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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.

HAWTHORN, WILLIAM, son of Robert Hawthorn, London and Jamaica, West India merchant; b. 31 Jul 1835; adm. 3 Feb 1848; QS 1850; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1854, adm. pens. 29 May 1854, scholar 1855, matr. Mich. 1854; BA 1858; a West India merchant, firm Hawthorn Shedden & Co.; m. (by 1881) Elizabeth ---; d. 26 Nov 1914.

HEMERY, JAMES, son of Clement Hemery, Jersey; b. 30 Apr 1814; adm. 15 Jan 1827 (G); KS 1828; rowed v. Eton 12 May 1831; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1833, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1833, scholar 1834, matr. Mich. 1833; 7th Wrangler 1837; BA 1837; MA 1840; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1839, Major Fellow 1840, Assistant Tutor 1839-44; ordained deacon 23 May 1841, priest 27 Nov 1842 (both Ely); Dean of Jersey and Rector of St. Helier’s from 1844; m. 15 May 1845 Ellen Charlotte, youngest dau. of Thomas Newcourt; d. 22 Nov 1849.

HENDERSON, THOMAS, third son of Francis Henderson, Streatham, Surrey, and Elizabeth Child; nephew of John Henderson (qv); b.; adm. 24 Sep 1811; KS (aged 14) 1815; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1820, matr. 12 May 1820, Westminster Student (still 1829); ordained deacon 1824, priest 1825; Vicar of Messing, Essex, from 4 Jan 1828; Rector of Colne Wake, Essex 11 Mar 1831-46; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 25 Nov 1842; m. 19 Jul 1832 Frances, eldest dau. of Rev. Charles Dalton, Vicar of Kelvedon, Essex; d. 4 Aug 1861.

HENTY, WALTER, son of George Henty, Chichester, Sussex, and Maria, dau. of Cornthwaite John Hector, Stodham, Hampshire, banker; b. 16 May 1840; adm. 3 Oct 1850 (James'); QS 1854; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Dean Thomas) 1858, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1858, matr. Mich. 1858; BA 1862; MA 1866; adm. Inner Temple 5 Nov 1862; dir. George Henty and Sons, brewers, Chichester; of Beddington Place, near Croydon, Surrey; m. 3 Mar 1874 Edith Mary, youngest dau. of Thomas Hankey, Chester Square, London; d. 7 Apr 1914.