Harrison, William Frederick, 1814-1879
HARRISON, WILLIAM FREDERICK, eldest son of Thomas Harrison, Streatham, Surrey; b. 28 Sep 1814; adm. 25 Jun 1827 (Singleton's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 18 Oct 1832, matr. 1833; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 Apr 1837; adm. solicitor [check date]; firm Wilson, Harrison and Bristow, London; d. 22 Nov 1879.
HARRISON, WILLIAM, brother of Henry Bagshaw Harrison (qv); b. 17 Jan 1800; at Rugby Sch. 1808; adm. Christmas 1813; KS 1814; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1818, matr. 5 May 1818, aged 18, Westminster Student (still 1829); BA 1821; MA 1825; Usher at the School 1822; ordained deacon 1823, priest 1825 (both Oxford); Rector of Warmington, Warwicks., from 7 Jan 1831; m. 1831 his cousin Anne, sister of Henry Harrison (adm. 1826, qv); d. 30 Oct 1877.
HASTINGS, WARREN, second son of Rev. Penyston Hastings, Vicar of Bledington, Gloucs., and Hester, dau. of Thomas Warren, Stubhill, near Twining, Gloucs.; b. 6 Dec 1732; adm. May 1743 (Gibson's); KS (Capt.) 1747; left 1749; Writer, EICS Bengal 1749; landed at Calcutta 8 Oct 1750; Resident, Murshidabad 1757-60; member of council, Calcutta 1761-4; returned to England 1764; gave evidence on India to a committee of the House of Commons 1766; Second on Council, Madras 1769-72; Governor of Bengal 13 Apr 1772 – Oct 1774, Governor-Gen. of Bengal 20 Oct 1774 – Feb 1785; reorganised financial and judicial system in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa; assisted Nawab of Oudh against the Rohillas; took measures against dacoits; named as first Governor-General of Bengal in Act of 1773; opposed by majority on new Council; charged with corruption by Nuncomar, who was subsequently arrested on a charge of forgery in a private suit instigated by an Indian, and hanged; took measures to improve the EI Company’s finances; supported by Supreme Court, Calcutta, which ignored the acceptance by the Company’s directors of his provisional resignation; fought a duel with Sir Philip Francis, who had persistently opposed him in Council, 17 Aug 1780; drove Haidar Ali out of the Carnatic; deposed Chait Singh, Zemindar of Benares, and seized his treasure 1781; suspected of conniving at the imprisonment of the Begums of Oudh and the seizure of their property; concluded treaty with Tippoo Sultan in 1783 which laid foundation for British supremacy in India; founded Asiatic Society of Bengal and the Calcutta Madrisa; left India Feb 1785; returned to England 13 Jun 1785; his impeachment on ground of corruption and cruelty in his administration of Bengal voted by a large majority in the House of Commons 3 Apr 1787; his trial in Westminster Hall occupied 145 days between 13 Feb 1788 and 23 Apr 1795, but resulted in an acquittal; retired to estate at Daylesford, Worcs., purchased by him in 1788; Privy Councillor 6 May 1814; FRS 25 Jun 1801; DCL Oxford 30 Jun 1813; one of donors of Warren Hastings Cup; m. 1st, 1757 Mary, widow of Capt. John Buchanan, Craigieven; m. 2nd, 8 Aug 1777 Anna Maria Apollonia, mother of Sir Charles Imhoff (qv), widow of Baron Christopher Adam Carl von Imhoff, and dau. of Baron von Chapuset; d. 22 Aug 1818. DNB. Monument in North Transept, Westminster Abbey.
Hawkshaw, John Clarke, 1841-1921
HAWKSHAW, JOHN CLARKE, eldest son of Sir John Hawkshaw, Kt, FRS, Hollycombe, Sussex, Pres. Institute of Civil Engineers, and Ann, dau. of Rev. James Jackson, Green Hamerton, Yorks.; b. 17 Aug 1841; adm. 23 Jan 1851 (G); left (with Triplett) Whitsun 1860; took part in ten “greases” for the pancake, winning it in 1859 and 1860 (The Spectator, 15 Mar 1919, 325); rowed v. Eton 3 Aug 1860; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 5 May 1860, matr. Mich. 1860; won Univ. Sculls 1861; rowed v. Eton 1863, 1864; Pres. Cambridge Univ. Boat Club 1864; BA 1864; MA 1867; contested (Liberal) Lyme Regis 1865; a civil engineer to retirement in 1915; AMICE 5 Feb 1867, MICE 10 Mar 1874, Pres. ICE 1902-3; JP Sussex 1912; m. 12 Oct 1865 Cicely Mary, dau. of Francis Wedgwood, Barlaston, Staffs.; d. 12 Feb 1921.
HAWTHORN, WILLIAM, son of Robert Hawthorn, London and Jamaica, West India merchant; b. 31 Jul 1835; adm. 3 Feb 1848; QS 1850; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1854, adm. pens. 29 May 1854, scholar 1855, matr. Mich. 1854; BA 1858; a West India merchant, firm Hawthorn Shedden & Co.; m. (by 1881) Elizabeth ---; d. 26 Nov 1914.
