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.

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.

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.

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.

HEWET, GILBERT; b.; adm.; KS 1672; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1675, adm. pens. 5 Jul 1675, scholar 1676, matr. 1676; BA 1678/9; MA 1682; ordained deacon 4 Mar 1682, priest 23 Sep 1683 (both Winchester); Curate of West Molesey, Surrey 1682; Rector of Swarraton, Hampshire, and Perpetual Curate of Northington, Hampshire, by 1686 – still 1708 (no longer 1717).

HEWET, BENJAMIN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1626, adm. scholar 1627; BA 1630/1.

HEWES, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1568-70 (Chapter Muniments 54017-8, 54021).

HETON, MARTIN, son of George Heton, Heton Hall, Dean, Lancashire, and Joanna, dau. of Sir Martin Bowes, Kt, Master Worker of the Mint, Lord Mayor of London, goldsmith; b. 1552; adm.; QS in 1567; a copy of congratulatory verses to Queen Elizabeth, written by him in 1569, is printed in The Trifler 7 May 1817 (but assigning him the incorrect Christian name Matthew); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1571, Westminster Student; BA 1574; MA 1578 (incorp. Cambridge 1581); BD 1583; DD 1585; ordained; Canon of Christ Church Dec 1582 – res by 19 Dec 1589; Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Univ. 1585; Dean of Winchester 20 Mar 1588/9 – Feb 1600; incumbent, Houghton, Hampshire 23 Sep 1590; consecrated Bishop of Ely 3 Feb 1598/9, having accepted the post on condition of alienating to the Crown the richest manors of the see; his able and learned sermons won the praise of James I, who declared that while “fat men were wont to make lean sermons, his were not lean, but larded with much good learning”; m.; d. 14 Jul 1609. DNB.

HETHERLEY, GEORGE; b.; adm.; QS 23 Jul 1553 (Acts of Chapter).

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.