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GWYN, ---; b.; in under school lists 1715-8; left 1718. [Whitmore believed that this was“no doubt” Francis Gwyn, an elder brother of John Gwyn (qv); but although Francis Gwyn could certainly have been educated at the School, it seems unlikely that he is identifiable as the Gwyn who appears in under school lists 1715-8, for John Gwyn’s elder brother Francis Gwyn was already aged 18 when he matr. Christ Church, Oxford, 4 Jun 1717, so he can hardly still have been in the Under School in 1717-8. He was Fellow, All Souls Coll. 1721-4; BA 21 Feb 1721/2; MA 1727; adm. Middle Temple 3 Mar 1717/8, called to the bar 12 May 1727; of Llansannor, Glamorganshire, and Ford Abbey, Dorset (properties inherited from elder brother Edward Prideaux Gwyn in 1736); MP Wells 1741-54; m. 1st, May 1737 Lora, dau. of George Pitt, Strathfieldsaye, Hampshire; m. 2nd, 19 Dec 1751 Frances, dau. of Matthew Combe MD, Winchester; d. 17 Nov 1777] [Perhaps therefore the OW was Edmund Gwyn, an intervening brother, who was Lieut., Royal Navy, 11 Apr 1727, and d. 10 Jun 1733]

HACKET, SIR ANDREW, eldest son of John Hacket (elected to Camb. 1608, qv), and his first wife; b.; adm.; KS 1642; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1645, adm. pens. 30 Jun 1645, scholar 1645, matr. Easter 1646; 9th in “ordo” 1648/9; BA 1648/9; MA 1652; adm. Gray’s Inn 24 Jan 1652/3, called to bar 11 Nov 1659; a Master in Chancery 10 Dec 1670 – 28 Jun 1680; knighted 16 Jan 1670/1; MP Tamworth 1679-81; of Moxhull Hall, Warwickshire; High Sheriff, Warwickshire 1684-5; m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Right Rev. Joseph Henshaw DD, Bishop of Peterborough; m. 2nd, 19 Apr 1664 (IGI) Mary, eldest dau. of John Lisle, Moxhull, Warwicks.; d. 19 Mar 1709/10.

HALFORD, SIR HENRY, BART., only son of Sir Henry Halford (formerly Vaughan), Bart., GCH MD FRCP, President Royal College of Physicians, and Hon. Elizabeth Barbara St. John, dau. of John St. John, 11th Baron St. John of Bletso; b. 22 Apr 1797; adm. 26 May 1807; left 1808; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 May 1815; assumed surname of Halford in lieu of Vaughan 1815; Ensign, 43rd Foot 5 Mar 1818; Lieut., 33rd Foot 1821; half-pay 8 Aug 1822; MP (Cons) South Leicestershire 1832-57; succ. father as 2nd baronet 9 Mar 1844; DL JP Leicestershire; m. 31 Jul 1824 his cousin Barbara, dau. of Right Hon. Sir John Vaughan PC, Judge of Court of Common Pleas; d. 22 May 1868.

HALL, BENJAMIN, son of Rev. Benjamin Hall DD, Chancellor of Llandaff, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Grant, Nolton, Pembs.; b. 29 Sep 1778; adm.; KS 1790; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1794, matr. 11 Jun 1794, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1794 – void by marriage 23 Dec 1801; BA 1798; MA 1801; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 May 1798, called to bar 4 May 1801; Oxford circuit; MP Totnes 1806-12, Westbury 1812 – Nov 1814, Glamorgan from 28 Nov 1814; of Hensol Castle, Glamorgan; m. 16 Dec 1801 Charlotte, only dau. of Richard Crawshay, Cyfarthfa, Glamorgan, ironmaster; d. 31 Jul 1817.

HALL, BENJAMIN, 1ST BARON LLANOVER, eldest son of Benjamin Hall (qv); b. 8 Nov 1802; adm. Jan. 1814; in school list Feb 1816; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 May 1820; MP (Whig/Liberal) Monmouth May – Jul 1831, 1832-7, Marylebone 1837 – 27 Jul 1859; created baronet 16 Aug 1838; President, Board of Health 14 Oct 1854 – Jul 1855; Privy Councillor 14 Nov 1854; First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings 21 Jul 1855 – Feb 1858; created Baron Llanover 27 Jul 1859; Lord Lieut. Monmouthshire from 9 Nov 1861; carried the bill for creating the Metropolitan Board of Works through the House of Commons in 1855; the great bell in the clock tower of the new Houses of Parliament was named “Big Ben” after him 1856; m. 4 Dec 1823 Augusta, dau. of Benjamin Waddington, Llanover Court, Monmouthshire; d. 27 Apr 1867. DNB.

HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, eldest son of George Hamilton MP (I), Baron of the Exchequer (I), Hampton Hall, co. Dublin, and Elizabeth, dau. of George Hamilton, Tyrella, co. Down; b.; adm. 11 Mar 1778; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 12 Nov 1778, aged 14; BA 1783; LLD 1789; adm. Middle Temple 11 Oct 1780; called to Irish bar 1786; Cursitor of the Exchequer (I) 1791; MP Belfast (Carrickfergus ?) 1798; resigned seat and office rather than vote for Act of Union; of Hampton Hall, co. Dublin; m. 13 Feb 1796 Catherine, dau. of Robert Burgh, Comptroller-General Inland Revenue (I); d. 1808.

HAMILTON, HON. CHARLES, youngest son of James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn (qv); bapt. 13 Nov 1704; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1718/9; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Nov 1720; BA 1723; Grand Tour (Italy) 1725-7, again in Italy 1732-5; MP (I) Strabane 1727-60; Clerk of Household to Frederick, Prince of Wales 22 Apr 1738- Feb 1747; MP Truro 1741-7; Commissioner for examining Public Accounts 26 May 1742; Receiver-Gen. and Collector of Revenues, Minorca 1743-57; Deputy Paymaster 1758 [check]; of Painshill, Surrey, where he created a notable landscaped garden; FRS 26 Mar 1747; m. 1st, --; m. 2nd, Agnes, dau. of David Cockburn MD, Ayr; m. 3rd, Frances [Cavert ?]; d. 11 Sep 1786. DNB Missing Persons.

HAMILTON, GUSTAVUS, 2ND VISCOUNT BOYNE (I), only surviving son of Hon. Frederick Hamilton, and Sophia, dau. of James Hamilton, Tollymore, co. Down, and sister of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil (I) PC (I) MP; bapt. St. Maurice’s, Winchester, Hants., 26 Nov 1709 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) Jun 1719; succ. grandfather as 2nd Viscount Boyne (I) 16 Sep 1723; in under school list 1724; Grand Tour (Italy) 1730-1; MP Newport (IOW) 17 Feb 1736-41; Privy Councillor (I) 9 Aug 1736; a Commissioner of the Revenue, Ireland, from 1737; member, Society of Dilettanti 1736; d. unm. 18 Apr 1746.

HAMILTON, JAMES, 6TH EARL OF ABERCORN (S), son of Col. James Hamilton, Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles II, and Elizabeth, sister of Francis Culpepper (qv); b.; at school under Busby; his son, Hon. Charles Hamilton (qv), informed Horace Walpole in a letter dated 31 Jan 1784 that Charles II made Hamilton a Groom of the Bedchamber “though but 17 years old, just come from Westminster School” on the death of his father, who had been mortally wounded at the battle of Southwold Bay 28 May 1673, but Hamilton was not 17 until c. 1678 and the actual dates of Hamilton’s tenure of this post were 18 Apr 1680 – 6 Feb 1685; commanded a regt. of horse under James II, but sided with William III; went to Ireland Feb 1688/9 to take part in defence of Londonderry; MP (I) Co. Tyrone 1692-5; succ. cousin as 6th Earl of Abercorn (S) Jun 1701 [check]; created Viscount Strabane (I) 2 Sep 1703; Privy Councillor (I) (by Apr 1711); lic. to m. 24 Jan 1683/4 Elizabeth, only child of Sir Robert Reading, Bart. (qv); d. 28 Nov 1734, aged 73. Buried in Duke of Ormonde’s vault, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM, brother of Archibald Hamilton (adm. 1737, qv); b. 13 Dec 1730; adm. Jan 1739/40 (Heath's); left 1746; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 27 Jan 1747; Lieut. and Capt., 8 Jun 1753; retd. 1757; Equerry to George III 1760 – 7 Nov 1782; MP Midhurst Mar 1761 – Aug 1764; Envoy Extraordinary at Naples 1764-7, Minister Plenipotentiary there 1767- Apr 1800; KB 15 Jan 1772; Privy Councillor 8 Jun 1791; sold a collection of Greek vases and antiquities to British Museum 1772, and another collection to Thomas Hope of Deepdene 1801; purchased the Warwick Vase from Gavin Hamilton and the Portland Vase from James Byres; entertained Nelson at Naples after the Battle of the Nile 1798; accompanied the Neapolitan Court to Palermo Dec 1798; FRS 6 Nov 1766, Copley Medal 1770; FSA 6 Feb 1772; Society of Dilettanti 1777; DCL Oxford 30 Jul 1802; author, Campi Phlegraei, 1776; m. 1st, 25 Jan 1758 Catherine, eldest dau. of Hugh Barlow, Lawrenny Hall, Pembs.; m. 2nd, 6 Sep 1791 Emma Hart (DNB), dau. of Henry Lyon, Neston, Cheshire, blacksmith; d. 6 Apr 1803. DNB.