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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.

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.

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.

HUNT, WILLIAM CORNISH, younger son of Thomas Hunt (Min. Can. 1801, qv); b. 12 Oct 1835; adm. 4 Oct 1848 (Rigaud's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1854; BA 1858; MA 1865; ordained deacon (Salisbury) 1860, priest (Lichfield) 1860; Curate, West Felton, Shropshire 1860-2, Uffington, Lincs., 1862-3; Rector of Odell, Beds., from 1863; m. 7 Jan 1869 Jane Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Francis Leslie Pym, The Hasells, Beds.; d. 11 Feb 1891.

HUNT, HENRY ARTHUR, second son of Sir Henry Arthur Hunt, Kt, CB, Consulting Surveyor to HM Office of Works and Public Buildings, and Eliza Susannah, dau. of Joseph Bennett; b. 20 Jul 1836; adm. 24 Jan 1849 (Rigaud's); architect and surveyor, firm Hunt and Seward, Parliament Street, Westminster; Surveyor to Dean and Chapter of Westminster; m. 1st, 29 Jul 1862 Alice Eliza, only sister of Frank Pownall (qv); m. 2nd, 19 Feb 1895 Alice Mary, dau. of Ernest Elliott MD MRCS LSA, Southsea, Hampshire; d. 26 Sep 1904.

Humphreys, Ian Ernest, son of Ernest Graham Humphreys of Chislehurst, London manager Guarantee Trust Co. of New York, and Agnes, d. of Joseph Clegg of Inverness; b. 20 July 1916; adm. Jan. 1930 (R); left July 1935; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. 1935, BA 1938; RA 1939-45 (Capt.); Lond. Stock Exchange 1946; m. 1st 30 May 1942 Maureen Elizabeth, d. of S. Murray Wood of Dartford, Kent; 2nd Betty, d. of S. T. Huggett of Bexley, Kent; d. 11 Jan. 1966.

Hughes, Stephen John Seymour, son of John Seymour Hughes and Jemima, d. of George Devy Farmer of Ancaster, Ontario; b. 11 Sept. 1913; adm. Sept. 1927 (R); left July 1932; Keble Coll. Oxf., matric. 1932, BA 1935; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., BM BCh 1939; RAMC 1942-5 (Maj.); gen. med. practice Chertsey, Surrey, and Weedon, Northants; retd 1976; m. 27 June 1940 Cicely Elizabeth, d. of John William Wilson, farmer; d. 30 Apr. 1995.

Hughes, John William Cameron, son of the Rev. Evan Hughes, Rector of Ashwell, Rutland; b. July 12, 1894; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 26, 1907 (R); left Dec. 1908; Paymaster Sub-Lieut. Aug. 2, 1916; Lieut. Aug. 2, 1918; served in the North Atlantic, and after demobilization on the Peace Conference at Paris.

Hughes, Eric James Walrond, only son of the Rev. James Hughes, LL. D., Vicar of St. John with St. Paul, Battersea, Surrey, by Ethelhina Walrond, daughter of Francis Walrond Middleton Abadam, of Middleton Hall, co. Carmarthen; b. Feb. 25, 1892; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (R); left July 1907; a clerk in the office of the Asiatic Petroleum Co.; was sent to Hankow, China, in 1912, but returned home in 1915 to enlist; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. the Sherwood Foresters April 20, 1915; went out to western front in Feb. 1916; acting Capt. July 1917, commanding the 154th Machine Gun Co.; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1918; killed in action at Poelcapelle Sept. 20, 1917; unm.