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HAMLYN-WILLIAMS, SIR JAMES, BART., eldest son of Sir James Hamlyn (formerly Hammett), Bart. MP, and Arabella, dau. of Thomas Williams, Edwinsford, Carmarthenshire; b. 25 Oct 1765; adm. 21 Apr 1773 (as Hamlyn); in school lists 1781; had a “mill” with Frederick Reynolds (qv), with whom he had quarrelled while playing football in the Cloisters (Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds, 1846, i, 137); Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow comnmoner 11 Nov 1782, matr. Mich. 1785; assumed additional surname of Williams 6 Mar 1798 on succeeding to mother’s estates; MP Carmarthenshire 1802-6; succ. father as 2nd baronet 28 May 1811; High Sheriff, Carmarthenshire 1811-2; m. 22 Jul 1789 Diana Anne, second dau. of Abraham Whittaker, Lyston House, Herefordshire, and Stratford, Essex, merchant; d. 3 Dec 1829, aged 64.

HAMMOND, JAMES, brother of Thomas Hammond (at school under Freind, qv); b. 22 May 1710; adm. Jun 1722; in under school list 1724; adm. Middle Temple 14 Jan 1723/4; attached to Earl of Chesterfield’s mission to The Hague c. 1728 – c. 1732; Equerry to Frederick, Prince of Wales, from 22 Apr 1738; MP Truro from 1741; author, Love Elegies, 1743; d. 7 Jun 1742. DNB.

HAMPDEN, GEORGE ROBERT, 5TH EARL OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, eldest son of Hon. George Vere Hobart, Governor of Grenada, [see under Hobart, George (qv)] and his first wife Jane, dau. of Horace Cataneo, Leeds, Yorks.; b. 1 May 1789; in school lists May and Oct 1803; left 1807; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1809; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 19 Jan 1810; MP Mitchell 1812 – Feb 1813; succ. uncle as 5th Earl of Buckinghamshire 4 Feb 1816; assumed surname of Hampden in lieu of Hobart 5 Oct 1824, on inheriting the Buckinghamshire estates of John Hampden-Trevor, 3rd Viscount Hampden (qv), under the terms of the will of their common relative John Hampden (d. 1754); m. 3 May 1819 Anne Glover, Keppel Street, London, natural dau. of Sir Arthur Pigott, Kt., MP, Attorney-General; d. 1 Feb 1849.

HAMPDEN, THOMAS, 2ND VISCOUNT HAMPDEN, eldest son of Robert Hampden-Trevor, 1st Viscount Hampden (qv); b. 11 Sep 1746; at school under Markham (obituary notice, GM 1824); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Apr 1763 (as Thomas Trevor); DCL 1773; travelling in Italy 1770-2, 1785, 1788; assumed surname of Hampden; MP Lewes 1768-74; succ. father as 2nd Viscount Trevor 22 Aug 1783; GCH 1 Apr 1816; inherited father’s estates in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and the Sussex estates of the Trevors of Glynde; DL Bedfordshire 1803; m. 1st, 13 Jun 1768 Catherine, dau. of Gen. David Graeme MP, Braco, Perthshire, Secretary to Queen Charlotte and Comptroller, Queen Charlotte’s Household; m. 2nd, 11 Jun 1805 Jane Maria, dau. of George Brown, Ellistoun, Scotland; d. 20 Aug 1824.

HANDASYDE, ROGER, eldest son of Maj. -Gen. Thomas Handasyde, Lieut. -Gov. Jamaica, and his first wife; b.; at school under Busby and Knipe (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1759); Ensign, Col. John Gibson’s Foot (afterwards 28th Foot) 24 Dec 1696; Capt., 1703; Lieut. -Col., 16th Foot 1709; Col., 22nd Foot 3 Apr 1712 – Jul 1730, 16th Foot from 9 Jul 1730; Brig. -Gen., 28 Nov 1735; Maj. -Gen., 2 Jul 1739; Lieut. -Gen., 29 Mar 1743; Gen., 6 Mar 1761; Lieut. -Governor, Fort Philip, Minorca 1737; Governor of Berwick 1745; Commander-in-Chief, Scotland Oct – Dec 1745; MP Huntingdon 1722-41, Scarborough 1747-54; of Gaines Hall, Great Stoughton, Hunts.; lic. to m. 21 Jan 1709/10 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Thornycroft, Bart., Milcombe, Oxfordshire; d. 4 Jan 1763, aged 78.

