HAMILTON-ROWAN, ARCHIBALD, only son of Gawin Hamilton, Killyleagh Castle, co. Down, and Jane, widow of Tichborne Aston, Beaulieu, near Drogheda, co. Louth, and only dau. of William Rowan, Rathbone Place, London, barrister; b. 12 May 1751; in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767; assumed additional surname of Rowan on grandfather’s death in 1767; Queens’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 22 Jun 1768; one of the four “mohawks” who scandalised London society in 1771-4 (Hickey, i, 273-8, 309-10); went to live in Ireland 1784; a delegate for Co. Down to Volunteer Convention at Dublin; joined Society of United Irishmen 1791, becoming Secretary of their Dublin Committee; arrested on charge of distributing a seditious newspaper and found guilty in Court of Kings Bench, Dublin, Jan 1794; sentenced to fine of £500, two years’ imprisonment and to find security for good behaviour for seven years; escaped to France from the Dublin Newgate prison, and after living in Paris for more than a year went to the USA, where he became a calico printer; returned to Europe 1800, and to England 1803; on reversal of his outlawry returned to Killyleagh; m. 6 Oct 1781 Sarah Anne, dau. of William Dawson, Lisanisk, near Carrickmacross, co. Monaghan; d. 1 Nov 1834. DNB.
HAMLYN, L.; b.; in school lists 1801 and May 1803; left 1803.
HAMLYN-WILLIAMS, SIR JAMES, BART., eldest son of Sir James Hamlyn (formerly Hammett), Bart. MP, and Arabella, dau. of Thomas Williams, Edwinsford, Carmarthenshire; b. 25 Oct 1765; adm. 21 Apr 1773 (as Hamlyn); in school lists 1781; had a “mill” with Frederick Reynolds (qv), with whom he had quarrelled while playing football in the Cloisters (Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds, 1846, i, 137); Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow comnmoner 11 Nov 1782, matr. Mich. 1785; assumed additional surname of Williams 6 Mar 1798 on succeeding to mother’s estates; MP Carmarthenshire 1802-6; succ. father as 2nd baronet 28 May 1811; High Sheriff, Carmarthenshire 1811-2; m. 22 Jul 1789 Diana Anne, second dau. of Abraham Whittaker, Lyston House, Herefordshire, and Stratford, Essex, merchant; d. 3 Dec 1829, aged 64.
HAMLYN-WILLIAMS, ORLANDO, youngest son of Sir James Hamlyn-Williams, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. 6 Apr 1812; left 14 May 1819; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Mar 1820; BA 1824; MA 1827; ordained; Rector of Clovelly, Devon, from 21 Nov 1826; m. 9 Mar 1831 Mary Anne Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Charles Pyne Coffin, Rector of East Down, Devon; d. 30 Nov 1831, aged 30.
HAMMANS, ARTHUR WILLIAM; b. (Marcham, Berks. ) 31 Aug 1846; adm. 28 Sep 1860 (James'); left Aug 1864; Ensign, 32nd Foot 18 Dec 1866; Lieut., 25 Sep 1869; Capt., 32nd (Duke of Cornwall’s) Light Infantry 29 Jun 1881; Maj., 14 Dec 1887; retd. 31 Aug 1894; served Burma 1892-3; re-employed as Recruiting Officer, Bletchley District, in First World War; m. 23 Oct 1889 Mary Josephine, eldest dau. of John Wagner, Stormont, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia; d. 13 Jun 1916, from effects of overwork as Recruiting Officer. [evidently kin to Robert Hammans, Marcham, Berks., maltster, will proved PCC 23 Apr 1856]
HAMMICK, ST. VINCENT ALMRICK; b. 24 Nov 1858; adm. 1 Feb 1869 (James'); left Christmas 1872.
HAMMILL, DENZIL; b. 11 Jul 1840; adm. Jun 1854 (G); Ensign, 75th Foot 16 Jan 1858; Lieut., 18 Oct 1859; Capt., 18 Jan 1867; Maj., 21 Jan 1875; Lieut. -Col., Gordon Highlanders 18 Dec 1880; Col. in the Army 21 May 1884; retd. with hon. rank Maj-Gen., 10 Oct 1885; served Egypt 1882-4, Sudan expedition 1884 and Nile expedition 1884-5; CB 18 Nov 1882; Order of Medjidie, 3rd class; Vice-Consul, Bonny, West Africa; m. 15 Sep 1870 Maud Mary Florence, second dau. of Sir Henry Samuel Piers, Bart.; d. at Bonny 2 Dec 1891.
HAMMOND, ---; b.; in under school lists 1715-8.
HAMMOND, ---; b.; in under school lists 1715-8. [one of these perhaps Fielder Hammond, a younger brother of Henry Hammond (KS 1717, qv), Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Nov 1720, Canoneer Student 20 Dec 1720 – void 7 Jul 1746, expiry year of grace as V. Floore; BA 1724; MA 1727; ordained; Vicar of Floore, Northants 1745 - ] [Note Rev. Luke Fielder Hammond, Vicar of Floore, Northants, will proved PCC 9 May 1776]