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HEATHCOTE, RICHARD EDENSOR, eldest son of Sir John Edensor Heathcote, Kt, Longton Hall, Staffordshire, and Anne, eldest dau. of Sir Nigel Gresley, Bart.; b. 25 Oct 1780; adm.; KS 1796; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 May 1799, Canoneer Student 24 Dec 1802 – void by marriage 11 Nov 1808; BA 1803; MA 1805; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 May 1802; MP Coventry 1826-30, Stoke upon Trent 1835 – Feb 1836; m. 1st, 15 Sep 1808 his cousin Emma Sophia, dau. of Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, Bart.; m. 2nd, 13 Dec 1815 Lady Elizabeth Keith Lindsay, younger dau. of Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres (S), Gen. in Army; d. at Geneva, Switzerland 10 Dec 1850.

HEATHCOTE, GILBERT JOHN, 1ST BARON AVELAND, eldest son of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bart. MP, and his first wife Lady Katherine Sophia Manners, second dau. of John Manners (qv) and Louisa, Countess of Dysart; b. 16 Jan 1795; adm. Christmas 1808; left 1812; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Jun 1814, fellow commoner 4 Jul 1814, matr. Mich. 1814; MP (Whig) Boston 1820-30, 1831-2, South Lincolnshire 1832-41, Rutland 1841 – 26 Feb 1856; succ. father as 5th baronet 26 Mar 1851; created Baron Aveland 26 Feb 1856; took Whig/Liberal whip, House of Lords; Lord Lieut., Lincolnshire, from 21 Feb 1862; Joint Lord Great Chamberlain of England in right of his wife; FSA 7 Dec 1854; m. 8 Oct 1827 Hon. Clementina Elizabeth Willoughby Drummond Burrell (afterwards Baroness Willoughby d’Eresby), eldest dau. of Peter Drummond Burrell, 20th Baron Willoughby d’Eresby PC, Lord Great Chamberlain; d. 6 Sep 1867.

HEATH, RICHARD, eldest son of Sir Thomas Heath KB, Hatchlands, East Clandon, Surrey, and Bridget, dau. of --- Hubert, Boys Court, Kent; nephew of Richard Heath (qv); b.; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1718; in under school list 1720; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Nov 1722; MP Bossinney from 1747; of New Hall, Sussex; m. Bridget, only child of John Nicholas, West Horsley, Surrey; d. 4 Feb 1752.

HAY, THOMAS, eldest son of William Hay MP, Glyndebourne, Sussex, and Elizabeth, second d. of Thomas Pelham MP, Catsfield Place, Sussex; b. 3 Jul 1734; adm. Jun 1747 (Morel's); left 1751; Cornet, 9th Dragoons 19 Jun 1751; Lieut., 7th Dragoons 25 Dec 1755; Capt., 14 Mar 1757; Maj., 14 Oct 1761; Lieut. -Col., 14 Jun 1765; Brevet Col., 21 May 1762; unattached list 27 Feb 1771; Deputy Adjutant-Gen. in Germany; MP Lewes 1768-80; d. 9 Feb 1786.

HAY, THOMAS, 9TH EARL OF KINNOULL (S), elder son of George Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull, and Lady Abigail Harley, sister of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (qv); b. 4 Jul 1710; adm. Mar 1717/8; styled Lord Dupplin 1719-58; spoke Prior’s prologue and took part of Cordelio in Otway’s Orphan, which was acted by “some of the Westminster scholars” at Hickford’s Dancing Rooms, Panton Street, near Leicester Fields, 2 Feb 1719/20 (HMC Portland MSS V, 593); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1726; MA Cambridge 1749; MP Scarborough 26 Jan 1735/6 – 21 Apr 1736, Cambridge 1741 – 29 Jul 1758; in politics a loyal follower and confidant of Henry Pelham (qv) and of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (qv); a Commissioner of the Revenue (I) Apr 1741-6; member, Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations, Nov 1746 – Apr 1754; a Lord of the Treasury Apr 1754 – Dec 1755; Joint Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces 16 Dec 1755 – Jul 1757; Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster Jan 1758-62; Privy Councillor 27 Jan 1758; succeeded father as 9th Earl of Kinnoull 29 Jul 1758; Ambassador Extraordinary to Portugal (on special mission) Mar – Nov 1760; Recorder of Cambridge from 10 Jan 1758; Chancellor, University of St. Andrews, from 1765; m. 12 Jun 1741 Constantia, only dau. of John Kyrle Ernle, Whetham, Calne, Wilts.; d. 28 Dec 1787. DNB.

Havers, Robert Michael Oldfield, Baron Havers, brother of Antony Cecil Oldfield Havers (qv); b. 10 Mar. 1923; adm. Apr. 1936 (R); left Dec. 1940; RNVR 1941-6 (Lieut.); Corpus Christi Coll. Camb., matric. 1946, BA 1948, MA 1965; called to the Bar (Inner Temple) Nov. 1948; dep. chairman West Suffolk Quarter Sessions 1961, chairman 1965; QC 1964; Recorder of Dover 1962-8, of Norwich 1968-71; Chancellor Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich 1965-73, of Ely 1969-73; MP (C) Wimbledon 1970-87; Master of Bench Inner Temple 1971; Kt 1972; Solic­itor-General 1972-4; shadow Attorney-General 1974-9; PC 1977; Attornev-General 1979-87; Lord Chancellor 1987; er. Baron Havers (Life Peer) 1987; a Busby Trustee 1980; joint author The Royal Baccarat Scandal, Theatre Royal Havmarket 1988; m. 3 Sept. 1949 Carol Elizabeth, d. of Stuart Lay; d. 1 Apr. 1992.

