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Hamilton, Alexander, ca. 1764-1808

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  • ca. 1764-1808

HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, eldest son of George Hamilton MP (I), Baron of the Exchequer (I), Hampton Hall, co. Dublin, and Elizabeth, dau. of George Hamilton, Tyrella, co. Down; b.; adm. 11 Mar 1778; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 12 Nov 1778, aged 14; BA 1783; LLD 1789; adm. Middle Temple 11 Oct 1780; called to Irish bar 1786; Cursitor of the Exchequer (I) 1791; MP Belfast (Carrickfergus ?) 1798; resigned seat and office rather than vote for Act of Union; of Hampton Hall, co. Dublin; m. 13 Feb 1796 Catherine, dau. of Robert Burgh, Comptroller-General Inland Revenue (I); d. 1808.

Harley, Edward, ca. 1700-1755

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  • Person
  • ca. 1700-1755

HARLEY, EDWARD, 3RD EARL OF OXFORD, son of Edward Harley (at school under Busby, qv); b.; at school under Freind (Beresford); references to Harley at school will be found in HMC Portland MSS iv, 459, 492, 533, from which it appears that he was a boarder at Mrs Beresford’s and that he was suddenly sent home during the Sacheverell riots, when the mob “threatened to tear her house down and broke the windows”; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Feb 1716/7, aged 17; MA 2 May 1721; DCL 17 May 1737; MP Herefordshire 1727 – 16 Jun 1741; succ. cousin as 3rd Earl of Oxford 16 Jun 1741; High Steward of Hereford from 1746; Trustee, British Museum, from 1753; Busby Trustee 30 Mar 1743; gave £100 for the building of the new College Dormitory; m. 16 Mar 1724/5 Martha, dau. of John Morgan MP, Tredegar, Monmouthshire; d. 11 Apr 1755.

Harley, Edward, 1726-1790

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  • 1726-1790

HARLEY, EDWARD, 4TH EARL OF OXFORD, eldest son of Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford (qv); b. 2 Sep 1726; adm. May 1735; left 1744; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Nov 1744; MA 1747; DCL 12 Apr 1749; MP Herefordshire 1747 – 11 Apr 1755; succ. father as 4th Earl of Oxford 11 Apr 1755; Trustee, British Museum, from 1755; High Steward of Hereford from 1755; a Lord of the Bedchamber to George III from 9 Dec 1760; Lord Lieut., Radnorshire, from 12 Jul 1766; DL Herefordshire 1757; m. 11 Jul 1751 Susannah, eldest dau. of William Archer (formerly Eyre) MP, Welford, Berkshire; d. 8 Oct 1790.

Harley, Edward, 1664-1735

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  • Person
  • 1664-1735

HARLEY, EDWARD, second son of Sir Edward Harley KB MP, Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire, and his second wife Abigail, dau. of Nathaniel Stephens, Eastington, Gloucs.; b. 7 Jun 1664; at school under Busby (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1728/9); adm. Middle Temple 18 Mar 1681/2, called to bar 25 May 1688; took active part in revolution of 1688; Recorder of Leominster 1692-1732; MP Droitwich 1695-8, Leominster 1698-1700, 8 Apr 1701-22; Auditor of the Imprest from 1702; author, The Harmony of the Four Gospels, 1733, and other works; m. Sarah, third dau. of Thomas Foley MP, Witley Court, Worcs.; d. 30 Aug 1735. DNB. ] [Thus Russell Barker & Stenning, but he was at school in Oxfordshire to c. 1681, and it seems more likely that the Steward of the Anniversary Dinner in 1728/9 was his son, Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford (at school under Freind, qv), although the 3rd Earl was also Steward in 1754]

Harvey, Eliab, 1758-1830

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  • 1758-1830

HARVEY, SIR ELIAB, fourth son of William Harvey MP, Rolls Park, near Chigwell, Essex, and Emma, sister of Stephen Skynner (qv); nephew of Eliab Harvey (qv); b. 5 Dec 1758; adm. 19 Jan 1768; went to Harrow Sch., there in 1770; entered Royal Navy; nominally entered on board William and Mary yacht 1771; Lieut., 26 Feb 1779; Commander 21 Mar 1781; Capt., 20 Jan 1783; served under Sir John Jervis at reduction of Martinique and Guadeloupe 1794; commanded HMS Temeraire at blockade of Brest and at battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct 1805; Rear-Adm., 9 Nov 1805; serving under Gambier in Basque Roads 1809; dismissed the service 23 May 1809 for declaring publicly on board his flagship, HMS Tonnant, his disapproval of Lord Cochrane’s appointment to a special command; reinstated 21 Mar 1810, “in consideration of his long and meritorious services”, but not again employed; Vice-Adm., 31 Jul 1810; Adm., 12 Aug 1819; succeeded elder brother in family estates 1779; MP Maldon 27 May 1780-4, Essex 1802-12 and from 1820; KCB 2 Jan 1815; GCB 11 Jan 1825; m. 15 May 1784 Lady Louisa Nugent, younger dau. of Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent (I) PC MP; d. 20 Feb 1830. DNB.

