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HARRISON, HENRY, second son of Henry Harrison, Holywood House, Holywood, co. Down, and Letitia, dau. of Robert James Tennent MP, Rush Park, Belfast; stepson of Hartley Withers (qv); b. 17 Dec 1867; adm. 9 May 1881 ( R), exhibitioner; QS 8 Jun 1882; left Jul 1886; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Jan 1887; MP (Irish Nationalist) Mid Tipperary 1890-2; known in House of Commons as “Parnell’s stripling”; served 1914-18 war; 2nd Lieut., 3rd batt., Royal Irish Regt.; Lieut., 9 Aug 1916; MC 11 Dec 1916, bar 18 Feb 1918; OBE 8 Jan 1919; Secretary, Irish Dominion League 1920-1; Dublin correspondent, The Economist 1922-7; editor, Irish Truth (weekly) 1924-7; author, Parnell Vindicated : the Lifting of the Veil, 1931, Parnell, Joseph Chamberlain and Mr Garvin, 1938, Parnell, Joseph Chamberlain and The Times 1953; hon. LLD Dublin 1953; m. 21 Jan 1895 Maie, dau. of J. C. Byrne, New York, USA; d. 20 Feb 1954. DNB.

HARPUR, SIR HENRY, BART., son of Sir Henry Harpur, Bart. MP, Calke Abbey, Derbs., and Lady Caroline Manners, dau. of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland KG; b.; succ. his father as 6th baronet 7 Jun 1748; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1749 (Price's); in school list 1754; Grand Tour (at Turin in 1758); of Calke Abbey, Derbs.; MP Derbyshire 1761-8; High Sheriff, Derbyshire 1774; m. 17 Jul 1762 Lady Frances Elizabeth Greville, dau. of Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick; d. 10 Feb 1789.

HARCOURT-VERNON, GRANVILLE, seventh son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); b. 26 Jul 1792; adm. Bartholomewtide 1804; KS (Capt. ) 1805; Capt. of the School 1809; spoke the Prologue to the Phormio in 1809, when the new scenes given by William Carey (qv) were first used; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1810, matr. 8 Jun 1810, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics and 1st cl. Mathematics 1813; BA 1814; MA 1816; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Dec 1811, called to bar 12 May 1817; Chancellor, Diocese of York 1818-68; MP Aldborough 4 May 1815-20, East Retford 1831-47; assumed surname of Harcourt-Vernon in lieu of Venables-Vernon; of Grove Park, Notts.; m. 1st, 22 Feb 1814 Frances Julia, dau. of Anthony Hardolph Eyre MP, Grove Park, Notts.; m. 2nd, 22 Nov 1845 Hon. Pyne Jesse Brand, widow of John Henry Cotterell, and dau. of Henry Otway Brand, 22nd Baron Dacre CB, Lieut. -Gen. in Army, Col. 31st Foot; d. 8 Dec 1879.

HARCOURT-VERNON, GRANVILLE EDWARD, eldest son of Granville Harcourt-Vernon (qv), and his first wife; b. 23 Nov 1816; adm. 16 Sep 1829 (Stikeman's); KS 1830; Capt. of the School 1834; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1835, matr. 4 Jun 1835, Westminster Student; BA 1839; MA 1842; Private Secretary to Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans (qv), when Chief Secretary for Ireland, and to Earl of Lincoln MP, when Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests and Chief Secretary for Ireland; MP (Peelite) Newark 1852-7; m. 23 Nov 1854 Lady Selina Catherine Meade, only dau. of Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam PC GCH, Ambassador at Berlin; d. 1 Feb 1861.

HARCOURT, GEORGE SIMON, 2ND EARL HARCOURT, elder son of Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt (qv); b. 1 Aug 1736; adm. May 1746 (Ludford's); left 1748; styled Viscount Nuneham 1749-77; Grand Tour (Germany, Italy) 1754-6; MP St. Albans 1761-8; Page of Honour to George III at his coronation 22 Sep 1761; succ. father as 2nd Earl Harcourt 16 Sep 1777; DCL Oxford Univ. 31 Aug 1786; Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte from 9 Mar 1790; FSA 27 Feb 1766; DL Oxfordshire 1762; m. 26 Sep 1765 his first cousin Hon. Elizabeth Venables-Vernon, Lady of Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte, sister of George Venables-Vernon, 2nd Baron Vernon (qv); d. 20 Apr 1809.

