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HOLT, THOMAS LYTTLETON, eldest son of Rev. Ludlow Sneyd Holt LLD, Rector of North Repps, Norfolk, and Jane, dau. of Frank Jones, Bermuda; b.; in school list 1795; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jul 1796, aged 19; adm. Grays Inn 1 Feb 1820; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 27 Jun 1823, matr. Mich. 1823; dramatic critic, Bell’s Weekly Messenger; proprietor, Morning Star newspaper; a member OWW Cricket Club in 1828; of Edmondstown, co. Louth; m. 1802 Zillah Hughes, Birmingham; d. 25 Aug 1851.

HOLTE, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1567-9 (Chapter Muniments 54016-8, 54020).

HOLTHOUSE, EDWIN HERMUS, son of Carsten Holthouse FRCS LSA, Storey’s Gate, Westminster, surgeon, and Agnes Cowcher, dau. of Samuel Kent, Upton on Severn, Worcs.; b. 18 Nov 1855; adm. 24 Jan 1868 (James'); QS 1870; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett) 1874, adm. pens. 7 Oct 1874; BA 1878; MA 1882; MB 1883; MRCS 1881; FRCS 1884; Consulting Surgeon, Western Ophthalmic Hospital, from 1921; practised in London; m. 17 Jul 1884 Harriet Emily, elder dau. of Robert Hesketh FRIBA, Wimpole Street, London, architect; d. 2 Jan 1949.

HOLYOAKE, FRANCIS, son of Thomas Holyoake, Morton Bagot, Warwicks., and Elizabeth, dau. of James Pettipher, Great Alne, Warwicks.; b. 4 Mar 1766; adm. 26 Jan 1776; still at school 1778; m. 17 Apr 1795 [or 1793 ? : check date] Dorothy Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Lyttelton, and niece of Philip Lyttelton, Studley Castle, Warwicks.; d. 21 Feb 1835.

HOLYOAKE, HENRY, son of John Holyoake, Henley in Arden, Warwicks.; b.; adm. 26 Jan 1776; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Feb 1781, aged 16; BA 1784; MA 1787; ordained; Vicar of Salford Priors, Warwicks., and of Bidford, Warwicks., from 22 Dec 1786 (disp. to hold with Preston Capes 1787); Rector of Preston Capes, Northants, from 21 Aug 1787; d. 10 May 1828.

Holywell was originally founded as a traditional print business in 1890 by Harry Burrows in the city of Oxford. Their main client was Oxford University, but they have broadened their scope and are still in business today.

HOLYWELL, ---; b.; in under school list 1715.

Homan, Brees, son of Ernest Homan, of Kensington, by Emma, daughter of Samuel Charles Brees, Surveyor-General of New Zealand; b. Sept. 28, 1879; adm. April 28, 1892 (A); left July 1893; Univ. Coll. London; A. M.I. Mech.E.; M. I. Struct. E.; served in France from Feb. 1915 to Nov. 1920; Major A. S. C. (T. F.) March 13, 1918; d. 1932.

HOME, SIR EVERARD, BART., son of Robert Boyne Home, Greenlaw Castle, Berwickshire, Surgeon, 16th Light Dragoons, and Mary, dau. of Col. --- Hutchinson; b. 6 May 1756; adm. 17 Jan 1770; KS 1770; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1773, but was never adm.; pupil to his brother-in-law, the surgeon John Hunter, at St. George’s Hospital; qualified at Surgeons’ Hall 1778; Assistant Surgeon, Naval Hospital, Plymouth; Surgeon to 1st battn., 60th Foot 2 Dec 1782; Apothecary and Storekeeper, Jamaica 25 Dec 1782; half-pay 6 Oct 1784; Staff Surgeon, Great Britain 14 Jun 1793; retd. Sep 1794; after his return from Jamaica in 1784 Home acted as John Hunter’s assistant for some years; Lecturer on Anatomy, St. George’s Hospital 1792, Surgeon to St. George’s Hospital 1793-1827; Professor of Anatomy and Surgery, College of Surgeons 1804-13, 1821, Hunterior Orator 1814, 1822, President 1821; Serjeant-Surgeon to Kings George III and George IV from 9 Mar 1809; created baronet 27 Jun 1813; Surgeon to Chelsea Hospital from 1821; FRS 15 February 1787, Copley Medal 1807; his inexcusable destruction of Hunter’s MSS after using them in the preparation of his own papers for the Royal Society is much to be regretted; an enthusiastic OW who for many years came down to the School on 17 November in full dress to ask for an Early Play for the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s accession; edited Hunter’s treatise On the Blood, Inflammation and Gunshot Wounds, 1794; author, Lectures on Comparative Anatomy, 1814-28, and other works; m. 4 Nov 1792 Jane, widow of Stephen Thompson, and dau. of Rev. James Tunstall DD; d. 31 Aug 1832. DNB.

HOME, SIR JAMES EVERARD, BART., elder son of Sir Everard Home, Bart. (qv); b. 25 Oct 1798; adm. 13 Jan 1806; left Lady Day 1810; entered Royal Navy as 1st class Volunteer, HMS Euryalus 10 Apr 1810; Lieut., 14 Jul 1814; Commander 28 Jan 1822; Capt., 5 Dec 1837; served in Chinese War 1841-2 and in New Zealand 1845; CB 24 Dec 1842; succ. father as 2nd baronet 31 Aug 1832; FRS 21 Apr 1825; FSA; d. at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 Nov 1853, while in command of HMS Calliope.