Hewitt, Joseph, ca. 1754-1794

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  • ca. 1754-1794

HEWITT, HON. JOSEPH, brother of Hon. --- Hewitt (qv); b.; adm. 4 Apr 1766; left Whitsun 1770; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 May 1770, aged 16; adm. Middle Temple 20 Jul 1768, called to bar 16 Jun 1777; adm. King’s Inns, Dublin 1776; practised at Irish bar; MP (I) Belfast 1784- Jul 1791; Third Serjeant (I) 1787, Second Serjeant (I) 1789; a Judge of King’s Bench, Ireland, from 27 Jul 1791; also Cursitor, Chancery (I) 13 Aug 1792; d. unm. 1 Apr 1794.

Hobart, Henry, 1738-1799

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  • 1738-1799

HOBART, HON. HENRY, younger son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv), and his second wife; b. 23 Oct 1738; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1747; left 1747; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Jul 1756, Canoneer Student 9 Jul 1756 – resigned 16 Mar 1757; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 Mar 1757; MP Norwich 16 Sep 1786 – 9 Mar 1787, and from 28 Mar 1787; Chairman, Committee of Ways and Means, House of Commons, from Apr 1791; m. 22 Jul 1761 Ann Margaret, dau. of John Bristow MP, Quiddenham Hall, Norfolk; d. 10 May 1799.

Hunt, Frederick Seager, 1838-1904

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  • 1838-1904

HUNT, SIR FREDERICK SEAGER, BART., eldest son of James Edward Hunt, Clapham Common, Surrey, railway contractor, and Eliza, sister of Thomas Whittaker Seager (qv); b. 27 Apr 1838; adm. 22 Sep 1848 (G); left 1853; went out to India, where he remained until 1859; succeeded to business of Seager Evans & Co, distillers, Millbank, on death of grandfather; chairman, Earle’s Shipbuilding Co.; contested (Cons) Marylebone 1880; MP (Cons) Marylebone West 1885-95, Maidstone 1895-8; created baronet 13 Oct 1892; DL co. London; m. 29 Oct 1867 his cousin Alice Harriet, dau. of Alfred Hunt, Hannover, Germany; d. 21 Jan 1904.

Jones, Richard, fl. 1693

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  • Person
  • fl. 1693

JONES, RICHARD, son of Edward Jones (elected to Cambridge 1661, qv); b.; at school under Busby (W. W. R. Ball & J. A. Venn, eds., Admissions to Trin. Coll. Camb., ii, 584); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Mar 1692/3, matr. 1693; adm. Middle Temple 12 Jan 1693/4; d. 1706. [But perhaps Edward Richard Jones, fifth son of Edward Jones (qv), “a Brigadier in the Army”, who was MP (I) Wexford and Co. Wexford, m. Mary, only surviving child of Richard Neville, Furness, co. Kildare; d. 1734]

L’Estrange, George Burdett, 1796-1878

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  • 1796-1878

L’ESTRANGE, SIR GEORGE BURDETT, second son of Henry Piesley L’Estrange, Moystown, King’s Co., Col. King’s Co. Militia, and Grace, dau. of George Burdett MP (I), The Heath House, Queen’s Co.; b. 1796; adm. 6 Feb 1807; left Dec 1810; Ensign, 31st Foot 16 Jan 1812; Lieut., 17 Jun 1813, half-pay 1814; Ensign and Lieut., 3rd Foot Guards 2 Jul 1815, half-pay 11 Jul 1822; served in Peninsular War; attached to household of Lord Lieut. Ireland; Usher at Arms, Order of St. Patrick 1858; knighted at Dublin by Earl of Carlisle as Lord Lieut., 13 Jun 1860; m. 1832 Louisa Vincentia, dau. of Herbert Rawson Stepney, Durrow Abbey, King’s Co.; d. 5 Feb 1878.

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