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HESKETH, SIR THOMAS, BART., son of Thomas Hesketh MP, Rufford, Lancs., and Martha, only dau. of James St. Amand, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, apothecary; b. 21 Jan 1726/7; adm. Jan 1739/40 (Preston's); left 1743; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Oct 1743; created baronet 5 May 1761; travelling in Italy 1769-72; his wife was the first cousin and favourite correspondent of William Cowper (adm. 1742, qv); m. 5 Sep 1751 Harriet, dau. of Ashley Cowper, Clerk of the Parliaments; d. 4 Mar 1778.

HESKETH, WILLIAM, son of William Hesketh, Liverpool, and Margaret (Pemberton ?) (IGI); bapt. St. Nicholas, Liverpool 25 Apr 1791 (IGI); adm. 1804; left 1809; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1808, aged 17, Hulme Exhibitioner 1813; BA 1812; MA 1815; ordained; Perpetual Curate of St. Michael’s, Toxteth Park, Walton on the Hill, Lancs., 1832-57; d. 11 Oct 1858.

HESKIN, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 16) Apr 1744 (Preston's); left 1745.

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HETHERINGTON, JOHN, son of John Hetherington, London; b.; adm. 19 Sep 1785; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1788, aged 17, matr. 1790; BA 1792; MA 1796. [Perhaps John Hetherington, son of John Hetherington and Elizabeth ---, bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 4 Feb 1771 (IGI)] [father perhaps of the First Fruits Office, Temple]

HETHERINGTON, WILSON ASHHURST, son of Wilson Hetherington, Lincoln’s Inn, barrister; b. 13 Oct 1842; adm. 24 Jan 1856 (G); QS 1857; succeeded Herbery Bayley Harrison (qv) as Capt. of the School 1861; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1861, matr, 23 May 1861; BA 1865; Clerk, Secretary’s Office, General Post Office Aug 1866, Assistant Surveyor Jun 1877; Postmaster at Brighton 1892-6, at Birmingham from Dec 1896; m. 8 Jan 1880 Ethel Longland, youngest dau. of Rev. Charles Brereton, Vicar of St. Mary’s, Bedford; d. 28 Apr 1904.