HEATHCOTE, RICHARD EDENSOR, eldest son of Sir John Edensor Heathcote, Kt, Longton Hall, Staffordshire, and Anne, eldest dau. of Sir Nigel Gresley, Bart.; b. 25 Oct 1780; adm.; KS 1796; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 May 1799, Canoneer Student 24 Dec 1802 – void by marriage 11 Nov 1808; BA 1803; MA 1805; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 May 1802; MP Coventry 1826-30, Stoke upon Trent 1835 – Feb 1836; m. 1st, 15 Sep 1808 his cousin Emma Sophia, dau. of Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, Bart.; m. 2nd, 13 Dec 1815 Lady Elizabeth Keith Lindsay, younger dau. of Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres (S), Gen. in Army; d. at Geneva, Switzerland 10 Dec 1850.
Heaton, Nicholas Richard Patrick, son of Ralph Neville Heaton (qv); b. 16 Mar. 1940; adm. Sept. 1953 (G); left July 1958; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1959, shot against Camb. 1960-2, capt. OURC 1962, BA 1962, MA 1966; adm. solicitor Jan. 1966; head of legal dept., BOC Internat. Ltd.; man. consult.; m. Sept. 1968 Caroline Anne Brennan, literary agent, d. of John Needham Huggard Brennan, solicitor, of Wexford, Ireland; d. 1 July 2000.
Heaton, Ralph Neville, son of Ernest Heaton of Greenford, Middx, and Gertrude Lilian, d. of Alfred Lavell; b. 4 June 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (KS); left July 1930; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1930, BA 1935 (1st class hons Litt. Hum.), MA 1964; Asst Principal Board of Education 1934; Under Sec. Min. of Education 1946-53, Dep. Sec. 1954-61; Commonwealth Fund Fellow 1951; CB 1951; Dep. Sec. Min. of Transport 1961-8; Dep. Under Sec. of State, Dept. of Economic Affairs, 1968-9; Dep. Sec. Min. of Housing & Local Govt 1969-70, DOE 1971-2; retd 1972; m. 25 May 1939 Cecily Margaret Alabaster, Asst Principal Board of Education, d. of George Herbert Alabaster MD FRCS, of Queenstown, Cape Province, SA; d. 18 Aug. 1994.
Heaton, Stephen Francis Bernard, brother of Nicholas Richard Patrick Heaton (qv); b. 6 Aug. 1946; adm. Sept. 1959 (G); left July 1963; a chartered accountant, FCA 1969; dir. Barrow Hepburn Leather Ltd. 1973-81; private practice 1981-; m. 26 Aug. 1971 Cherry-Anne, d. of Ian McClymont, engineer, of Prestwood, Bucks; d. 29 Aug. 2006.
Heaton-Ellis, John Sydney, son of Sydney Thomas Edward Heaton-Ellis, of Barnet, Herts, by Harriet Mary Symes, daughter of John George Pinney, of Axminster, Devon; b. Feb. 14, 1890; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1903; left Dec. 1908; R.M.A. Woolwich; 2nd Lieut. R. A. July 23, 1910; Lieut. July 23, 1913; Capt. July 23, 1916; served in Mesopotamia 1915-6, and in Persia on the Indian Frontier 1918-20; Major, Nov. 14, 1928; retired Nov. 1936; recalled Aug. 1939, and served in France 1939-40, in the Middle East 1941-45, and N. W. Europe 1945; secretary of the London Playing Fields Society since 1949; m. Nov. 10, 1920, Jean Robinson, daughter of Joel Henry Lee-Horwood, of St. Jean de Luz, France; d. 29 Dec. 1980.
HEBBES, THOMAS, son of John Hebbes, London, and Sarah --- (IGI); bapt. St. Clement Danes, London 18 Apr 1731 (IGI, sic); in school list 1743; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1747; KS 1748; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1752, adm. pens. 27 May 1752, scholar 18 May 1753, matr. Easter 1753; BA 1756; MA 1759; ordained; Chaplain, Trinity Coll. 1758-60; Vicar of Herne Hill, Kent, from 26 Apr 1760; d. 30 Dec 1766. [probably m. 17 May 1760 Eleanor Elizabeth Diotiguardi (IGI)]
Hebblethwaite, Edwin Charles Long, son of Bernard Robinson Hebblethwaite FRIBA, of Kingston Lyle, Berks, and Margaret Austin, d. of George Austin-Hyslop of Glasgow; b. 19 Sept. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (B); left Apr. 1934; a journalist; RAFVR 1941-2 (FO), killed in action in a bombing raid over Hamburg May 1942.
