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IRBY, WILLIAM, 1st BARON BOSTON, only son of Sir Edward Irby, Bart., MP, and Dorothy, dau. of Hon. Henry Paget; b. 8 Mar 1706/7; succ. father as 2nd baronet 11 Nov 1718; adm. Aug 1719; left 1722; Page of Honour to George I and George II 29 Feb 1723/4 – May 1731; Equerry to Frederick, Prince of Wales 10 Dec 1728-36; Vice-Chamberlain to Augusta, Princess of Wales 1 Aug 1736-49, Lord Chamberlain to Princess of Wales 1749-72; MP Launceston 24 Mar 1734/5-47, Bodmin 1747-61; created Baron Boston 10 Apr 1761; Chairman of Committees, House of Lords, from 1770; m. 26 Aug 1746 Albinia, Maid of Honour to Augusta, Princess of Wales, sister of Charles James Selwyn (qv); d. 31 Mar 1775.

INGRAM, CHARLES, 9th VISCOUNT IRVINE (S), seventh son of Hon. Charles Ingram MP, Adjutant-Gen. of the Forces, and Elizabeth, widow of Francis Brace, Biddenham, Bucks., and dau. of Charles Scarburgh, Windsor, Berks., Clerk of the Board of Green Cloth; b. 19 Mar 1726/7; adm. Jan. 1736/7 (Bourne's); left 1743; MP Horsham 1747 – 14 Apr 1763; Groom of the Bedchamber to George III as Prince of Wales 1756-60; succeeded uncle as 9th Viscount Irvine (S) 14 Apr 1763; a Scottish Representative Peer from 1768; lic. to m. 28 Jun 1758 Frances Gibson, commonly called Shepheard, Scotland Yard, Whitehall, natural dau. of Samuel Shepheard MP, Exning, Suffolk; d. 19 Jun 1778.

HYETT, WILLIAM HENRY, eldest son of Rev. Henry Cay Adams, Shrewsbury, and Frances, dau. of Richard Marston, Willenhall, Staffs.; b. 2 Sep 1795; adm. 1805; left 1811; assumed surname of Hyett in lieu of Adams 5 Aug 1813, in pursuance of will of Benjamin Hyett (qv); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1813; while on his travels in 1819 Hyett swam across the Hellespont from Sestos to Abydos in one hour and twenty minutes; of Painswick House, Gloucs.; DL JP Gloucestershire; MP (Whig) Stroud 1832-4; FRS 29 Feb 1844; made experiments on growth of trees by watering them with chemical solutions; issued privately his printed translations of Goethe, Victor Hugo, Filicaja and others; author, Flowers from the South, 1869; m. 25 Oct 1821 Anne Jane, second dau. of Joseph Seymour Biscoe, Hempsted Court, Gloucs.; d. 10 Mar 1877.

HURST, ROBERT HENRY, only son of Robert Henry Hurst (b. 1788, qv); b. 1 Jun 1817; adm. 8 Apr 1831 (G); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 26 May 1836, matr. Mich. 1836; 25th Wrangler 1840; BA 1840; MA 1843; adm. Middle Temple 29 May 1835, called to bar 25 Nov 1842; South-Eastern Circuit; Recorder of Hastings and Rye from 8 Feb 1863; MP Horsham 1865-8, May 1869-74, Dec 1875 – Feb 1876; Chairman, West Sussex Quarter Sessions; of Horsham Park, Sussex, and Barrington Grove, Burford, Oxfordshire; DL JP Sussex, JP Oxfordshire; m. 28 Apr 1859 Matilda Jane, eldest dau. of James Scott, Rusper, Sussex; d. 12 Feb 1905.

HURST, ROBERT HENRY, eldest son of Robert Hurst MP, Horsham Park, Sussex, barrister, Bencher Middle Temple, and Maria, dau. of Adam Smith; b. 4 Apr 1788; in school lists 1801, 1803; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 4 Jan 1804; retd. 2 Mar 1809; served in Peninsular War and took part in retreat to Corunna 1809; MP (Whig) Horsham 1832-41, May 1844-7; of Horsham Park, Sussex; m. 22 Nov 1814 Dorothea, dau. of John Breynton, Haunch Hall, Staffs.; d. 16 Feb 1857.

HUNT, SIR FREDERICK SEAGER, BART., eldest son of James Edward Hunt, Clapham Common, Surrey, railway contractor, and Eliza, sister of Thomas Whittaker Seager (qv); b. 27 Apr 1838; adm. 22 Sep 1848 (G); left 1853; went out to India, where he remained until 1859; succeeded to business of Seager Evans & Co, distillers, Millbank, on death of grandfather; chairman, Earle’s Shipbuilding Co.; contested (Cons) Marylebone 1880; MP (Cons) Marylebone West 1885-95, Maidstone 1895-8; created baronet 13 Oct 1892; DL co. London; m. 29 Oct 1867 his cousin Alice Harriet, dau. of Alfred Hunt, Hannover, Germany; d. 21 Jan 1904.