HARCOURT, GEORGE GRANVILLE, eldest son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); b. 6 Aug 1785; adm. 14 Mar 1796 (Clapham); KS (Capt. ) 1798; Capt. of the School 1802; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1803, matr. 23 May 1803, Westminster Student; BA 1808; MA 1810; MP Lichfield 1806-31, Oxfordshire from 1831; “Father” of House of Commons; assumed surname of Harcourt in lieu of Venables-Vernon 15 Jan 1831; of Stanton Harcourt and Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire; DL JP Oxfordshire; m. 1st, 27 Mar 1815 Lady Elizabeth Bingham, eldest dau. of Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan (qv); m. 2nd, 30 Sep 1847 Frances Elizabeth, Countess Waldegrave, widow of John James Waldegrave, Navestock, Essex, and of George Edward Waldegrave, 7th Earl Waldegrave, dau. of John Braham, tenor singer; d. 19 Dec 1861.

HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM, brother of Archibald Hamilton (adm. 1737, qv); b. 13 Dec 1730; adm. Jan 1739/40 (Heath's); left 1746; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 27 Jan 1747; Lieut. and Capt., 8 Jun 1753; retd. 1757; Equerry to George III 1760 – 7 Nov 1782; MP Midhurst Mar 1761 – Aug 1764; Envoy Extraordinary at Naples 1764-7, Minister Plenipotentiary there 1767- Apr 1800; KB 15 Jan 1772; Privy Councillor 8 Jun 1791; sold a collection of Greek vases and antiquities to British Museum 1772, and another collection to Thomas Hope of Deepdene 1801; purchased the Warwick Vase from Gavin Hamilton and the Portland Vase from James Byres; entertained Nelson at Naples after the Battle of the Nile 1798; accompanied the Neapolitan Court to Palermo Dec 1798; FRS 6 Nov 1766, Copley Medal 1770; FSA 6 Feb 1772; Society of Dilettanti 1777; DCL Oxford 30 Jul 1802; author, Campi Phlegraei, 1776; m. 1st, 25 Jan 1758 Catherine, eldest dau. of Hugh Barlow, Lawrenny Hall, Pembs.; m. 2nd, 6 Sep 1791 Emma Hart (DNB), dau. of Henry Lyon, Neston, Cheshire, blacksmith; d. 6 Apr 1803. DNB.

HALL, BENJAMIN, son of Rev. Benjamin Hall DD, Chancellor of Llandaff, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Grant, Nolton, Pembs.; b. 29 Sep 1778; adm.; KS 1790; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1794, matr. 11 Jun 1794, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1794 – void by marriage 23 Dec 1801; BA 1798; MA 1801; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 May 1798, called to bar 4 May 1801; Oxford circuit; MP Totnes 1806-12, Westbury 1812 – Nov 1814, Glamorgan from 28 Nov 1814; of Hensol Castle, Glamorgan; m. 16 Dec 1801 Charlotte, only dau. of Richard Crawshay, Cyfarthfa, Glamorgan, ironmaster; d. 31 Jul 1817.

HACKET, SIR ANDREW, eldest son of John Hacket (elected to Camb. 1608, qv), and his first wife; b.; adm.; KS 1642; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1645, adm. pens. 30 Jun 1645, scholar 1645, matr. Easter 1646; 9th in “ordo” 1648/9; BA 1648/9; MA 1652; adm. Gray’s Inn 24 Jan 1652/3, called to bar 11 Nov 1659; a Master in Chancery 10 Dec 1670 – 28 Jun 1680; knighted 16 Jan 1670/1; MP Tamworth 1679-81; of Moxhull Hall, Warwickshire; High Sheriff, Warwickshire 1684-5; m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Right Rev. Joseph Henshaw DD, Bishop of Peterborough; m. 2nd, 19 Apr 1664 (IGI) Mary, eldest dau. of John Lisle, Moxhull, Warwicks.; d. 19 Mar 1709/10.

GROSVENOR, THOMAS, younger son of Sir Robert Grosvenor, Bart., MP, and Jane, only surviving child of Thomas Warre, Shepton Beauchamp and Swell Court, Somerset; bapt. St. John, Smith Square, Westminster 25 Mar 1734 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) May 1749 (Butler's); left 1751; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Jun 1751; MA 1754; adm. Inner Temple 11 Sep 1750; MP Chester from 10 Dec 1755; of Swell Court, Somerset; m. 21 Sep 1759 Deborah, sister of Stephen Skynner (qv); d. 12 Feb 1795.