Hewett, John Metcalfe Grenside, son of W. Grenside Hewett, of Chiswick; b. Oct. 7, 1897; adm. April 26, 1912 (A); left July 1916; a precision engineer; agricultural engr., Shaftoe Estate, Spennymoor, co. Durham, 1942-5.
HEWETT, PETER SELWOOD, son of William Nathan Wright Hewett, EICS Bengal, Bilham Hall, Yorks., and his first wife Martha Tuting; grandson of Selwood Hewett (qv); b. 27 Nov 1792; in school list May 1803; left 1806; went to Dr. Burney’s school, Greenwich; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1811; resigned in India 12 Jul 1813; entered service of Nizam of Hyderabad, becoming Lieut, 7th Regt. of Nizam’s Regular Infantry; m. Sarah ---; d. at Conor, Madras 9 Jul 1834.
HEWETT, SELWOOD, son of Thomas Hewett, St. James’s, Westminster, and Mary Sellwood (sic); b.; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1735; left 1744; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Oct 1744; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Apr 1744, Grays Inn 22 Dec 1749; a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to George II and George III (occurs 1760-83); Maj., West Riding Militia 1 Feb 1772-9; m. 4 Feb 1750 (IGI) Anne, dau. of William Wrighte, Recorder of Leicester (qv ?); d. 20 Dec 1789.
Hewins, Maurice Gravenor, son of William Albert Samuel Hewins, M. P., of Putney, sometime Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, by Margaret, eldest daughter of James Slater, of Bescot Hall, Staffs; b. June 22, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (G); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1916, matric. Jan. 1919; B.A. 1922; served during Great War I from Feb. 24, 1917, as 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. Middlesex Regt., and afterwards in T. F. Reserve, attached to the Colonial Office April 1918 - Jan. 1919; called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn April 25, 1923; Q. C. 1952; m. Sept. 26, 1931, Constance Edith Mary, daughter of Thomas A. Stephenson; d. Oct. 23, 1953.
HEWITT, ---; b.; in school list 1754.
HEWITT, HON. --- , son of James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford (I), Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and his first wife Mary, only dau. of Ven. Rice Williams DD, Archdeacon of Carmarthen and Prebendary of Worcester; b.; at school under Markham (list of noblemen appended to alphabetical admissions under Nicoll, Chapter Muniments); evidently one of the elder brothers of Hon. Joseph Hewitt (qv). [see next entry]
HEWITT, ---; b.; in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767, 1769; left 1769. [perhaps Hon. James Hewitt, elder brother of Hon. Joseph Hewitt (qv), b. 27 Oct 1750, Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Jun 1769, aged 18, BA 1772; Trinity Coll. Dublin, BA 1776, MA and LLD 1778, ordained; succ. father as 2nd Viscount Lifford (I) 28 Apr 1789; Dean of Armagh from 1796; m. 1st, 25 Jul 1776 Hon. Henrietta Judith Pomeroy, dau. of Arthur Pomeroy, 1st Viscount Harberton (I); m. 2nd, 23 Dec 1781 Alicia, eldest dau. of Ven. John Oliver DD, Archdeacon of Ardagh; d. 15 Apr 1830] [Or else Hon. William Williams Hewitt; m. 16 Dec 1774 Anne, dau. of Thomas Strettell, Cork, merchant; d. Apr 1798]
HEWITT, EDMUND; b.; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1727; in under school list 1729; probably left 1729.
Hewitt, Gerald Percy Sandys, son of Edgar Percy Hewitt, K.C., of Hyde Park, by Mabel, daughter of George Fuller Sandys; b. Feb. 9, 1900; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (G); left Dec. 1914.
HEWITT, JAMES FRANCIS KATHERINUS, second son of Hon. and Rev. John Pratt Hewitt, Moneymore, co. Londonderry, and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Francis Gervais, Cecil, co. Tyrone; b. 21 Jun 1835; adm. 22 Sep 1848 (G); QS 1850; suceeded William Turner Roe (qv) as Capt. of the School 1854; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1854, matr. 8 Jun 1854, Westminster Student 1854-60; BA 1858; Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1859; Officiating Secretary, Board of Revenue 1874; Magisrtate and Collector 1878; Commissioner, Chota Nagpur 1879; retd. 1885; author, The Ruling Races of Prehistoric Times in India; m. 10 Mar 1870 Constance, youngest dau. of Edward Stanley, Ponsonby Hall, Cumberland; d. 14 Mar 1908.