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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

JAMES, WALTER CHARLES, 1ST BARON NORTHBOURNE, only son of John James, HBM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands, and Lady Emily Jane Stewart, dau. of Robert Stewart, 1st Marquis of Londonderry; b. 3 Jun 1816; adm. 24 May 1826 (recorded as Packharness', likely Stelfox's); succ. grandfather as 2nd baronet 8 Oct 1829; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 May 1833; BA 1836; MA 1840; MP (Cons) Kingston upon Hull 1837-47; DL JP Kent, High Sheriff 1855; created Baron Northbourne 5 Nov 1884; took Liberal whip in House of Lords; Trustee, National Gallery; a personal friend and political follower of Gladstone; m. 17 Apr 1841 Sarah Catherine, youngest dau. of Cuthbert Ellison MP, Hebburn Hall, Durham; d. 4 Feb 1893.