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HOME, WILLIAM ARCHIBALD, younger son of Sir Everard Home, Bart. (qv); b. 17 Nov 1800; adm. 11 Jan 1808; KS (aged 14) 1815; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1819, matr. 21 May 1819, Westminster Student (still 1829); BA 1822; MA 1825; a Roman Catholic convert; ordained as RC priest; d. at Palermo, Sicily 2 Feb 1848.

HOBHOUSE, JOHN CAM, 1ST BARON BROUGHTON, eldest son of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, Bart. , MP, and his first wife Charlotte, dau. of Samuel Cam, Chantry House, near Bradford, Wilts. ; b. 27 Jun 1786; adm. 27 Jan 1802 (Clapham); in school list May 1803; left 1803; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 18 Oct 1803, matr. Easter 1806; Hulsean Prize 1808; BA 1808; MA 1811; founded the Cambridge Whig Club; when at Cambridge became an intimate friend of Lord Byron, with whom he travelled in Greece and the Mediterranean in 1809-10; adm. Middle Temple 4 Feb 1806; a partner in firm Whitbread & Co. , brewers; contested Westminster as Radical candidate at 1819 by-election; imprisoned in Newgate Prison for breach of privilege 14 Dec 1819 – 19 Jan 1820; MP (Radical, subsequently Whig) Westminster 1820-33, Nottingham 1834-47, Harwich 1848-51; active member of Greek Committee in London 1823; succeeded father as 2nd baronet 15 Aug 1831; Secretary at War 1 Feb 1832 – Apr 1833; Privy Councillor 23 Feb 1832; Chief Secretary for Ireland 28 Mar – 17 May 1833; Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests 19 Jul – 31 Dec 1834; President, Board of Control 29 Apr 1835 – Sep 1841, Jul 1846 – Feb 1852; created Baron Broughton 26 Feb 1851; GCB 23 Feb 1852; as Byron’s executor, advised the destruction of Byron’s Memoirs 1824, and as Byron’s best man drew up a reply to Lady Byron’s Remarks 1830; FRS 19 May 1814; member, Society of Dilettanti 1839; one of founders of Geographical Society 1830; is said to have invented the phrase “His Majesty’s Opposition”; his Commonplace Book when at the School, containing the themes set, extracts from books, and occasional translations, is in the British Library, Additional MSS; author, Recollections of a Long Life, 1865, and other works; m. 26 Feb 1828 Lady Julia Hay, youngest dau. of George Hay, 7th Marquis of Tweeddale (S); d. 3 Jun 1869. DNB.

HICKSON, ROBERT, son of John Hickson DCL, Grove Dingle, co. Kerry, and Barbara, eldest dau. of John Mahony, Dromore Castle, co. Kerry; b. 13 Dec 1814; adm. 12 Feb 1827 (Singleton's); KS 1829; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1833, matr. 23 May 1833, Westminster Student; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Jun 1836, King’s Inns, Dublin 1840; of Ballintaggart, co. Kerry; JP; m. 3 Jun 1843 Julia Sophia, second dau. of William Sadleir Bruere, Berwick; d. 18 Aug 1851.

HESILRIGGE, SIR ARTHUR, BART., eldest son of Sir Thomas Hesilrigge, Bart., and Frances, dau. of Sir William Gorges, Kt, Alderton, Northants; b.; at school under Osbaldeston (Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, iii, 578); Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, fellow commoner, matr. Easter 1617; adm. Gray’s Inn 29 Jan 1622/3; succ. father as 2nd baronet 11 Jan 1629; MP Leicestershire 1640-53 [check], Leicester 1654-60; a staunch Puritan and opponent of Laud; introduced bill of attainder against Strafford; promoted the “Root and branch” bill, and proposed the Militia bill; one of the five members impeached by the King 3 Jan 1641/2; raised a troop of horse for Parliament; fought at battle of Edgehill 1642, wounded at battles of Lansdowne and Roundway Down 1643; did good service at battle of Cheriton; a leader of the Independents in House of Commons after the passing of the self-denying ordinance 1645; Governor of Newcastle upon Tyne 30 Dec 1647; recaptured Tynemouth 11 Aug 1648; refused to act as one of the King’s judges 1649; accompanied Cromwell to Scotland and supported him with reserves after battle of Dunbar; member of Council of State during Commonwealth, but opposed to Cromwell’s government after dissolution of Long Parliament; refused to pay taxes not levied by Parliament, or to become a member of the Upper House 1657; opposed succession of Richard Cromwell, and intrigued with the Army against him; at his instigation Lambert was cashiered and the Rump Parliament restored; one of the five Commissioners for the Government of the Army 11 Feb 1659/60; accused of intriguing against Monk; arrested at the Restoration, and excepted by the Bill of Indemnity for pains and penalties not extending to life; m. 1st, 24 May 1624 Frances, dau. of Thomas Elmes, Lilford, Northants; m. 2nd, 26 Jun 1634 Dorothy, dau. of Fulke Greville, Thorpe Latimer, Lincs., and sister of Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke, General in Parliamentary army; d. a prisoner in the Tower of London 7 Jan 1660/1. DNB.

