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HERBERT, HON. WILLIAM, brother of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke and 2nd Earl of Montgomery (qv); bapt. St. Andrew, Enfield, Middlesex 28 May 1622 (IGI); at school under Osbaldeston; a contributor to the congratulatory verses written by the KSS in 1633 for Charles I on his return from Scotland and on the birth of the Duke of York (British Library, Royal MSS); Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 29 Jul 1635, aged 13; MA 1636; MP Monmouthshire Oct 1640 – 16 Sep 1642; d. unm.

HERVEY, HON. WILLIAM, youngest son of John Hervey, 1st 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.

HILL, SIR RICHARD, BART., eldest son of Sir Rowland Hill, Bart., MP, is first wife Jane, dau. of Sir Brian Broughton, Bart., MP; b. 6 Jun 1732; adm. Shrewsbury Sch. 1742; adm. Jun 1744 (Stephens'); left 1750; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 Dec 1750; MA 2 Jul 1754; Grand Tour (Italy) 1756-7; a champion of George Whitefield and the Calvinistic Methodists 1757; attacked Oxford Univ. for expelling Methodist undergraduates 1768; defended Calvinism against criticisms by John Wesley and Fletcher of Madeley 1770; MP Shropshire 1780-1806; succ. father as 2nd baronet 7 Aug 1783; of Hawkstone, Shropshire; engaged in controversy with Archdeacon Daubeny 1798-9 and with Bishop Tomline of Lincoln 1803; author, religious pamphlets; d. unm. 25 Nov 1808. DNB.

HOBART, GEORGE, 3RD EARL OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, elder son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv), and his first wife; b. 8 Sep 1731; adm. Mar 1738/9 (Watts'); KS (Capt. ) 1746; left 1750; MP St. Ives 1754-61, Beeralston 1761-80; Secretary to his elder brother John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv), when Ambassador at St. Petersburg Aug 1762 – Jan 1765; manager of the Italian Opera in London; travelling in Italy 1768; succ. brother as 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire 3 Aug 1793; member, Society of Dilettanti 1769; m. 22 May 1757 Albinia, eldest dau. of Lord Vere Bertie; d. 14 Oct 1804. DNB.

HORNE, SIR (WILLIAM) EDGAR, BART., eldest son of Edgar Horne, Russell Square, London, auctioneer and surveyor, and his first wife Maria, widow of Thomas Eversfield, Westminster; b. 21 Jan 1856; adm. 23 Sep 1869 (James'); left Whitsun 1872; entered father’s office and on father’s retirement became head of firm; FSI 1882, President 1911; Chairman, United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster, in last year of their existence; member, Westminster City Council, Mayor 1923-4, Alderman from 1925; MP (Cons) Guildford Jan 1910-22; chairman, Prudential Assurance Co.; created baronet 25 Mar 1929; DL Sutherlandshire; a Governor of the School from 1913; a Busby Trustee from 1925; m. 7 Oct 1886 Margery, dau. of George Anderson May, Elford, Staffs.; d. 26 Sep 1941.

HOTHAM, SIR CHARLES, BART. , eldest son of Sir Beaumont Hotham, Bart. , Commissioner of Customs, and his cousin Frances, eldest dau. of Rev. Stephen Thompson, Vicar of Welton, Yorks. ; first cousin of Sir Charles Hotham, Bart. (adm. 1745, qv); b. 18 Jun 1729; adm. Oct 1741 (Morel's); left 1745; adm. Middle Temple 22 Dec 1742; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 24 Sep 1746; Lieut. and Capt. , 6 Feb 1750; Capt. and Lieut. -Col. , 5 May 1758; Col. in the Army 19 Feb 1762; Lieut. -Col. , 63rd Foot 10 Jul 1765; Col. , 63rd Foot, 13 Sep 1765 – Sep 1768, 15th Foot from 21 Sep 1768; Maj. -Gen. , 25 May 1772; Lieut. -Gen. , 29 Aug 1777; Gen. , 12 Oct 1793; served in Flanders towards end of War of Austrian Succession, on expedition to St. Malo 1758, and in Germany during Seven years War; MP St. Ives 1761-8; a Groom of the Bedchamber to George III 5 May 1763 – 20 Jan 1788; a favourite at Court; succ. father as 8th baronet 29 Aug 1771; assumed surname of Thompson in lieu of Hotham 25 Dec 1772, on succeeding to the Thompson family’s estates at Hambleton and Ebberston, Yorks. , but resumed surname of Hotham 2 Jul 1787, after these estates had been resettled; many interesting particulars of his school life and school fellows are given in The Hothams, 1918, ii, 1-18; m. 21 Oct 1752 Lady Dorothy Hobart, only dau. of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv), and his first wife; d. 25 Jan 1794.

HOWARD, HON. FULKE GREVILLE, second son of Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron Templetown (I), and Elizabeth, dau. of Shuckburgh Boughton, Poston Court, Herefs.; b. 3 Apr 1773; adm. 13 Jun 1786; KS 1787; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1791, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Jun 1791; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 28 Apr 1793; Lieut. and Capt., 15 Oct 1794; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 16 Apr 1804; Lieut. -Col., 7th West India Regt. 21 May 1807; 9th Garrison Battn., half-pay 16 Jul 1807; Brevet Col., 4 Jun 1813; retd. 1825; served in Netherlands; ADC to Duke of York; MP Castle Rising 29 Jan 1808-32; assumed surname of Howard in lieu of Upton 6 Aug 1807; his marriage eventually brought him the estates of Richard Howard (qv); m. 7 Jul 1807 Mary, only surviving child of Richard Howard (qv); d. 4 Mar 1846.

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, 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.