Halsall, David Richard, son of Leslie Albiston Halsall, East India merchant, of Bombay, and Gwynedd May, d. of William Llewellyn Preece; b. 30 Oct. 1920; adm. Sept. 1934 (KS); left Dec. 1938; RMA Woolwich; RE 1940-2 (Lieut.); killed in a bomb disposal accident (Middle East) Sept. 1942.

David Richard Halsall was born at Bombay, India on the 30th of October 1920 the only child of Leslie Albiston Halsall, an East India merchant, and Gwynedd May (nee Preece) Halsall of Bombay, later of “Gwyn”, Rances Lane, Wokingham in Surrey. He was educated at Westminster School, where he was admitted as a King’s Scholar, from September 1934 to December 1938. He was a member of the Photographic Society and won its First Prize in 1938.
He left school early when he accepted a place at the Royal Military College, Woolwich from where he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on the 18th of February 1940. He was promoted to Lieutenant on the 18th of August 1941. He worked in bomb disposal in the UK but by January 1942 he had been posted to the 4th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers in the Middle East.
He was killed in a bomb disposal accident in Egypt.
He is buried at El Alamein War Cemetery Plot XXVII, Row G, Grave 6.

Ham, Kenneth Charles, son of William Herbert Ham, of Wellington, Somerset, solicitor; b. Aug. 22, 1901; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1915; left July 1920.

Hammond, Martin, son of Walter John Hammond, of Knockholt, Kent, by Lucy, daughter of Frederick Hyland, of Ashford, Kent; b. May 15, 1891; adm. as K.S. Sept. 28, 1905; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1910, matric. Michaelmas 1910; B.A. 1913; joined the Inns of Court O. T. C. Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. 13th Batt. Lancs Fusiliers Oct. 1914, transferred to 7th Batt. the Buffs and served in France July 1915 - Aug. 1916; returned home and went through staff course at Clare Coll. Camb.; Staff Capt. to H. Q. Southern Command Feb. 1918 -June 1919; mentioned in despatches; A. C. A. Feb. 1922; employed with British American Tobacco Co. Ltd. 1924-34; practised as auditor in Egypt 1934-48; a farmer in Southern Rhodesia 1950-53; now resident in Natal; m. Jan. 7, 1928, Mary Angela, daughter of E. T. Morriss, of Malton, Yorks.

HANCOCKE, HUMPHREY; b.; adm.; GS 1540; KS 1540-4 (Chapter Muniments).

HARCOURT, CHARLES GEORGE, ninth son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); b. 14 Nov 1798; adm. Mich. 1809; KS 1811; Capt. of the School 1815; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1816, matr. 25 May 1816, Westminster Student; BA 1820; MA 1822; ordained deacon 18 Oct 1822, priest 17 Nov 1822 (both York); Rector of Rothbury, Northumberland, from 1822; Rector of Headon, Notts., 18 Jun 1830 – res Jun 1838; Prebendary of Southwell from 4 Jun 1830 and of Carlisle from 13 Nov 1837; assumed surname of Harcourt in lieu of Venables-Vernon; d. 10 Dec 1870.

HARCOURT, JOHN, son of Rev. James Harcourt DD, Prebendary of Bristol and Vicar of All Saints, Bristol, Somerset, and Sarah, dau. of John Price; bapt. Bristol Cathedral 13 May 1717; adm. Mar 1727/8; KS (aged 14) 1731; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1736, matr. 25 Jun 1736, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1736 – res 10 Apr 1740; succeeded under will of uncle Charles Harcourt to Dan-y-Parc estate, Llangattock, Breconshire 1748; High Sheriff, Breconshire 1756; m. 5 Jul 1759 Letitia Sarah Maria, dau. of George Milborne, Wonastow, Monmouthshire; d. 2 Oct 1781 (M. I. Cheltenham, Gloucs. ).

HARCOURT, LEVESON, third son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); bapt. 9 Jun 1788; adm. 11 Sep 1798 (Clapham); KS (aged 12) 1801; Capt. of the School 1805; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1806, matr. 17 May 1806; BA 1810; MA 1812 (incorp. Cambridge 1854); ordained deacon 8 Mar 1812, priest 2 Aug 1812 (both York); Vicar of Sutton in the Forest, Yorks., 7 Aug 1812; Chancellor of York from 30 May 1827; Rector of Beckenham, Kent 29 May 1835 –8; assumed surname of Harcourt in lieu of Venables-Vernon 15 Jan 1831; author, The Doctrine of the Deluge, 1838, and other works; m. 19 Aug 1815 Hon. Caroline Mary Peachey, eldest dau. of John Peachey, 2nd Baron Selsey; d. 26 Jul 1860. DNB.

HARCOURT-VERNON, EVELYN HARDOLPH, second son of Granville Harcourt-Vernon (qv); b. 30 Aug 1821; adm. 21 Jan 1835 (Benthall's); KS 1835; left 1839; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 30 May 1839; BCL 1843; ordained deacon (Ripon, lit. dim. from York) 16 Feb 1845, priest (Lincoln) 1846; Rector of Headon, Notts., 17 Jul 1846 – Apr 1883; Vicar of Grove, Notts., 17 Jul 1846 – Sep 1859; Rector of Cotgrave, Notts., 1859-73; Vicar of Grove, Notts., 6 Nov 1873 – Jan 1883; Prebendary of Lincoln from 1866; of Grove Park, Notts.; m. 19 Apr 1849 Jane Catherine, youngest dau. of Edward St. John Mildmay; d. at Toronto, Canada 26 Jan 1890.

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.

HARCOURT-VERNON, GRANVILLE, seventh son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); b. 26 Jul 1792; adm. Bartholomewtide 1804; KS (Capt. ) 1805; Capt. of the School 1809; spoke the Prologue to the Phormio in 1809, when the new scenes given by William Carey (qv) were first used; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1810, matr. 8 Jun 1810, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics and 1st cl. Mathematics 1813; BA 1814; MA 1816; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Dec 1811, called to bar 12 May 1817; Chancellor, Diocese of York 1818-68; MP Aldborough 4 May 1815-20, East Retford 1831-47; assumed surname of Harcourt-Vernon in lieu of Venables-Vernon; of Grove Park, Notts.; m. 1st, 22 Feb 1814 Frances Julia, dau. of Anthony Hardolph Eyre MP, Grove Park, Notts.; m. 2nd, 22 Nov 1845 Hon. Pyne Jesse Brand, widow of John Henry Cotterell, and dau. of Henry Otway Brand, 22nd Baron Dacre CB, Lieut. -Gen. in Army, Col. 31st Foot; d. 8 Dec 1879.