HEMERY, JAMES, son of Clement Hemery, Jersey; b. 30 Apr 1814; adm. 15 Jan 1827 (G); KS 1828; rowed v. Eton 12 May 1831; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1833, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1833, scholar 1834, matr. Mich. 1833; 7th Wrangler 1837; BA 1837; MA 1840; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1839, Major Fellow 1840, Assistant Tutor 1839-44; ordained deacon 23 May 1841, priest 27 Nov 1842 (both Ely); Dean of Jersey and Rector of St. Helier’s from 1844; m. 15 May 1845 Ellen Charlotte, youngest dau. of Thomas Newcourt; d. 22 Nov 1849.
Henderson, Thomas, ca. 1801-1861
HENDERSON, THOMAS, third son of Francis Henderson, Streatham, Surrey, and Elizabeth Child; nephew of John Henderson (qv); b.; adm. 24 Sep 1811; KS (aged 14) 1815; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1820, matr. 12 May 1820, Westminster Student (still 1829); ordained deacon 1824, priest 1825; Vicar of Messing, Essex, from 4 Jan 1828; Rector of Colne Wake, Essex 11 Mar 1831-46; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 25 Nov 1842; m. 19 Jul 1832 Frances, eldest dau. of Rev. Charles Dalton, Vicar of Kelvedon, Essex; d. 4 Aug 1861.
HENTY, WALTER, son of George Henty, Chichester, Sussex, and Maria, dau. of Cornthwaite John Hector, Stodham, Hampshire, banker; b. 16 May 1840; adm. 3 Oct 1850 (James'); QS 1854; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Dean Thomas) 1858, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1858, matr. Mich. 1858; BA 1862; MA 1866; adm. Inner Temple 5 Nov 1862; dir. George Henty and Sons, brewers, Chichester; of Beddington Place, near Croydon, Surrey; m. 3 Mar 1874 Edith Mary, youngest dau. of Thomas Hankey, Chester Square, London; d. 7 Apr 1914.
HERBERT, GEORGE, fourth son of Sir Richard Herbert, Kt, Montgomery Castle, Montgomeryshire, and Magdalen, dau. of Sir Richard Newport, Kt; b. 3 Apr 1593; adm. in twelfth year; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1608, adm. scholar 1609, matr. 18 Dec 1609; 2nd in “ordo” 1612/3; BA 1612/3; MA 1616; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 3 Oct 1614, Major Fellow 15 Mar 1615/6 – c. 1621 [check]; Praelector in Rhetoric and Deputy Public Orator 1618, Public Orator 1619-27; ordained deacon by Jul 1626, priest (Salisbury) 19 Sep 1630; Prebendary of Lincoln from 8 Jul 1626; Herbert had earlier aspired to preferment in service of the State, but after forming an intimate friendship with Nicholas Ferrar (of Little Gidding), he decided to eschew the “painted pleasures of the Court”; Rector of Fugglestone with Bemerton, Wilts., from 26 Apr 1630; repaired Bemerton Church and rebuilt the parsonage, where he wrote his famous sacred poems, edited by Ferrar and published posthumously under the title The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations, 1633; m. 5 Mar 1628/9 Jane, dau. of Charles Danvers, Baynton, Wilts.; d. 3 Mar 1632/3. Memorial window in baptistery, Westminster Abbey. DNB.
Hervey, John, 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth, 1696-1743
HERVEY, JOHN, 2nd BARON HERVEY OF ICKWORTH, eldest son of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, and his second wife Elizabeth, only dau. of Sir Thomas Felton, Bart. MP; b. 15 Oct 1696; adm. 28 Jan 1711/2; left Jul 1713; Clare Hall, Cambridge, adm. 20 Nov 1713, matr. 1714; MA 1715; styled Lord Hervey from 1723; MP Bury St. Edmunds 2 Apr 1725 – 11 Jun 1733; travelling in Italy for health in 1728-9; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 7 May 1730 – Apr 1740; Privy Councillor 8 May 1730; having initially been a follower in politics of Frederick, Prince of Wales, he subsequently became a supporter of Sir Robert Walpole and a trusted confidant of Queen Caroline; fought a duel with William Pulteney (qv) in the “Upper St. James’s Park” 25 Jan 1730/1; created Baron Hervey of Ickworth 11 Jun 1733; Lord Privy Seal 1 May 1740 – Jul 1742; one of the Lord Justices of the Realm May 1741; author, Memoirs of the Reign of George II, first published from his manuscript in 1848, and of other political pamphlets; the expenses of his “schooling” at Westminster, and of that of his three brothers, are recorded in the Diary of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, 1894; m. 21 Apr 1720 Mary, Maid of Honour to Caroline, Princess of Wales, dau. of Brig. -Gen. Nicholas Lepell, Groom of the Bedchamber to George, Prince of Denmark; d. 5 Aug 1743. DNB.