. _Tablet 4 May 1889 p._ 702, _11 May p._ 736.

HIGGINS, CHARLES. _b._ 1805 or 1806; M.D. Edin. 1825; knight of legion of honour; author of _Observations on climate, diet and medical treatment in France and England_ 1835; _Notes sur l’emploi des altérants dans les maladies, aigues et chroniques_. _Paris_ 1859. _d._ 212 Rue de Rivoli, Paris 27 July 1866.

HIGGINS, CHARLES LONGUET (_1 son of John Higgins of Turvey abbey, Beds., d. 1846_). _b._ Turvey abbey 30 Nov. 1806; pensioner of Trin. coll. Cam. 14 Nov. 1825; B.A. 1830, M.A. 1834; student of Lincoln’s inn 16 Nov. 1830, withdrew his name 2 Nov. 1847; studied medicine at St. Bartholomew’s 1836–8; in practice at Turvey 1838; visited Egypt and the Holy Land 1848; restored Turvey ch. 1852–4, built schools 1847, a village museum 1852 and better cottages 1849 etc.; projected a hymn book for general use in Ch. of England, and printed _Hymnology, a paper read before the church congress Nottingham_. _Oxford_ 1871. _d._ Turvey 23 Jany. 1885. _J. W. Burgon’s Lives of twelve good men_ (1888) _ii_, 343–422.

HIGGINS, GEORGE GORE OUSELEY (_2 son of Fitzgerald Higgins of Westport, co. Mayo_). _b._ 15 Oct. 1818; ed. at Brussels and Trin. coll. Dublin; in C.S. in Jamaica; M.P. for Mayo 1850 to 1857; lieut.-col. North Mayo militia 5 Feb. 1855 to 1 Oct. 1861. _d._ 6 Wilton place, London 8 May 1874. _I.L.N. xvii_, 169 (1850), _portrait_.

HIGGINS, MATTHEW JAMES (_only son of Matthew Higgins of Benown castle, Westmeath_). _b._ Benown castle 4 Dec. 1810; ed. at Eton; matric. from New coll. Ox. 22 May 1828; went to British Guiana 1838 and 1846 where he owned an estate; contributed an article called ‘Jacob Omnium the Merchant Prince’ to _New Monthly Magazine_, Aug. 1845; agent for the British Association for the relief of the destitute Irish 1847; contested Westbury 31 July 1847; one of chief writers on _Morning Chronicle_ 1848; contributed to _The Times_ on all kinds of questions under pseudonym of Jacob Omnium, J.O., Civilian, Paterfamilias, West Londoner, A Belgravian Mother, Mother of six, A thirsty soul, John Barleycorn, Providus, and many others till 1863; contributed to the _Edinburgh Rev._, the _Cornhill_ and the _Pall Mall Gazette_; author of _Is cheap sugar the triumph of free trade? A letter to Lord J. Russell_ 1847, _Second Letter_ 1848, _Third Letter_ 1848; _Light horse_ 1855; _The story of the Mhow court-martial_ 1864 and other books. _d._ Kingston house near Abingdon 14 Aug. 1868. _bur._ in R.C. cemet. Fulham 21 Aug. _Essays on social subjects by M. J. Higgins, with memoir by Sir W. S. Maxwell_ (1875); _Cornhill_, _xviii_, 507–12 (1868); _The Mask_ (1868), 42 _portrait_.

HIGGINS, THOMAS GORDON. _b._ 1789; Second lieut. R.A. 4 Oct. 1806, col. 20 June 1854 to 24 Jany. 1857, col. commandant 20 Sep. 1865 to death; L.G. 26 Dec. 1865; commandant of garrison of Quebec 5 years, presented with a piece of plate by inhabitants of Quebec 30 April 1853. _d._ 83 Sloane st. Chelsea 20 June 1871 aged 82. _I.L.N. xxii_, 341 (1853), _picture of testimonial_.