Edwin Charles Long “Peter” Hebblethwaite was born at Dublin, Ireland on the 19th of September 1915 the only child of Bernard Robinson Hebblethwaite FRIBA, an architect, and Margaret Austin (nee Hyslop) Hebblethwaite, of Gaston Manor, Tisbury near Salisbury in Wiltshire. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from September 1929 to April 1934. He was a member of the Colts Cricket XI in 1930 and 1931 and was a member of the 1st Cricket XI in 1932. He was a member of the Football XI in 1932, 1933 and 1934 where he played at outside left. The Elizabethan wrote the following on his 1932/33 season: - “A clever dribbler and good at the short passing game, but his left foot is not yet strong enough, and he is very weak with his head. Position play good, but often fails to make the most of an opening through hesitation.”
He was appointed as a member of the Monitorial Council in 1933.
On leaving school he became a journalist and a sub editor and worked in Grimsby.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as an observer and rose to the rank of Sergeant before being commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 9th of December 1941. He was promoted to Flying Officer in March 1942.
On the night of the 3rd/4th of May 1942, Bomber Command dispatched 43 Wellingtons, 20 Halifaxes, 13 Stirlings and 5 Hampdens for an operation on Hamburg. When the formation arrived at Hamburg it was found that the target was completely covered by cloud and only 54 of the aircraft bombed the target by estimating its position. 113 fires were started in the city of which 57 were classified as large. A large entertainment palace in the Reeperbahn was completely destroyed, as were a cinema and a theatre. A warehouse in the dockside area which contained vehicles and other goods was also destroyed. A 4,000lb bomb landed at a road junction in the historic residential area which caused 11 blocks of flats to collapse; another 11 buildings were severely damaged and 352 were slightly damaged. 77 people were killed on the ground with 243 injured and 1,624 people were bombed out of their homes.
Edwin Hebblethwaite and his crew took off from RAF Croft at 11.05pm on the 3rd of May 1942 in Halifax Mk II R9391 EY- for the operation. While in the target area the aircraft was coned by searchlights and was shot down by a night fighter flown by Feldwebel Hans Berschwinger of 4./NJG2 and crashed into the North Sea, some twenty kilometres to the north of Juist at 2.31am with the loss of the entire crew. This was Hans Berschwinger’s third victory of an eventual twelve before he was killed in action on the 15th of February 1944.
The crew was: -
Sergeant Thomas Percy Willoughby Davis (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant Gilbert Murray Edwards (Rear Gunner)
Flying Officer Edwin Charles Long Hebblethwaite (Observer)
Pilot Officer John Robert “Jack” Kennedy RCAF (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant Frederick Ross Mills (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant Eric Charles Smith (2nd Pilot)
Squadron Leader Albert John Drake Snow (Pilot)
Theirs was one of five aircraft lost during the raid.
His father received the following telegram dated the 31st of August 1942: - “Deeply regret to advise you that following information from the International Red Cross Committee and Germans sources that your son Flying Officer Edwin Charles Long Hebblethwaite is reported to have lost his life as the result of air operations on 3rd May 1942. Letter confirming this telegram follows. The Air Council express their profound sympathy.”
Edwin Hebblethwaite’s body was washed ashore on the Island of Sylt on the 16th of June 1942 and was buried at Buesum Cemetery, Westerland on the 18th of June 1942. His body was exhumed by No. 4 Missing and Research Unit, Royal Air Force on the 9th of July 1947 and was moved to its present location. John Kennedy’s body was washed ashore on the 10th of June 1942 and Eric Smith’s body was recovered from the sea by a boat on the 9th of May 1942.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Tisbury.
He is buried at Kiel War Cemetery Plot 3, Row E, Grave 14.
HEBER, RICHARD, eldest son of Thomas Heber, Marton, Yorks., and Elizabeth, dau. of John Atherton, Atherton, Lancs.; b.; adm. (aged 16) Jul 1744 (Watts'); left 1746; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 3 Jul 1746; succeeded to Marton estate on death of father 1752 and to Hodnet estate, Shropshire, on death of mother 1753; m. 25 Nov 1756 Elizabeth, dau. of Arthur Barnardiston, Brightwell, Suffolk; d. 22 Jul 1766.
HEBERDEN, CHARLES, brother of William Heberden (adm. 1810, qv); b. 6 Apr 1799; adm. Michaelmas 1811; KS 1813; left Christmas 1816; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1816; BA 1820; MA 1823; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 31 Jan 1820, called to bar 17 Jun 1823; equity draftsman; d. The Close, Winchester 8 Dec 1882.
HEBERDEN, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Heberden MD FRS FRCP, Upper Brook Street, London, Physician in Ordinary to George III, and Elizabeth Catherine, only dau. of Charles Miller, Shopwyke, Oving, Sussex; b. 8 Jan 1797; adm. Christmas 1810; KS 1811; left 1814; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1814; BA 1819; MA 1822; ordained deacon (Chester) 28 May 1820, priest (Salisbury) 18 Mar 1821; Curate, All Hallows, Bread Street, London 1820; Vicar of Great Bookham, Surrey, from 21 Apr 1821; m. 3 Feb 1824 Elvina Rainier, second dau. of John Underwood, Gloucester Place, London; d. 16 Dec 1879.