HARVEY, SIR ELIAB, fourth son of William Harvey MP, Rolls Park, near Chigwell, Essex, and Emma, sister of Stephen Skynner (qv); nephew of Eliab Harvey (qv); b. 5 Dec 1758; adm. 19 Jan 1768; went to Harrow Sch., there in 1770; entered Royal Navy; nominally entered on board William and Mary yacht 1771; Lieut., 26 Feb 1779; Commander 21 Mar 1781; Capt., 20 Jan 1783; served under Sir John Jervis at reduction of Martinique and Guadeloupe 1794; commanded HMS Temeraire at blockade of Brest and at battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct 1805; Rear-Adm., 9 Nov 1805; serving under Gambier in Basque Roads 1809; dismissed the service 23 May 1809 for declaring publicly on board his flagship, HMS Tonnant, his disapproval of Lord Cochrane’s appointment to a special command; reinstated 21 Mar 1810, “in consideration of his long and meritorious services”, but not again employed; Vice-Adm., 31 Jul 1810; Adm., 12 Aug 1819; succeeded elder brother in family estates 1779; MP Maldon 27 May 1780-4, Essex 1802-12 and from 1820; KCB 2 Jan 1815; GCB 11 Jan 1825; m. 15 May 1784 Lady Louisa Nugent, younger dau. of Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent (I) PC MP; d. 20 Feb 1830. DNB.

HARVEY, ELIAB, second son of William Harvey MP, Chigwell, Essex, and Mary, dau. of Ralph Williamson, Berwick, Northumberland; b. 23 May 1716; adm. Jan 1723/4; Min. Can. 1729; KS 1730; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1734, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1734, scholar 2 May 1735; 4th in “ordo” 1737/8; BA 1737/8; MA 1741; Minor Fellow, Trin. Coll. 2 Oct 1740, Major Fellow 9 Jul 1741; adm. Inner Temple 5 May 1733, called to bar 12 Jun 1741, Bencher 1758, Treasurer 1767; tenant chambers, Inner Temple, from 1741; KC 29 Mar 1758; MP Dunwich 1761-8; FRS 29 Mar 1764; m. 20 Nov 1756 Mary, dau. of Richard Benyon, Gildea Hall, Essex, Governor of Bengal; d. 23 Oct 1769.

HARVEY, EDWARD, brother of Eliab Harvey (adm. Jan 1723/4, qv); b. 1 Aug 1718; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1726/7; left 1735; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 May 1736; Cornet, 10th Dragoons 19 Mar 1740/1; Lieut. , 31 Aug 1744; Capt. , 7th Dragoons 6 Feb 1747; Maj. , 8 Mar 1751; Lieut. -Col. , 6th Dragoons 25 May 1754; Equerry to George III 1760; Col. in the Army 2 Dec 1760; Maj. -Gen. , 10 Jul 1762; Adjutant-General 1763-72; Col. , 12th Dragoons 17 Mar 1763 – Sep 1764, Carabineers 28 Sep 1764 – Oct 1775, 6th Dragoons from 18 Oct 1775; Lieut. -Gen. 25 May 1772; Governor of Portsmouth 1773-7; served with distinction in Seven Years War; wounded at Wetter and Kloster Kampen; MP Gatton 5 Dec 1761-8, Harwich from 1768; described by Horace Walpole as “the King’s confidential tool for the Army” (Journal of the Reign of George III 1771-83, ed. Doran, I, 179); m. ; d. 27 Mar 1778.

HARRISON, HENRY, second son of Henry Harrison, Holywood House, Holywood, co. Down, and Letitia, dau. of Robert James Tennent MP, Rush Park, Belfast; stepson of Hartley Withers (qv); b. 17 Dec 1867; adm. 9 May 1881 ( R), exhibitioner; QS 8 Jun 1882; left Jul 1886; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Jan 1887; MP (Irish Nationalist) Mid Tipperary 1890-2; known in House of Commons as “Parnell’s stripling”; served 1914-18 war; 2nd Lieut., 3rd batt., Royal Irish Regt.; Lieut., 9 Aug 1916; MC 11 Dec 1916, bar 18 Feb 1918; OBE 8 Jan 1919; Secretary, Irish Dominion League 1920-1; Dublin correspondent, The Economist 1922-7; editor, Irish Truth (weekly) 1924-7; author, Parnell Vindicated : the Lifting of the Veil, 1931, Parnell, Joseph Chamberlain and Mr Garvin, 1938, Parnell, Joseph Chamberlain and The Times 1953; hon. LLD Dublin 1953; m. 21 Jan 1895 Maie, dau. of J. C. Byrne, New York, USA; d. 20 Feb 1954. DNB.