HIGGINS-BERNARD, FRANCIS TYRINGHAM, eldest son of Joseph Napier Higgins QC, barrister, Bencher Lincoln’s Inn, and Sophia Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Sir Thomas Tyringham Bernard, Bart. (qv); b. 22 Jul 1864; adm. 24 Jan 1878 (R); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1883, matr. 12 Oct 1883; played Association Football v. Cambridge 1887; BA 1887; MA 1890; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 May 1886, called to bar 3 Jul 1889; assumed additional surname of Bernard 26 Mar 1897; of Nether Winchendon House, Bucks.; winner, Bar Point to Point 1900, 1906, and Officers’ Sabre Competition, Military Tournament 1904; Master, Skinners’ Co. 1903-4, 1928-9; contested (Cons) St. Austell Jan 1910, North Buckinghamshire Dec 1910; Lieut. -Col., 3rd batt. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 15 May 1917; served on Western Front May 1917 – Mar 1919, wounded Jun 1917; DL JP Buckinghamshire, High Sheriff 1924; m. 27 Apr 1897 Evelyn Georgiana, eldest dau. of Philip James Digby Wykeham DL JP, Tythrop House, Oxfordshire; d. 16 Jul 1935.

Higgs, Eustace Crompton, son of Edwin John Higgs of Chiswick and Ruby Broomhall Cham­bers; b. 23 Sept. 1910; adm. May 1924 (H); left July 1927; Clerical & Med. Assurance Soc. 1927-38, branch man. Bristol 1946-9; Roy. Signals (TA) 1939-50 (Capt.), MC (NW Europe) Mar. 1945; SRO Jan. 1951, retd as Maj. 1953; partner H. J. SIutter & Partners 1949-65; self­ employed in Cornwall 1965; m. 26 July 1938 Marjorie Mercer, d. of Henry John Camp, civil servant, of Chiswick; d. 12 May 1980.

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.

Hildesley, Anthony Glynn, son of His Hon. Alfred Hildesley KC, County Court Judge, of Stowmarket, Suffolk, and his first wife Cicely Ayliffe, d. of Walter Glynn of Willaston, Cheshire; b. 15 May 1909; adm. Jan. 1922 (G); left July 1926; 2nd Lieut. 10 Lond. Regt (TA) May 1927, Lieut. May 1930; Capt. Roy. Berks Regt (TA) May 1932, Maj. Apr. 1945; temp. Lieut.-Col. 8 Bn Parachute Regt Apr. 1943; OBE July 1940; TD 1944; m. 31 Jan. 1933 Margaret Evelyn, d. of Harry Cotton Haynes; d. 22 Dec. 1965.

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.

HILDYARD, ROBERT HENRY, only son of Robert Charles Hildyard QC MP, Bencher, Inner Temple; b. 3 Aug 1836; at King’s Coll. Sch. 1846-7; adm. 7 Oct 1852 (James'); University Coll. Oxford, matr. 30 May 1855; attaché, Diplomatic Service 5 Feb 1859; attaché, St. Petersburg 16 Jul 1859; 3rd Secretary, Paris 28 Sep 1863; 2nd Secretary, Teheran 22 Feb 1868; 2nd Secretary, Paris 20 Mar 1876; d. 6 Sep 1876.

HILL, ARTHUR GEORGE, eldest son of Thomas Hill, Belsize Avenue, Hampstead, Middlesex, organ builder, and Sophia, dau. of Rev. Charles Thorold; b. 12 Nov 1857; adm. 21 Jan 1870 (G); Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 11 Oct 1876, matr. Mich. 1876; migrated to Jesus Coll. Cambridge, 1 Oct 1878; BA 1880; MA 1883; DLitt (Lille) 1913; head of firm William Hill & Sons, organ builders; FSA 2 Mar 1882; an authority on the history of organs and on the architecture of Spain; author, The Organ Cases and Organs of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 1883-91, and other works; m. 2 Mar 1886 Amy Sarah, dau. of Rev. John Mack Williams, Rector of Burnby, Yorks.; d. 16 Jun 1923.

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.