HIGGINSON, REV. EDWARD (_eld. son of Rev. Edward Higginson, unitarian minister, d. 1832_). _b._ Heaton Norris, Lancs. 9 Jany. 1807; ed. at Manchester coll. York 1823–8; unitarian minister Bowl alley lane chapel, Hull 1828–46, at Westgate chapel, Wakefield 1846–58, and at High st. chapel, Swansea 1858–76; president Royal Institution, South Wales 1877–9; author of _Orthodoxy and unbelief_ 1832; _The sacrifice of Christ_ 1833, _2 ed._ 1848; _The spirit of the Bible 2 vols._ 1853–5, _2 ed._ 1863; _Ecce Messias_ 1871; with his wife Emily dau. of George Thomas he wrote _The fine arts in Italy_ 1859. _d._ 2 Glanmore ter. Swansea 12 Feb. 1880. _Autobiographical sketch in Christian Reformer_ (1856) 192, (1857) 528; _Christian Life 21 Feb. 1880 pp._ 86–7, _portrait_.

HIGGINSON, GEORGE POWELL. _b._ 1787; ensign 1 foot guards 6 Nov. 1805, captain 26 Oct. 1820 to 11 April 1834 when placed on h.p.; col. 94 foot 29 Jany. 1855 to death; general 9 Nov. 1862. _d._ Cannes 19 April 1866 aged 79.

HIGGINSON, SIR JAMES MACAULAY (_son of James Higginson, major 10 foot_). _b._ 1805; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; entered Bengal army 1824; private sec. to Lord Metcalfe in India, Jamaica and Canada 1835–46; governor of Antigua and the Leeward island 1846–50; governor of Mauritius 1 Oct. 1850 to 11 Sep. 1857; C.B. 1 March 1851, K.C.B. 2 Jany. 1857. _d._ Tulfaris, co. Wicklow 28 June 1885.

HIGGS, WILLIAM ALPHEUS (_3 son of William Higgs of Tiverton, Somerset_). _b._ Luckington near Frome 1838; head of firms of W. A. Higgs & Co. and Barber & Co. tea merchants, London; sheriff of London and Middlesex 1887–8; accompanied Lord mayor Polydore de Keyser to Belgium on his visit to his native country 1888; F.R.G.S.; of Willenhall park, New Barnet; a breeder of prize stock. _d._ suddenly at Hotel Victoria, Northumberland avenue, London when starting to attend lord mayor’s ball 23 Dec. 1889. _City Press 28 Dec. 1889 p._ 5.

HIGHTON, EDWARD. _b._ Leicester 13 Aug. 1817; resident engineer of Taff Vale dock and railway 1845; telegraphic engineer to London and North Western railway co. 1846; A.I.C.E. 1847; received large gold medal of Society of Arts for his inventions in electric telegraphy 1849; author of _The electric telegraph, its history and progress_ 1852; _Highton’s Mathematical arrangement of code for telegraph purposes_ 1857. _d._ 5 Gloucester road, Regent’s park, London 13 Nov. 1859.

HIGHTON, REV. HENRY (_1 son of Henry Highton_). _b._ Leicester 19 Jany. 1816; ed. at Rugby and Queen’s coll. Ox., B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840; Mitchel fell. of his coll. 1840–1; assistant master of Rugby 1841–56; principal of Cheltenham coll. March 1859 to 1862; silver medallist of Soc. of Arts for paper on Telegraphy without insulation 1 May 1872; patented 4 improvements in galvanic batteries 1871–2 and 3 improvements in electric telegraphs 1873–4; invented artificial stone much used for paving and building; author of _A letter to Sir M. Montefiore on address presented by 1500 continental Jews_ 1842; _A catechism of the Second Advent_ 1851; _A revised translation of the New Testament_ 1862; _Letter on repeal of the Act of uniformity_ 1863; _Dean Stanley and Saint Socrates, the ethics of the philosopher and the philosophy of the divine_ 1873. _d._ The Cedars, Putney 23 Dec. 1874.

HIGMAN, REV. JOHN PHILIPS. _b._ 1793; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., 3rd wrangler 1816; B.A. 1816, M.A. 1819; fellow and tutor of his coll.; R. of Fakenham, Norfolk 1834 to death; F.R.S. 23 May 1820; F.R.A.S.; author of _A syllabus of the differential and integral calculus_ 1826. _d._ Cambridge ter. Hyde park, London 7 Aug. 1855.

