GYLE, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).
GYLES, THOMAS, of Worcestershire; b.; adm.; KS 1639; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1641, adm. scholar 1642, matr. Easter 1642; BA 1644/5; MA 1648; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1647, Tutor 1648-52; intruded Minister of Trumpington, Cambs. 1649; Rector of Wentworth [query county] 6 Feb 1651/2; Rector of Downham, Cambs. 10 Nov 1653 – ejected 1660; Assistant to Commission for Approbation of Ministers for counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon 10 Dec 1657; m. 1st, 29 Aug 1654 Constantia, dau. of Thomas Bendyshe, Barrington, Cambs.; m. 2nd, 2 Jul 1668 Mary, widow of Edward Gray, Wicken, Cambs.; living 1672.
Hacker, Peter, son of Rev. Percy Bernard Hacker of Dartmouth, Devon, and Edith Gertrude, d. of Alfred William Bingham of Lingfield, Surrey; b. 15 Aug. 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (H, non-res. KS); left July 1931; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1931, BA 1935 (1st class hons Litt. Hum.), MA 1938; ord. deacon 1937, priest 1938 (Southwark); asst missioner Corpus Christi Coll. Mission Camberwell 1937, missioner 1942; received into the Roman Catholic Church 1956; asst master Stonyhurst Coll. 1958-9, Ratcliffe Coll. Leicester 1960, head of Classics 1962; Card. Vaughan Sch. Lond. 1964; d. 12 Mar. 1986.
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.
HACKET, JOHN, son of Andrew Hacket, Westminster, tailor; b. 1 Sep 1590; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1608, adm. scholar 1609, matr. Easter 1609; 6th in “ordo” 1612/3; BA 1612/3; MA 1616 (incorp. Oxford 9 Jul 1616); BD 1623; DD 1628; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1614 – c. 1621; ordained deacon and priest 20 Dec 1618 (London); Rector of Stoke Hammond, Bucks., 30 Sep 1618 [sic : check]-24; Chaplain to Right Rev. John Williams DD, Bishop of Lincoln, also Chaplain to James I; Rector of Kirkby Underwood, Lincs., 23 Feb 1623; Prebendary of Lincoln 10 Dec 1623 - 1661; Rector of Cheam, Surrey 1624-62; Rector of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, London 31 Dec 1624 – sequestered 13 Dec 1645; Archdeacon of Bedford 4 Oct 1631 - 1661; President, Sion Coll. 1633; attempted to moderate Laud’s zeal; member of Committee for Religion, appointed by House of Lords, and as such pleaded for the retention of Deans and Chapters before House of Commons 1641; Prebendary of St. Paul’s 28 Mar 1642-61; refused to join the parliamentary side, and retired to Cheam during the rebellion and Commonwealth; consecrated Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 22 Dec 1661; restored Lichfield Cathedral; bequeathed £1200 to Trinity Coll. Cambridge and all his books to Cambridge Univ. Library; he and Ben Jonson (qv) translated Bacon’s Essays into Latin; author of Loyola, a Latin comedy acted twice before James I, first published 1648, and Scrinia Reserata, a Memorial offered to great Deservings of John Williams DD, 1693; m. 1st 14 Sep 1625 Elizabeth, dau. of William Stebbing, Earl Soham, Suffolk; m. 2nd, Frances, widow of Rev. Dove Bridgeman DD, Prebendary of Chester, and dau. of William Bennet, Yeoman of the Pastry to Queen Elizabeth I; d. 28 Oct 1670. DNB.
HACKET, JOHN, son of John Hacket, London; b.; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1745; KS 1748; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 Mar 1752.
Hackforth, Charles Anthony Philip, brother of Richard Edgar Hackforth (qv); b. 2 Aug. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (H); left July 1933; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1933, BA 1936, MA 1980; 2nd Lieut. RASC Aug. 1938, Lieut. Jan. 1940, Capt. Jan. 1945; DSO (Middle East) 1942; retd Oct. 1949; adm. a solicitor July 1953; in practice in London; m. 20 Aug. 1949 Erica, d. of Hermann Deseniss, merchant, of Springe, Germany; d. Jan. 2004.
Hackforth, Edgar, son of Joseph Purslove Hackforth, of Bowdon, Cheshire, by Annie Glover; b. Sept. 7, 1878; adm. May 3, 1894 (H); elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with senior Samwaies and a Triplett gratuity) July 1897 (adm. sub-sizar Oct. 1, 1897, sizar 1899); 8th Wrangler Math. Trip., part 1, 1900; B.A. 1900; M.A. 1906; asst. master at Bradfield Coll. 1900, at Westminster School Jan. 1901 - March 1902; junior examiner, Board of Education 1902-6; secretary to the Brighton Education Committee 1906-12; senior clerk, National Health Insurance Commission 1912-9; Deputy Controller of Insurance, Ministry of Health, 1919; Controller of Health Insurance, Ministry of Health, 1937; retired 1942; Officer of Order of Crown of Belgium 1918; C. B. 1928; m. March 31, 1909, Joyce Eleanor, younger daughter of Charles Edward Clayton, of Henfield, Sussex; d. Dec. 1, 1952.
Hackforth, John Lawrence, brother of Richard Edgar Hackforth (qv); b. 22 Nov. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (A), (H) Jan. 1926; left July 1930; Christ's Coll. Camb., matric. 1930, BA 1933; Colonial Civil Service, asst auditor Nyasaland 1935, Kenya 1939; auditor Malaya 1947-50; Milk Marketing Board 1950-2; district accountant African Lakes Corpn, N. Rhodesia, 1954; m. 2 Dec. 1939 Mary Benilda, d. of Joseph Henry Bartlett of Old Windsor; d. 13 June 1969.
Hackforth, Reginald, brother of Edgar Hackforth (q.v.); b. Aug. 17, 1887; adm. as exhibitioner Jan. 18, 1900 (H); Q.S. (non-resident) Sept. 27, 1900; Mure Scholar 1903; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with senior Samwaies) July 1905, having previously obtained a minor scholarship there while at school; major scholar 1906, matric. Michaelmas 1905; 1st class (div. 1) Classical Trip., part 1, 1907, 1st class, part 2, 1909; First Stuart of Rannoch Scholar 1907; Davies Scholar 1908; Chancellor's Classical Medal 1909; B.A. 1908; M.A. 1912; Fellow and Lecturer Sidney Sussex Coll. 1912; served during Great War I in the Secretary's Dept. of the War Office and afterwards in the Artists' Rifles; Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Cambridge, 1939-51; F. B.A. 1946; author of The Authorship of the Platonic Epistles (1913) and other works; m. April 4, 1922, Lily, daughter of Harry Ralph Mines, of Hereford; d. May 6, 1957.