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GB-2014-WSA-09775 · Person · 1837-1928

HUNT, WILLIAM THORLEY GIGNAC, eldest son of William Hunt, Bath, Somerset, and Elizabeth, dau. of Nathaniel Thorley, Bath; b. 3 Dec 1837; adm. 22 Sep 1848 (Rigaud's); QS 1852; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1856, matr. 15 May 1856, Westminster Student 1856-62; BA 1859; MA 1863; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Dec 1858; ordained deacon 1861, priest 1862 (both Oxford); Curate, Lacey Green, Bucks., 1861-3, Dinton, Bucks., 1863-6; Vicar of Prestwood, Staffs., 1866-71; Curate, Bathwick, Somerset 1871-4, River, Kent 1877-83, St. Michael’s, Folkestone, Kent 1883-5, Holy Trinity, Folkestone, Kent 1885-9, Hawkinge, Kent 1889-92, Curzon Chapel, Mayfair 1893-7, St. Mark’s, Notting Hill, Bayswater 1898-1906; Assistant Priest, Church of the Annunciation, Marylebone 1912-24; m. 3 Dec 1862 Mary Eliza, eldest dau. of Rev. William Johnstone Burgess, Vicar of Lacey Green, Bucks.; d. 15 Oct 1928.

GB-2014-WSA-09784 · Person · 1913-2008

Hunter, Muir Vane Skerrett, son of Hugh Stewart Hunter, civil servant, and Bluebell Matilda Williams, novelist, d. of George Douglas Williams, chief editor Reuters; b. 19 Aug. 1913; adm. Sept. 1925 (R); left July 1932; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1932, BA 1937, MA 1961; called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) Nov. 1938; served WW2 1940-6: RAC, GHQ (India), and GSO 1 War and Leg. Depts Govt of India (hon. Lieut.-Col.); standing counsel (bankruptcy) to Board of Trade 1949- 65; QC 1965; Bencher Gray's Inn 1976; Amnesty International observer. Burundi 1962, Rho­desia 1969, Turkey 1972; Governor Roy. Shakespeare Theatre 1978-; editor Williams and Muir Hunter on Bankruptcy 1979-84, Muir Hunter on personal Insolvency 1987-; . m. 1st 29 July . 1939 Dorothea, d. of Philip Eason Verstone, 1ournal1st and publisher, of Ealing; 2nd 1986 Gillian Victoria Joyce, sister of Rupert Alexander Neil Petrie (qv); d. 18 Oct. 2008.

GB-2014-WSA-09804 · Person · 1894-1915

Hurst-Brown, Cecil, second son of William Hurst-Brown, of North Kensington, by Ethel Mary Dredge, daughter of John Newbury Coles, of Boreham House, Warminster, Wilts; b. April 12, 1894; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (R); left July 1913; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1913; R. M.C. Sandhurst Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. Oxfordshire and Bucks L. I. Dec. 16, 1914 (attached 3rd Batt.); went out to the western front in May 1915, where he joined his own Batt.; d. Sept. 26, 1915, from wounds received in action near Givenchy on the previous day; unm.

GB-2014-WSA-09834 · Person · 1933-2014

Hyam, Joseph Isaac, son of Isaac Joseph Hyam, barrister, of Ashtead, Surrey, and Rachel, d. of Daniel Ezekiel; b. 20 Sept. 1933; adm. Sept. 1947 (R); left July 1952; St Catharine’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1952, BA 1955; a journalist, publisher, caterer and hotel keeper 1955-; m. 1st, 5 May 1961 Sarah, d. of A. H. Brewin of Hampstead; 2nd, 1979 Deirdre, d. of Edward Crichton; d. 10 Mar. 2014.

GB-2014-WSA-09835 · Person · 1938-2004

Hyam, Michael Joshua, brother of Joseph Isaac Hyam (qv); b. 18 Apr. 1938; adm. Sept. 1951 (R); left July 1956; St Catharine’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1958, BA 1961, MA 1965; called to the Bar, Gray’s Inn 1962; Recorder, South-East Circuit 1983-4; Circuit Judge 1984-98; Resident and Designated Family Judge, Norwich 1991-8; sen. Circuit Judge and Recorder of London 1998-; HM Lieut., City of London 1999-; m. 11 Jan. 1968 Diana, sister of John Frederick Mortimer (qv); d. 8 July 2004.

Hyde, Anthony, 1900-1963
GB-2014-WSA-09838 · Person · 1900-1963

Hyde, Anthony, son of the Ven. Henry Barry Hyde, Vicar of Bovey Tracey, Devon, by Hilda Dixon, daughter of William Shepherd; M.R.C.S., of Ealing; b. Oct. 2, 1900; adm. May 2, 1913 (R); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. (with Triplett) July 1919, matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1923; M.A. 1929; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Jan. 26, 1925; an Asst. District Judge for the Settlements of Singapore, Penang, and Malacca, and a Police Magistrate for Malacca 1925; seconded to Colonial Office 1931-3; District Officer, F. M. S., 1937-41; State Treasurer, Selangor 1941-2; interned in Singapore 1942-5; Secretary to the Resident Commissioner and later to the British Adviser, Perak, 1947-9; President, Municipal Commissioners, George Town, Penang 1949-50; British Adviser, Pahang 1950; British Adviser, Negri Sembilan 1951; retired 1952; m. 1st Sept. 15, 1931, Kathleen Fay Mostyn, daughter of Albert Lancelot Hoops, C.B.E., M. D., Principal Medical Officer, Straits Settlements; 2nd Mary Evelyn Belle, daughter ofJohn Warrall Hyde, advocate, of Castletown, I. O. M.; d. March 27, 1963.

GB-2014-WSA-09850 · Person · 1877-?

Ibbetson, George Brown, son of George Augustus Ibbetson, F.R.C.S., of London; b. March 20, 1877; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (R); left July 1892.

GB-2014-WSA-09916 · Person · 1899-1968

Isaacs, Alan Henry, brother of Geoffrey Henry Isaacs (q.v.); b. Dec. 9, 1899; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (R); left July 1918; adm. a member of the London Stock Exchange 1929; m. Oct. 19, 1938, Dorothea, younger daughter of Dennis E. Samuel; d. 1968.

GB-2014-WSA-09918 · Person · 1898-1978

Isaacs, Geoffrey Henry, son of Henry Isaacs, of Hampstead, by Edith Hannah, daughter of John J. Solomon, of Notting Hill; b. Nov. 19, 1898; adm. May 2, 1913 (R); left April 1917; 2nd Lieut. 23rd Batt. London Regt. Sept. 26, 1917; Lieut. March 26, 1919; a Far-Eastern merchant; m. Oct. 30, 1929, Daphne Nina, daughter of Bernard Myers, C.M.G., F.R.C.P., of London W1; d. 6 July 1978.

GB-2014-WSA-09964 · Person · 1901-?

Jacobs, Richard Guise, son of Charles Mark Jacobs, of Reading, Berks, by Ethel Emley, daughter of Richard Guise, of Worcester; b. Feb. 5, 1901; adm. Jan. 18, 1917 (R); left Dec. 1918; Sudan Civil Service.