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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.

HANNAGAN, ---; b.; BB 1796-7 (Chapter Muniments); in school list 1797 (Henagan).

Hannam, Michael Patrick Vivian, son of Rev. Wilfred L. Hannam, Methodist Minister, and Dorothy Parker; b. 13 Feb. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (H); left July 1937; LMS Railway 1937-40; RE 1940-6 (Maj.), served India, Burma, Indonesia, Germany; LMS Railway 1946-50; MCIT 1948; dep. gen. man. Malayan Railway 1950-60; HM Foreign Service 1960-80, served Cairo, Hong Kong, Libya, Kenya, Jerusalem; CBE 1980; retd; chairman of Council, Brit. Sch. of Archaeol­ ogy Jerusalem 1983-; m. 9 Aug. 1947 Sybil Huggins, Cdr ATS, d. of Albert F. Huggins, phar­macist, of Palmers Green; d. 17 Aug. 2007.

HANNAM, RICHARD, son of Richard Hannam and Elizabeth; b. 2 Feb 1760; adm. 11 Jul 1774; left 1775(?); articled clerk to Evan Vaughan, Middle Temple London, 1777, William Clarke, 1781; called to bar 1782/3; attorney, Worksop, Notts., 1795; attorney, East Retford, Notts., 1809; 1828 appeared before House of Commons inquiry into electoral corruption in East Retford; 1830 appeared before House of Lords committee to answer questions about elections in Retford; m. 9 June 1784 Ann Richardson; d. 16 Jan 1838.

HANNAM, RICHARD; b. ; adm. 11 Jul 1774; left 1775 (?).

HANNAY, DAVID MCDOWALL, eldest son of James Hannay, HBM Consul Barcelona, Spain, novelist, and his first wife Margaret, dau. of Joseph Thompson, Oriental Bank Corporation; b. 25 Dec 1853; adm. 10 Apr 1865 (James'); left Aug 1868; HBM Vice-Consul, Barcelona 30 Dec 1876 –15 Sep 1877; journalist; author, The Life of Admiral Blake, and other works; an authority on naval history, and one of the founders of the Navy Records Society; d. 29 May 1934.

HANNES, SIR EDWARD, son of Edward Hannes, Devizes, Wilts.; b.; adm.; KS 1678; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1682, matr. Dec 1682, aged 18, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1682 – Dec 1693, Faculty Student 23 Dec 1693 – c. 16 Mar 1699; BA 1686; MA 1689; MB 23 Jan 1691/2; MD 1695; Reader in Chemistry 1690; attended William, Duke of Gloucester 1700; Physician to Queen Anne 9 Jul 1702 – Nov 1709; knighted 29 Jul 1705; a collection of school exercises by him is in Cambridge Univ. Library; donor of the silver “poculum” for the use of the KSS; bequeathed £1000 towards the erection of the new Dormitory, and £1000 towards the completion of Peckwater Quadrangle, Christ Church; m. 1st, 1 Oct 1698 Anne, dau. of John Packer, Shellingford, Berks.; m. 2nd, 15 Jun 1701 Anne, widow of Henry Bull, of Oxford and of Shapwick, Somerset, and dau. of John Luffe DM, Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford; d. 22 Jul 1710. DNB.

By his will dated 5 May 1708 (proved 21 Jul 1710), he left £1000 to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster upon trust that the same should be laid out in erecting a building for the King’s Scholars for the time being in Westminster School in such place as should be directed by the Dean and Chapter. He desired that Sir Christopher Wren (qv) and Henry Aldrich (qv), Dean of Christ Church, should be consulted “in contriveing and designeing” the building. He also gave the two-handled silver Poculum which is still used in College Hall on great occasions (this was lost at some point, and repurchased for the School in 1952).

HANNING, JOHN; b.; adm. 12 Jun 1786.

HANNING, WILLIAM, son of John Hanning, Dillington, Somerset, and Susan, dau. of Thomas Harvard, Barrington Court, Somerset; b.; adm. 22 Feb 1785; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Nov 1788, aged 18; MA 1793; adm. Inner Temple 13 Nov 1789; of Dillington, Somerset; m. 1800 Harriett, dau. of Edward Lee, Pinhoe, Devon; d. 15 Apr 1834, aged 66.