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GWILT, RICHARD BRANDRAM, brother of Charles Perkins Gwilt (qv); b. 14 Feb 1814; adm. 26 Mar 1821; KS 1827; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1831, adm. pens. 26 May 1831, scholar 1832, matr. Mich. 1831; 2nd Lieut., Ceylon Rifle Regt. 30 Oct 1838; Lieut., 10th Foot 8 Apr 1842; d. at Meerut, North Western Provinces, India 3 Jun 1845.

HAGGARD, MARK, fourth son of John Haggard (qv); b. 30 Jan 1825; adm. 30 Jun 1835 (Benthall's); QS 1839; rowed against Eton 26 Jul 1842; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1843, matr. 9 Jun 1843, Westminster Student; won University Pairs with William Henry Milman (qv) 1843-5; rowed against Cambridge 1845 and in Oxford Eight at Henley 1847, 1848; BA 1847; MA 1850; ordained; Curate of St. Paul’s, Bedminster, Somerset; d. unm. at sea on way home from Madeira 10 Apr 1854.

HANMER, KENYON JAMES, brother of John Hanmer (qv); b. 5 Aug 1829; adm. 27 May 1842 (Benthall's); QS 1844; left 1848; Jesus Coll. Cambridge; LLB 1855; d. 7 Sep 1858.

HANNING, WILLIAM, son of John Hanning, Dillington, Somerset, and Susan, dau. of Thomas Harvard, Barrington Court, Somerset; b.; adm. 22 Feb 1785; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Nov 1788, aged 18; MA 1793; adm. Inner Temple 13 Nov 1789; of Dillington, Somerset; m. 1800 Harriett, dau. of Edward Lee, Pinhoe, Devon; d. 15 Apr 1834, aged 66.

HARCOURT-VERNON, GRANVILLE EDWARD, eldest son of Granville Harcourt-Vernon (qv), and his first wife; b. 23 Nov 1816; adm. 16 Sep 1829 (Stikeman's); KS 1830; Capt. of the School 1834; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1835, matr. 4 Jun 1835, Westminster Student; BA 1839; MA 1842; Private Secretary to Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans (qv), when Chief Secretary for Ireland, and to Earl of Lincoln MP, when Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests and Chief Secretary for Ireland; MP (Peelite) Newark 1852-7; m. 23 Nov 1854 Lady Selina Catherine Meade, only dau. of Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam PC GCH, Ambassador at Berlin; d. 1 Feb 1861.

HARLEY, ROBERT WILLIAM DAKER, eldest son of John Harley, Ross Hall, Shropshire, and Anna Maria Platt, dau. of Robert Smith, Pontypool, Monmouthshire; b. 3 Apr 1846; adm. 28 Sep 1860 (James'); rowed v. Eton 28 Jul 1864; left Aug 1865; Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 20 Oct 1865, matr. Mich. 1865; succeeded to estates of Earls of Oxford under the will of Jane, Lady Langdale, daughter of Edward Harley, 5th Earl of Oxford (qv); of Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire; DL JP Herefordshire, High Sheriff 1883; JP Shropshire 1880, also JP Radnorshire; m. 17 Dec 1878 Hon. Patience Annie Rodney, only dau. of Robert Dennett Rodney, 6th Baron Rodney; d. 13 Nov 1907.

HARRISON, HENRY, son of Rev. William Bagshaw Harrison, Vicar of Goudhurst, Kent, and Charlotte Tonkin; b. 27 Mar 1813; adm. 17 Jan 1826 (Singleton's); KS 1827; rowed v. Eton 1831; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 Jul 1831, matr. Mich. 1831; BA 1835; MA 1838; ordained deacon 5 Jun 1836, priest 8 Oct 1837 (both Canterbury); Curate, Goudhurst, Kent 1836-40; Vicar of Kilndown, Goudhurst, Kent, from 1840; Chaplain to Ticehurst Union 1853; m. 9 Sep 1840 Emily, dau. of Richard Springett, Finchcox Park; d. 28 Sep 1892.

HARRISON, WILLIAM BASSETT, son of John Orton Harrison, Wardour Street, London, and Harriet --- (IGI); b. 14 Jan 1804; adm. 27 Jan 1817; left Christmas 1817.

HARRISON, WILLIAM, brother of Henry Bagshaw Harrison (qv); b. 17 Jan 1800; at Rugby Sch. 1808; adm. Christmas 1813; KS 1814; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1818, matr. 5 May 1818, aged 18, Westminster Student (still 1829); BA 1821; MA 1825; Usher at the School 1822; ordained deacon 1823, priest 1825 (both Oxford); Rector of Warmington, Warwicks., from 7 Jan 1831; m. 1831 his cousin Anne, sister of Henry Harrison (adm. 1826, qv); d. 30 Oct 1877.

HAWKSHAW, JOHN CLARKE, eldest son of Sir John Hawkshaw, Kt, FRS, Hollycombe, Sussex, Pres. Institute of Civil Engineers, and Ann, dau. of Rev. James Jackson, Green Hamerton, Yorks.; b. 17 Aug 1841; adm. 23 Jan 1851 (G); left (with Triplett) Whitsun 1860; took part in ten “greases” for the pancake, winning it in 1859 and 1860 (The Spectator, 15 Mar 1919, 325); rowed v. Eton 3 Aug 1860; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 5 May 1860, matr. Mich. 1860; won Univ. Sculls 1861; rowed v. Eton 1863, 1864; Pres. Cambridge Univ. Boat Club 1864; BA 1864; MA 1867; contested (Liberal) Lyme Regis 1865; a civil engineer to retirement in 1915; AMICE 5 Feb 1867, MICE 10 Mar 1874, Pres. ICE 1902-3; JP Sussex 1912; m. 12 Oct 1865 Cicely Mary, dau. of Francis Wedgwood, Barlaston, Staffs.; d. 12 Feb 1921.