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IMPEY, SIR ELIJAH, brother of Michael Impey (adm. 1730, qv); b. 13 Jun 1732; adm. Sep 1740; KS 1747; Capt. of the School 1751; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Jan 1752, scholar 24 Apr 1752, matr. Easter 1754; Chancellor’s Second Medal 1756; BA 1756; MA 1759; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 3 Oct 1757, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1759; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Nov 1751, called to bar 23 Nov 1756; Western Circuit; Recorder of Basingstoke 11 Apr 1766-73; adm. Inner Temple 20 Nov 1766, tenant chambers there 21 Nov 1766 – 16 Jun 1768; Counsel for East India Company before House of Commons 1772; Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Bengal 22 Mar 1774 – 1 Nov 1787; knighted 30 Mar 1774; confirmed committal of Nuncomar for forgery and sentenced him to death 1775; ruled that Warren Hastings (qv) had not resigned the post of Governor-General 1777; his judicial powers were restricted by a compromise between Hastings and Philip Francis 1779; President of new Appeal Court (Sadar Diwani Adalat) over local tribunals 1780-2; recalled to defend himself against charges of illegality brought by Francis 1783; defended himself successfully against six charges at bar of House of Commons 1788, including the proceedings against Nuncomar and the exercise of extended judicial powers contrary to his patent; MP New Romney 1790-6; his biography was written by his son, Elijah Barwell Impey (qv), and published in 1846; m. 18 Jan 1768 Mary, dau. of Sir John Reade, Bart., Shipton Court, Oxfordshire; d. 1 Oct 1809. DNB.

IMPEY, EDWARD HARRINGTON, eldest son of Edward Impey (qv); b. (Calcutta) 16 Aug 1814; adm. 20 Sep 1825 (Singleton's); Addiscombe Coll. 1831-2; Cadet, EICS Madras 1832; Ensign, unattached 14 Feb 1833; 31st Native Infantry 27 Oct 1834; Lieut., 27 Dec 1836; Brevet Capt., 14 Dec 1847 – 21 Jun 1850; Assistant to Commissioner, Tenasserim, Burma 20 May 1846 – 21 Jun 1850; living London 1881 (1881 Census), private income; m. 1st (?), ---; m. 2nd (?), 28 Oct 1873 Isabel Marion Standbridge (IGI); d. c. 1883.

HURST, SIR CECIL JAMES BARRINGTON, third son of Robert Henry Hurst (adm. 1831, qv); b. 28 Oct 1870; adm. 26 Jan 1883 ( R); left Jul 1888; Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett), adm. pens. 21 May 1888, matr. Mich. 1888; 2nd cl. Law Tripos pt. i, 1891, 1st cl. Law Tripos pt. ii, 1892; LLB 1892; LLM 1896; hon. LLD 1928; adm. Middle Temple 9 Oct 1890, called to bar 17 Nov 1893, KC 1913, Bencher 1922, Treasurer 1940 ; South-Eastern Circuit; Junior Counsel to Post Office on S. E. Circuit 1901-2; Assistant Legal Adviser, Foreign Office 1 Apr 1902-18, Legal Adviser Aug 1918-29; Legal Secretary to British Plenipotentiaries at Second Peace Conference, The Hague 1 May 1907; largely responsible for the general drafting of the Peace Treaty of 1919; member, Permanent Court of International Justice, The Hague 1929-45, President 1934-7; President, United Nations War Crimes Commission 1943-5; CB 9 Nov 1907; KCB 5 Jun 1920; KCMG 7 Nov 1924; GCMG 1 Jan 1926; hon LLD Edinburgh; editor, British Yearbook of International Law, 1919-; Busby Trustee 19 May 1925; of Rusper Nunnery, Horsham, Sussex; JP Sussex 1931; m. 21 Dec 1901 Sibyl Gabriel Lumley, elder dau. of His Hon. Sir Lumley Smith KC, Cadogan Square, Chelsea, Judge of City of London Court; d. 1963.

HUE, CLEMENT BERKELEY, eldest son of Clement Hue MD FRCP, Guilford Street, London, Physician to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, and Lucy, eldest dau. of Rev. Rowland Berkeley LLD, Vicar of Writtle, Essex; b. 2 Oct 1812; adm. 2 Jun 1826 (G); KS 1827; rowed against Eton 12 May 1831; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1831, adm. pens. 26 May 1831, scholar 1832, matr. Mich. 1831; Chancellor’s Medal for English Verse 1833; BA 1835; MA 1839; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 30 Apr 1835; ordained deacon 11 Dec 1836, priest 7 Jul 1839 (both Winchester); [query, clerical career ?]; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Curtis; d. 6 Feb 1893.