HERVEY, JOHN, 2nd BARON HERVEY OF ICKWORTH, eldest son of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, and his second wife Elizabeth, only dau. of Sir Thomas Felton, Bart. MP; b. 15 Oct 1696; adm. 28 Jan 1711/2; left Jul 1713; Clare Hall, Cambridge, adm. 20 Nov 1713, matr. 1714; MA 1715; styled Lord Hervey from 1723; MP Bury St. Edmunds 2 Apr 1725 – 11 Jun 1733; travelling in Italy for health in 1728-9; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 7 May 1730 – Apr 1740; Privy Councillor 8 May 1730; having initially been a follower in politics of Frederick, Prince of Wales, he subsequently became a supporter of Sir Robert Walpole and a trusted confidant of Queen Caroline; fought a duel with William Pulteney (qv) in the “Upper St. James’s Park” 25 Jan 1730/1; created Baron Hervey of Ickworth 11 Jun 1733; Lord Privy Seal 1 May 1740 – Jul 1742; one of the Lord Justices of the Realm May 1741; author, Memoirs of the Reign of George II, first published from his manuscript in 1848, and of other political pamphlets; the expenses of his “schooling” at Westminster, and of that of his three brothers, are recorded in the Diary of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, 1894; m. 21 Apr 1720 Mary, Maid of Honour to Caroline, Princess of Wales, dau. of Brig. -Gen. Nicholas Lepell, Groom of the Bedchamber to George, Prince of Denmark; d. 5 Aug 1743. DNB.

HERBERT, GEORGE, fourth son of Sir Richard Herbert, Kt, Montgomery Castle, Montgomeryshire, and Magdalen, dau. of Sir Richard Newport, Kt; b. 3 Apr 1593; adm. in twelfth year; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1608, adm. scholar 1609, matr. 18 Dec 1609; 2nd in “ordo” 1612/3; BA 1612/3; MA 1616; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 3 Oct 1614, Major Fellow 15 Mar 1615/6 – c. 1621 [check]; Praelector in Rhetoric and Deputy Public Orator 1618, Public Orator 1619-27; ordained deacon by Jul 1626, priest (Salisbury) 19 Sep 1630; Prebendary of Lincoln from 8 Jul 1626; Herbert had earlier aspired to preferment in service of the State, but after forming an intimate friendship with Nicholas Ferrar (of Little Gidding), he decided to eschew the “painted pleasures of the Court”; Rector of Fugglestone with Bemerton, Wilts., from 26 Apr 1630; repaired Bemerton Church and rebuilt the parsonage, where he wrote his famous sacred poems, edited by Ferrar and published posthumously under the title The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations, 1633; m. 5 Mar 1628/9 Jane, dau. of Charles Danvers, Baynton, Wilts.; d. 3 Mar 1632/3. Memorial window in baptistery, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

HENTY, WALTER, son of George Henty, Chichester, Sussex, and Maria, dau. of Cornthwaite John Hector, Stodham, Hampshire, banker; b. 16 May 1840; adm. 3 Oct 1850 (James'); QS 1854; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Dean Thomas) 1858, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1858, matr. Mich. 1858; BA 1862; MA 1866; adm. Inner Temple 5 Nov 1862; dir. George Henty and Sons, brewers, Chichester; of Beddington Place, near Croydon, Surrey; m. 3 Mar 1874 Edith Mary, youngest dau. of Thomas Hankey, Chester Square, London; d. 7 Apr 1914.

HENDERSON, THOMAS, third son of Francis Henderson, Streatham, Surrey, and Elizabeth Child; nephew of John Henderson (qv); b.; adm. 24 Sep 1811; KS (aged 14) 1815; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1820, matr. 12 May 1820, Westminster Student (still 1829); ordained deacon 1824, priest 1825; Vicar of Messing, Essex, from 4 Jan 1828; Rector of Colne Wake, Essex 11 Mar 1831-46; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 25 Nov 1842; m. 19 Jul 1832 Frances, eldest dau. of Rev. Charles Dalton, Vicar of Kelvedon, Essex; d. 4 Aug 1861.

HEMERY, JAMES, son of Clement Hemery, Jersey; b. 30 Apr 1814; adm. 15 Jan 1827 (G); KS 1828; rowed v. Eton 12 May 1831; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1833, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1833, scholar 1834, matr. Mich. 1833; 7th Wrangler 1837; BA 1837; MA 1840; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1839, Major Fellow 1840, Assistant Tutor 1839-44; ordained deacon 23 May 1841, priest 27 Nov 1842 (both Ely); Dean of Jersey and Rector of St. Helier’s from 1844; m. 15 May 1845 Ellen Charlotte, youngest dau. of Thomas Newcourt; d. 22 Nov 1849.