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HESKETH, SIR THOMAS, BART., son of Thomas Hesketh MP, Rufford, Lancs., and Martha, only dau. of James St. Amand, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, apothecary; b. 21 Jan 1726/7; adm. Jan 1739/40 (Preston's); left 1743; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Oct 1743; created baronet 5 May 1761; travelling in Italy 1769-72; his wife was the first cousin and favourite correspondent of William Cowper (adm. 1742, qv); m. 5 Sep 1751 Harriet, dau. of Ashley Cowper, Clerk of the Parliaments; d. 4 Mar 1778.

HESKETH, WILLIAM, son of William Hesketh, Liverpool, and Margaret (Pemberton ?) (IGI); bapt. St. Nicholas, Liverpool 25 Apr 1791 (IGI); adm. 1804; left 1809; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1808, aged 17, Hulme Exhibitioner 1813; BA 1812; MA 1815; ordained; Perpetual Curate of St. Michael’s, Toxteth Park, Walton on the Hill, Lancs., 1832-57; d. 11 Oct 1858.

HESKIN, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 16) Apr 1744 (Preston's); left 1745.

HETHERINGTON, JOHN, son of John Hetherington, London; b.; adm. 19 Sep 1785; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1788, aged 17, matr. 1790; BA 1792; MA 1796. [Perhaps John Hetherington, son of John Hetherington and Elizabeth ---, bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 4 Feb 1771 (IGI)] [father perhaps of the First Fruits Office, Temple]

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.

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

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.