HERVEY, WALTER; b.; adm. (aged 10) Aug 1719; left 1722. [Perhaps Walter Harvey (sic), bapt. St. Mary, Whitechapel 27 May 1707, son of Walter Harvey, and Mercy ---].
HERVEY, HON. WILLIAM, brother of John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth (qv); b. 25 Dec 1699; adm. 17 Jan 1711/2; left 25 Jan 1715/6 (in list of noblemen attached to alphabetical admissions under Nicoll, Chapter Muniments); entered Royal Navy Jun 1716; Lieut., 31 Dec 1718; Cdr. 1 Feb 1726; Post Capt., 2 Jun 1727; dismissed the service for undue rigour towards his officers and crew when in command HMS Superb in West Indies, 19 Aug 1742; m. 1st, 27 Nov 1729 Elizabeth, only dau. of Thomas Ridge MP, Portsmouth, Hampshire; m. 2nd, 7 Jan 1775 Elizabeth Colins; d. 8 Jan 1776.
HERVEY, HON. WILLIAM, youngest son of John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth (qv); b. 13 May 1732; adm. Jan 1744/5 (Morel's); left 1747; Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 Feb 1750/1, matr. Lent 1750/1; MA 1753; Ensign, 44th Foot 1755; Lieut., 4 Jul 1755; Capt. 27 Dec 1756; served for some years in North America, returning to England 1763; Capt. -Lieut. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards 6 Aug 1766 – 13 Jun 1774; Brevet Col., 29 Aug 1777; Major-Gen., 20 Nov 1782; Lieut. -Gen., 12 Oct 1793; Gen., 1 Jan 1798; MP Bury St Edmunds 24 Feb 1763-8; amiable and benevolent, described by Arthur Young as “one of the most charitable men living”; a great traveller; in Italy 1766, 1772-3 and 1788-90; his Journals in North America and Europe from 1755 to 1814 form vol. xiv of the Suffolk Green Books, 1906; d. unm. 15 Jan 1815.
HERVEY, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1721; left 1724.
HERYNG, ANDREW; b. ; adm. ; KS 1540-3 (Chapter Muniments).
HESILRIGGE, ---; b.; in school lists 1656.
HESILRIGGE, SIR ARTHUR, BART., eldest son of Sir Thomas Hesilrigge, Bart., and Frances, dau. of Sir William Gorges, Kt, Alderton, Northants; b.; at school under Osbaldeston (Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, iii, 578); Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, fellow commoner, matr. Easter 1617; adm. Gray’s Inn 29 Jan 1622/3; succ. father as 2nd baronet 11 Jan 1629; MP Leicestershire 1640-53 [check], Leicester 1654-60; a staunch Puritan and opponent of Laud; introduced bill of attainder against Strafford; promoted the “Root and branch” bill, and proposed the Militia bill; one of the five members impeached by the King 3 Jan 1641/2; raised a troop of horse for Parliament; fought at battle of Edgehill 1642, wounded at battles of Lansdowne and Roundway Down 1643; did good service at battle of Cheriton; a leader of the Independents in House of Commons after the passing of the self-denying ordinance 1645; Governor of Newcastle upon Tyne 30 Dec 1647; recaptured Tynemouth 11 Aug 1648; refused to act as one of the King’s judges 1649; accompanied Cromwell to Scotland and supported him with reserves after battle of Dunbar; member of Council of State during Commonwealth, but opposed to Cromwell’s government after dissolution of Long Parliament; refused to pay taxes not levied by Parliament, or to become a member of the Upper House 1657; opposed succession of Richard Cromwell, and intrigued with the Army against him; at his instigation Lambert was cashiered and the Rump Parliament restored; one of the five Commissioners for the Government of the Army 11 Feb 1659/60; accused of intriguing against Monk; arrested at the Restoration, and excepted by the Bill of Indemnity for pains and penalties not extending to life; m. 1st, 24 May 1624 Frances, dau. of Thomas Elmes, Lilford, Northants; m. 2nd, 26 Jun 1634 Dorothy, dau. of Fulke Greville, Thorpe Latimer, Lincs., and sister of Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke, General in Parliamentary army; d. a prisoner in the Tower of London 7 Jan 1660/1. DNB.
HESILRIGGE, SIR ROBERT, BART., eldest son of Sir Arthur Hesilrigge, Bart., and Hannah, dau. of Robert Sturges, Northampton; b. 27 Aug 1727; adm. (aged 15) Feb 1742/3 (Hawkins'); left 1744; adm. Middle Temple 9 Feb 1738/9; succ. father as 8th baronet 23 Apr 1763, but was disinherited by his father and went to live in North America, where he was living in 1787; m. Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel Waller, Roxburgh, New England, North America.