HUMBERSTON, PHILIP STAPLETON, only son of Philip Stapleton Humberston, Chester, and Catherine, dau. of George Cotton (qv); b. 17 Aug 1814; adm. 18 Jan 1827 (G); Mayor, Chester 1858; MP Chester 1859-65; DL Cheshire, JP Cheshire 1859, High Sheriff 1878; DL Denbighshire, JP Denbighshire 1869; member council, Royal Agricultural Society; m. 29 Oct 1840 Elizabeth Henrietta, dau. of Henry Robert Hughes, Kinmel Park, Denbighshire; d. 16 Jan 1891.

HUDSON, HARRINGTON, only son of John Hudson, Bessingby Hall, Yorks., and Susanna, second dau. of Sir George Trevelyan, Bart.; b. 11 Apr 1772; adm. 21 Jan 1783; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 16 Sep 1789, fellow commoner 12 Oct 1789, matr. Mich. 1789; MP Helston 1818-26; m. 26 Oct 1795 Lady Anne Townshend, eldest dau. of George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend PC, Field-Marshal in the Army, and his second wife; d. 30 Nov 1826.

HOWORTH, HENRY, son of Rev. Probert Howorth, Maesllwch, Radnorshire, and Anna Maria, dau. of Matthew Davies, Presteigne, Radnorshire; b. Mar 1746; in school list Jun 1764; left Dec 1764; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Nov 1764, called to bar 27 May 1769; adm. Inner Temple 1777, tenant chambers there 14 Nov 1777 onwards; KC 1780; one of the counsel for the Crown in the trial of Lord George Gordon for high treason Feb 1781; MP Abingdon from 21 Dec 1782; figures as “the Admirable Advocate” in the “Histories of the Tête à Tête” in The Town and Country Magazine, xii, 121; a member of the sailing club founded about 1771 which had a weekly dinner at The Swan, Chelsea; m. Mary ---; drowned while sailing on the Thames near Mortlake, 11 May 1783.

HOWE, RICHARD, 1ST EARL HOWE, brother of George Augustus Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe (I) (qv); b. 8 Mar 1725/6; adm. Nov 1732; left 1733; went to Eton Coll.; entered Royal Navy on board HMS Pearl 16 Jul 1739; sailed in HMS Severn as far as Cape Horn with Anson 1740; present at attack on La Guaira 18 Feb 1742/3; Lieut., 8 Aug 1745; severely wounded in action with French frigates off west coast of Scotland 1 May 1746; Post Capt., 10 Apr 1746; his capture of the French ship Alcide off the mouth of the St. Lawrence river on 8 Jun 1755 was the beginning of the Seven Years’ War with France; commanded attack on Cherbourg 5 May 1759; distinguished himself at battle of Quiberon Bay 20 Nov 1759; Rear Adm., 18 Nov 1770; Vice-Adm., 7 Dec 1775; Commander-in-Chief, North American Station Feb 1776; co-operated with his brother Sir William Howe against the American colonists, but resigned command 1778 and remained out of employment until fall of North ministry in early 1782; Commander-in-Chief, Channel Fleet 2 Apr 1782; Adm., 8 Apr 1782; relieved Gibraltar against French and Spanish fleets Oct 1784 (check); Vice-Admiral of England May 1792 – Mar 1796; won brilliant victory of 1 Jun 1794 in command Channel Fleet, capturing seven French ships; Admiral of the Fleet and General of the Marines 12 Mar 1796; presided over court martial of Vice-Adm. Cornwallis Apr 1796; pacified mutineers at Portsmouth May 1797; MP Dartmouth 23 May 1757 – 20 Apr 1782; succeeded brother as 4th Viscount Howe (I) 6 Jul 1758; a Lord of the Admiralty Apr 1763 – Aug 1765; Privy Councillor 26 Jul 1765; Treasurer of the Navy 9 Aug 1765 – Mar 1770; created Viscount Howe (GB) 2 [check] Apr 1782; First Lord of Admiralty Jan – Apr 1783, Dec 1783 – Jul 1788; attacked in parliament and in print for his reductions and reforms; created Earl Howe 19 Aug 1788; received freedom of City of London 6 May 1796; KG 2 Jun 1797; the signalling code was perfected and refined by him; DL Nottinghamshire 1762, Derbyshire 1763; m. 10 Mar 1758 Mary, dau. of Chiverton Hartop, Welby, Leics.; d. 5 Aug 1799. Monument by Flaxman in St. Paul’s cathedral. DNB.