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HIGGS, JOHN, brother of Francis Higgs (qv); bapt. St. Andrew’s, Holborn 3 Jul 1728 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Jan 1736/7; KS 1743; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1747, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1747, scholar 6 May 1748; BA 1750/1; MA 1754; BD 1768; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1753, Major Fellow 3 Jul 1754, a Senior Fellow 1781; ordained deacon 23 Feb 1755, priest 21 Sep 1755 (both Ely); Rector of Over, Cambs. 1772-7; Vicar of Marsworth, Bucks., 10 May 1777-80; Rector of Grundisburgh, Suffolk, from 1780; JP Suffolk; a friend of Richard Cumberland (qv); d. 6 Oct 1816.

HIGHAM, JOHN, son of William Higham, Middlesex; b.; adm.; in school lists 1656; KS (aged 16) 1658 (Chapter Muniments 43060); d. at school 1661. [Probably son of William Higham, Under Cook, College Hall, Westminster]

Highmore, Joseph Anthony Cutcliffe, elder son of Sir Nathaniel Joseph Highmore, K.C. B., of Worcester Park, Surrey, barrister-at-law, sometime solicitor to H. M. Customs and Excise, by Annie Louisa, daughter of John Lane Cutcliffe, of Stoke Damarel, Devon; b. April 23, 1883; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 21, 1897; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1902, matric. Michaelmas 1902; called to the bar at the Inner Temple July 1, 1908; South Eastern Circuit; d. April 16, 1914.

HILDYARD, JOHN, son of Christopher Hildyard, Ottringham, Yorks. , and his first wife Mary, younger dau. of Sir Francis Cobb, Kt, Burnham, Norfolk, Esquire of the Body to James I and Charles I; b. ; adm. ; KS (Capt. ) ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1656, adm. pens. 14 May 1656, scholar 1656, matr. Easter 1659; migrated to Trinity Hall, Cambridge ; LLB 1663/4; LLD 1669; ordained deacon and priest (Lincoln) 23 Dec 1660; Rector of Swannington, Norfolk 1662-1703; Vicar of Wood Dalling, Norfolk 2 Mar 1662/3; Rector of Cawston, Norfolk, 30 Sep 1667-1703 (disp. to hold with V. Wood Dalling, Norfolk); Prebendary of Norwich 12 Sep 1683 – 1703; m. 1 May 1660 Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Edmund Duncon, Rector of Swannington, Norfolk.

HILL, ARTHUR PHILIP, brother of George Murray Hill (qv); b. 4 Dec 1858; adm. 24 Jun 1871 (James'); QS 21 Jan 1874; left Dec 1875; a civil engineer; employed Indian Government Telegraphic Department (Superintendent, 2nd Grade, in 1893); d. 13 Dec 1905.

HILL, DANIEL, son of Daniel Hill, Salisbury, Wilts.; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1666, matr. 13 Jul 1666, aged 19, Westminster Student 17 Jan 1667 – void 1679, Tutor 1675-9, Junior Censor 1678; BA 1670; MA 1673 (incorp. Cambridge 1702); DD Lambeth 19 Mar 1719/20; ordained; Rector of Southfleet, Kent, from 1679; Prebendary of Rochester from 15 Jan 1684/5; Vicar of St. Margaret’s, Rochester, from 1691; m. 1st, c. 1680 Frances, sister of James Heywood (qv); m. 2nd, 28 May 1713 Hester, widow of Rev. Charles Wilbraham, Rector of Fobbing, Essex, and dau. of Sir William Swan, Bart.; d. 25 Jun 1729.

HILL, EDWARD, eldest son of Rev. Herbert Hill, Rector of Staunton on Wye, Herefs., and Chancellor of Hereford Cathedral, and Catherine, dau. of Lovelace Bigg-Wither, Chilton Foliat, Wilts.; b. 17 Aug 1809; adm. 15 Jan 1821 (Du Brieux's); KS 1823; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1827, matr. 30 May 1827, Westminster Student 1827-50, Mathematical Tutor; 1st cl. Mathematics 1830; BA 1831; MA 1833 (incorp. Dublin 1835, Cambridge 1840); Mathematical Examiner, Oxford Univ., 1836-7, 1856-7; ordained deacon 10 Dec 1836, priest 1837 (both Oxford); Perpetual Curate of Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire 1836; Perpetual Curate of Christ Church, Hougham, Kent 1844; Rector of Sheering, Essex, from 26 Jun 1849; Hon. Canon, St. Albans from 1872; [unm. in 1881]; d. 9 Mar 1900.

HILL, GEORGE MURRAY, second son of George Hill, Cheshunt, Herts., Russia merchant, and Georgina Marian, dau. of Ven. George Wilkins DD, Archdeacon of Nottingham and Rector of Southwell, Notts.; b. 20 Jan 1857; adm. 27 Jul 1870 (James'); QS Jul 1871; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett) 1875, adm. pens. 27 May 1875, matr. Mich. 1875; BA 1879; adm. solicitor Mar 1891; practised in London; assisted in forming and organizing Old Boys Volunteer Training Corps Sep 1914; m. 1st, 17 Dec 1891 Elinor, youngest dau. of Charles Rivers Freeling, Cambridge Square, London; m. 2nd, 20 Jun 1907 Ida, dau. of Rev. John Stogdon, Assistant Master, Harrow School; d. 17 Dec 1941.

HILL, JOSEPH; b. ; adm. ; KS 1663.

HILL, JOSHUA, son of Pierce Hill, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1728; KS 1733; Capt. of the School 1737; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1738, matr. 6 Jun 1738, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1738 – void 2 Oct 1760, expiry year of grace as R. Odcombe; BA 1742; MA 1745; ordained; Rector of Odcombe, Somerset 27 Sep 1759; Vicar of Watford, Herts., from 19 Dec 1759; d. 1762 (will proved PCC 13 May 1762). [Mother perhaps Elizabeth Mattson (IGI)]