HUDSON, JOSEPH HENRY, youngest son of Harrington Hudson (qv); b. 18 Jun 1814; adm. 20 Jun 1825 (Singleton's); Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards 6 Jul 1830; Lieut. and Capt., 29 Nov 1833; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 16 May 1845; retd. 18 Jul 1848; Superintendent, Royal Army Clothing Department to 1882; DL JP Yorkshire North Riding; m. 28 Jun 1842 Frances, sister of James Loftus Elrington (qv); d. 1885.

HUDSON, SIR JAMES, son of Harrington Hudson (qv); b. 2 Jan 1810; adm. 20 Sep 1825 (Singleton's), having previously been at Rugby School; Assistant Private Secretary to King William IV Jul 1830- Jun 1837; Gentleman Usher to Queen Adelaide Nov 1831-49 [but not listed by Sainty]; sent to Rome to fetch back Sir Robert Peel 1834; known as a result as “Hurry Hudson”; Secretary of Legation, Washington 1838, The Hague 1843, Rio de Janeiro 1845; Envoy Extraordinary to Emperor of Brazil 14 May 1850; appointed Envoy to Grand Duke of Tuscany 29 Aug 1851, but never went to Florence; Envoy Extraordinary to King of Sardinia 19 Jan 1852 – 20 Oct 1863; employed in successful negotiations 1855 to despatch a Sardinian contingent to the Crimea; sympathetic to cause of Italian unity; declined Embassy at Constantinople 1863; lived principally in Italy after retirement; CB 1 Mar 1851; KCB 2 May 1855; GCB 11 Aug 1863; d. at Strasbourg 20 Sep 1885. DNB.

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.

HOWARD, THOMAS, 2ND EARL OF ARUNDEL, only son of Philip Howard, 1st Earl of Arundel (attainted 1589), and Hon. Anne Dacre, dau. of Thomas Dacre, 5th Baron Dacre of Gillesland; b. 7 July 1586; at school under Camden (Lloyd, Memoirs, 1677, 284; Mary F. S. Hervey, Life and Correspondence and Collections of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, 1921, 15); said to have gone to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, but there is no record of his admission; restored to father’s titles of Earl of Arundel and Surrey 6 Jul 1603, and restored in blood 18 Apr 1604; introduced at court 1605; Lord Lieutenant, Sussex 1608; travelled on European continent 1609-10, acquiring an appreciation of art; installed KG 13 May 1611; Lord Lieutenant, Norfolk 18 Apr 1615; conformed to Church of England 25 Dec 1615, having previously been a Roman Catholic; Privy Councillor 16 Jul 1616; presided over committee of House of Lords in Bacon’s case Apr 1621; one of joint Commissioners of Great Seal 3 May – 10 Jul 1621; Earl Marshal of England from 29 Aug 1621; owing to his son’s clandestine marriage with Lady Elizabeth Stuart and his undisguised hostility to Duke of Buckingham, Arundel incurred displeasure of Charles I and was twice placed under restraint; restored to Privy Council in 1628 after reconciliation with King; Justice in Eyre, North of Trent, from 25 Feb 1634; sent on unsuccessful mission to Emperor Apr-Sep 1636 to urge the return of the Palatinate to the King’s nephew; General in command of army against Scots 1638; Lord Lieutenant, Cumberland 1639; Lord Steward of Household 12 Apr 1640 – Aug 1641, resigned; presided as Lord High Steward in trial of Earl of Strafford spring 1641; left England Feb 1642 and went abroad, settling in Padua, Italy; while abroad said to have contributed no less than £54, 000 to Royalist cause; his personal estate was sequestrated by Parliament; created Earl of Norfolk 6 Jun 1644; the first Englishman to form a large collection of works of art and was described by Horace Walpole as “the father of vertu in England”; the bulk of his collection of classical sculpture (the “Arundel Marbles”) was presented by his grandson to Oxford University in 1667; m. Sep 1606 Lady Aletheia Talbot, third dau. of Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury; d. at Padua 24 Sep 1646. DNB.