HIGSON, JOHN (_eld. son of Daniel Higson_). _b._ Whiteley Farm, Gorton, Lancs. 25 July 1825; ed. at Ardwick and Gorton old sch.; cashier of Victoria mills, Droylsden; cashier of Springhead spinning co. Droylsden; author of _The Gorton historical recorder or a history of the Mesne manor and its inhabitants_ 1852; _A history of Droylsden_ 1859; _Explosions in coal mines_ 1878; commenced a newspaper at Droylsden which was a failure; contributed to _Ashton Reporter_ under signature of H. _d._ Birch cottage, Lees near Oldham 13 Dec. 1871. _bur._ Droylsden ch. yard. _Procter’s Manchester streets_ (1874) 288–91; _Ashton Reporter 16 Dec. 1871_.

HILDIGE, JAMES GRAHAM. Ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1852; L.K.Q.C.P.I. 1853; F.R.C.S.I. 1859; lecturer on ophthalmic surgery Carmichael sch. of medicine; author of _Medical sketches in Austria, Prussia and Italy, with remarks on the Campagna and the conquered provinces in Italy and Hungary_. _Dublin_ 1859; writer of papers in medical journals. _d._ 7 Upper Merrion st. Dublin 14 May 1871.

HILDITCH, SIR EDWARD (_son of John Frederick Hilditch of Hammersmith_). _b._ 1805; studied at St. George’s hospital; M.R.C.S. 1826; M.D. Aberdeen 1859; entered navy 1826, on West India station 1830–55; inspector general of hospitals and fleets 6 Feb. 1854 to 13 Jany. 1870 when he retired; in charge of Royal hospital, Plymouth 1855–61, of Greenwich hospital 1861–65; knighted at Windsor castle 20 Nov. 1865; hon. physician to the Queen 1868 to death. _d._ 18 Arundel gardens, Bayswater, London 24 Aug. 1876.

HILDYARD, REV. JAMES (_8 son of Rev. Wm. Hildyard 1762–1842, R. of Winstead in Holderness, Yorkshire_). _b._ Winstead 11 April 1809; ed. at Shrewsbury 1820–29, was head of the sch. from 1826, headed a rebellion in the sch. known as the Beef Row, April 1829; pensioner at Ch. coll. Cam. Oct. 1829, Tancred divinity student 1829, sen. opt. in mathematics, second in the first class of the class. tripos and chancellor’s medallist Jany. 1833; B.A. 1833, M.A. 1836, B.D. 1846; fellow of his coll. 1833 and classical lecturer and tutor; Cambridge preacher at Chapel royal, Whitehall 1843, 1844; senior proctor 1843; R. of Ingoldsby, Lincoln, June 1846 to death; author of _M. A. Plauti Menæchmi cum notis_ 1836; _Five sermons on the parable of the rich man and Lazarus_ 1841; _The university system of private tuition examined_ 1844; _Reply to the bishops in convocation, on Lord Ebury’s motion for a revision of the liturgy_. _Signed Ingoldsby_ 1858, _4 ed. 2 vols._ 1879. _d._ Ingoldsby 27 Aug. 1887. _The Biograph, May 1881 pp._ 472–77; _William Smith’s Old Yorkshire_ (1883) _pp._ 142–46, _portrait_; _Church portrait journal, April 1877_, 49–50, _portrait_.

HILDYARD, JOHN (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 1796 or 1797; ed. at Shrewsbury, head boy there; went to St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1818, M.A. 1821; barrister L.I. 10 July 1821; recorder of Stamford, Grantham and Leicester 1835–54; judge of county courts, circuit 20 (Leicestershire), March 1847 to death. _d._ the King’s hotel, Loughborough 13 Feb. 1855. _bur._ in Townshend vault, All Saints’ church, Hertford 21 Feb.

NOTE.—His father lived to see 9 sons masters of arts in Cambridge university, and 6 of them fellows of their respective colleges.