HANMER, THOMAS, eldest son of William Hanmer, Fenns Hall, Flintshire, and Esther, dau. of John Jennens, Birmingham, Warwickshire; bapt. 12 Nov 1702; in under school lists 1715,1716; St. Catherine’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 25 Apr 1720, matr. 1720; BA 1723/4; MA 1729 (incorp. Oxford 26 Jun 1731); Grand Tour (Italy) 1726-8; MP Castle Rising from 1734; m. 9 Apr 1733 Lady Catherine Perceval, dau. of John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont (I) (qv); d. 1 Apr 1737.

HANMER, SIR THOMAS, BART., only surviving son of William Hanmer, Bettisfield, Flints., and Peregrina, dau. of Sir Henry North, Bart.; b. 24 Sep 1677; at school under Busby (Sir H. E. Bunbury, Bart, ed., The Correspondence of Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bart., 1838, 5); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1693; LLD Cambridge 16 Apr 1705; succ. uncle as 4th baronet 1701; MP Thetford 19 Mar 1700/1-2, Flintshire 1702-5, Thetford 1705-8, Suffolk 1708-27; Chairman of the Committee which drew up the “Representation” 1712; travelling in Italy 1713; Speaker, House of Commons 16 Feb 1713/4 – 5 Jan 1714/5; editor of an edition of Shakespeare’s plays, 6 vols, 1743-4; m. 1st, Oct 1698 Isabella, Duchess of Grafton, widow of Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton KG, and dau. of Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (qv); m. 2nd, 1725 Elizabeth, only dau. of Thomas Folkes, Barton, Suffolk; d. 7 May 1746. DNB.

HARCOURT, GEORGE GRANVILLE, eldest son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); b. 6 Aug 1785; adm. 14 Mar 1796 (Clapham); KS (Capt. ) 1798; Capt. of the School 1802; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1803, matr. 23 May 1803, Westminster Student; BA 1808; MA 1810; MP Lichfield 1806-31, Oxfordshire from 1831; “Father” of House of Commons; assumed surname of Harcourt in lieu of Venables-Vernon 15 Jan 1831; of Stanton Harcourt and Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire; DL JP Oxfordshire; m. 1st, 27 Mar 1815 Lady Elizabeth Bingham, eldest dau. of Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan (qv); m. 2nd, 30 Sep 1847 Frances Elizabeth, Countess Waldegrave, widow of John James Waldegrave, Navestock, Essex, and of George Edward Waldegrave, 7th Earl Waldegrave, dau. of John Braham, tenor singer; d. 19 Dec 1861.

HARCOURT, GEORGE SIMON, 2ND EARL HARCOURT, elder son of Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt (qv); b. 1 Aug 1736; adm. May 1746 (Ludford's); left 1748; styled Viscount Nuneham 1749-77; Grand Tour (Germany, Italy) 1754-6; MP St. Albans 1761-8; Page of Honour to George III at his coronation 22 Sep 1761; succ. father as 2nd Earl Harcourt 16 Sep 1777; DCL Oxford Univ. 31 Aug 1786; Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte from 9 Mar 1790; FSA 27 Feb 1766; DL Oxfordshire 1762; m. 26 Sep 1765 his first cousin Hon. Elizabeth Venables-Vernon, Lady of Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte, sister of George Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon (qv); d. 20 Apr 1809.

HARCOURT, RICHARD, son of Richard Harcourt, St. Clement’s parish, London, Master of the Crown Office, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Philip Harcourt, Kt. MP; bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 9 Apr 1714 (IGI); adm. (aged 7) Nov 1721; Min. Can. 1727; left 1729; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, adm. gent. commoner 2 Jun 1729; BA 1732; adm. Inner Temple 17 May 1729, called to bar 25 Jun 1737, tenant chambers there from 1744; MP Sussex 9 Dec 1768-74; of Great Wigsell, Salehurst, Sussex; m. 30 Jun 1733 Phoebe, dau. of Charles Palmer, Dorney Court, Bucks.; d. 2 May 1777.