HINCHLIFFE, JOHN, son of John Hinchliffe, London; b.; adm. 25 Jun 1770; KS (aged 14) 1775. [Perhaps clerk, Foreign Office 16 Jul 1782 – retired 5 Jan 1789].
HINCHLIFFE, JOHN, son of Joseph Hinchliffe, Swallow Street, Westminster, livery stable keeper, and Elizabeth Mantle; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1741; KS 1746; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1750, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1750, scholar 26 Apr 1751, matr. 1750/1; BA 1754; MA 1757; DD 1764; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1755, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1757; ordained deacon 28 Dec 1756, priest 19 May 1757 (both Ely); Usher at the School by 1755, apparently holding appointment for seven years; travelling tutor to his future brother-in-law John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe (qv), on Grand Tour in Germany, Italy and Switzerland 1761-3; Head Master, Westminster School 8 Mar – Jun 1764, resigning on grounds of health; tutor to William, 5th Duke of Devonshire 1764-6; he had made the friendship of Augustus, 3rd Duke of Grafton, the future Prime Minister, when in Italy in 1762, and he owed his principal subsequent preferments to him; Vicar of Greenwich, Kent 1766-9; Master of Trinity Coll. Cambridge 16 Feb 1768-89; Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge Univ. 1768-9; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III 1768-9; consecrated Bishop of Peterborough 17 Dec 1769; offended the Government by his liberal speeches in the House of Lords, and while retaining his bishopric, was required to resign the Mastership of Trinity, in exchange for being appointed Dean of Durham; Dean of Durham from 16 Oct 1788; m. 16 May 1767 Elizabeth, sister of John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe (qv); d. 11 Jan 1794. DNB.
HILY, WILLIAM, eldest son of Haviland Hil(e)y, Poole, Dorset; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1651, matr. 7 Jun 1651, Westminster Student; adm. Middle Temple 3 May 1656, called to bar 27 Nov 1663.
HILTON, JOHN, son of John Hilton, London; b.; adm.; KS 1681; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1685, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1685, aged 18, scholar 26 Apr 1686, matr. 1685; BA 1688/9; MA 1692; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1691, Major Fellow from 14 Jul 1692, Tutor from 1698; ordained deacon and priest 1692, then going as chaplain in merchant ship to Leghorn; buried Trin. Coll. Chapel, Cambridge 25 Sep 1700.
HILLES, --- ; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1626 (Chapter Muniments 33256).
HILLE, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS ; left 1549 (Acts of Chapter).
HILLARY, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS 2 Aug 1549 (Acts of Chapter).
HILL, THOMAS, son of Thomas Hill, London; b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 14) 1760.
HILL, THOMAS, son of Langley Hill, Bread Street, London, Clerk of Grocers’ Company, and Katherine --- [or Jane ?]; b.; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1715; KS 1720; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1724, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 18 May 1724, Canoneer Student 4 Aug 1727 – void by marriage 26 Apr 1730; BA 1727; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Feb 1721/2, called to bar 21 May 1728; m.; presumably Thomas Hill, Lincoln’s Inn, who d. 19 Feb 1790, although then described as aged 80.
HILL, THOMAS, son of Daniel Hill (qv), and his first wife; b.; adm.; KS 1697; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1701, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1701, aged 18, scholar 17 Apr 1702, matr. 1705 [check]; BA 1704/5; MA 1708; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1707, Major Fellow 19 Apr 1708, occasional Tutor 1710; subscribed the 54 Articles of Accusation against Bentley 1710; tutor to Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, 1711, with whom he subsequently resided; Chief Clerk and Clerk of the Papers, Mint, from 1718; Secretary, Board of Trade, from 19 Oct 1737; FRS 15 Apr 1725; author, Nundinae Sturbridgienses, 1709; d. unm. 20 Sep 1758.