HILDYARD, ROBERT CHARLES (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Winstead 1800; ed. at Oakham sch. and Cath. hall, Cam., B.A. 1823, M.A. 1826, fellow of his coll.; barrister L.I. 25 May 1827; admitted ad eundem at I.T. 1833, bencher 1844, reader 1857; counsel to duchy of Lancaster to 1846; Q.C. 1845; M.P. for Whitehaven 28 July 1847 to death. _d._ 24 Lowndes st. London 7 Dec. 1857.

HILDYARD, THOMAS BLACKBORNE THOROTON- (_son of colonel Thomas B. Thoroton-Hildyard of Flintham hall, Notts., d. 1830_). _b._ 8 April 1821; ed. at Eton; matric. from Ch. Ch. Ox. 16 Oct. 1839; sheriff of Notts. 1862; M.P. South Notts. 1846–52 and 1866–85; chairman Notts. quarter sessions 6 April 1874. _d._ 11 Moreton gardens, South Kensington 19 March 1888.

NOTE.—His fellow member for South Notts. 1874–85 George Storer _d._ Thornton hall, Notts, the same day 19 March.

HILDYARD, REV. WILLIAM (_son of Rev. John Hildyard of Monk’s Eleigh, Suffolk_). Matric. from Trin. coll. Ox. 24 May 1808 aged 17, scholar 1812–5, B.A. 1812, M.A. 1817; assist. P.C. Beverley minster 1820; R. of Hameringham cum Scrayfield, Lincoln 1837–66; author of _Thoughts on Sunday schools_. _Beverley_ 1827; _Specimens of composition_ 1832; _A manual of ancient geography for the use of schools_ 1835; _A letter to the Rev. A. J. Carr respecting a sermon preached by him in St. John’s chapel_, _Beverley_ 1843. _d._ Market Deeping, Lincs. 11 Feb. 1875. _I.L.N. lxvi_, 211 (1875).

HILES, JOHN. _b._ 1810; organist at Shrewsbury 1835–53, at Portsmouth 1853–60, and at Brighton 1860–74; organist Christ church, Gipsy hill, London 1874–81; author of _A catechism for the pianoforte student_ 1871, _18 ed._ 1882, circulated 65,000 copies; _A complete dictionary of 12,500 musical terms_ 1871, _7 ed._ 1882; _Short Voluntaries for the organ 4 series_ 1854–75; _Catechism of the organ_ 1876; revised _The Amateur organist_. _By E. Travis_ 1872, and composed many pieces of music. _d._ 51 Elsham road, Kennington, London 4 Feb. 1882. _Musical Directory_ (1883) _p. xviii_.

HILL, ROWLAND HILL, 2 Viscount (_eld. son of John Hill 1769–1814, colonel in the army_). _b._ 10 May 1800; ed. at Oriel coll. Ox., M.A. 1820; cornet royal horse guards 1820–24; M.P. for Shropshire 1821–32, for North Shropshire 1832–42; succeeded his grandfather as 4 baronet 21 May 1824, and his uncle as 2 viscount 10 Dec. 1842; lieut.-col. North Salop yeomanry cavalry 18 Aug. 1824; lord lieut. of Shropshire 20 Nov. 1845 to death; col. Shropshire militia 8 June 1849 to Aug. 1852. _d._ Hawkstone park, Salop 2 Jany. 1875. _I.L.N. iv_, 65 (1811), _portrait_.

HILL, REV. ALEXANDER (_son of George Hill, D.D. 1750–1819, principal of St. Andrews univ._) _b._ St. Andrews 19 July 1785; ed. at St. Andrews, B.A. 1804, D.D. 1828; licensed as a presbyterian preacher Sep. 1806; minister of Colmonell, Ayrshire 1815–16 and of Dailly 1816–40; professor of divinity Glasgow univ. 1840–62; moderator of the general assembly 1845; author of _The practice in the judicatories of the church of Scotland_ _2 ed._ 1830, _5 ed._ 1851; _Practical hints to young ministers_; _Counsels regarding the pastoral office_. _d._ 24. Wellington sq. Ayr 27 Jany. 1867. _John Smith’s Our Scottish Clergy 3rd series_ (1851) 364–9; _Scott’s Fasti ii,