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HAWKER, PETER (_son of colonel Peter Ryves Hawker of Longparish,
Hants., d. 6 Feb. 1790_). _b._ London 24 Dec. 1786; ed. at Eton;
cornet 1 royal dragoons 1801; captain 14 light dragoons 14 Aug.
1804 to 18 March 1813 when he sold out owing to wound received at
Talavera; lieut.-col. of North Hampshire militia 14 Nov. 1821 to
death; published _Journal of a regimental officer during the
recent campaign in Portugal and Spain_ 1810; _Instructions to
young sportsmen in all that relates to guns and shooting_ 1814,
_11 ed._ 1857; made inventions and improvements in fire arms 1851
etc.; invented hand moulds to facilitate playing on keyed
instruments, patented by him 1 Nov. 1820. _d._ 2 Dorset place,
Dorset sq. London 7 Aug. 1853. _G.M. xl_, 313 (1853); _I.L.N.
xix_, 534, 536 (1851), _portrait_, _xxiii_, 138 (1853).

HAWKER, REV. ROBERT STEPHEN (_1 son of Jacob Stephen Hawker,
surgeon, Plymouth, then vicar of Stratton, d. 1845_). _b._ Stoke
Damarel, Devon 3 Dec. 1804; ed. at Liskeard gram. sch.; articled
to W. Jacobson, attorney, Plymouth; at Cheltenham gram. sch. and
Pemb. coll. Ox. 1823, migrated to Magd. hall, B.A. 1828, M.A.
1836; won Newdigate prize for poem on Pompeii 27 June 1827; V. of
Morwenstow 31 Dec. 1834 to death; instituted ruridecanal synods
1844; V. of Wellcombe 1850 to death; instituted weekly offertories
and harvest thanksgivings; _author of Tendrils. By Reuben_.
_Cheltenham_ 1821; _Ecclesia_. _Oxford_ 1840; _Echoes from Old
Cornwall_ 1846; _The quest of the Sangraal_. _Exeter_ 1864 his
best work; _Footprints of former men in far Cornwall_ 1870; on the
originality of his ballad _And shall Trelawny die?_ there has been
much discussion; delineated in Mortimer Collins’ novel _Sweet and
Twenty_ 1875 as Canon Tremaine; in his last hours received into
R.C. ch. _d._ 9 Lockyer st. Plymouth 15 Aug. 1875, his widow
Pauline Mary granted civil list pension of £80, 13 Oct. 1880.
_Lee’s Memorials of Rev. R. S. Hawker_ (1876), _portrait_;
_Baring-Gould’s The vicar of Morwenstow_ (1876), _portrait_, _3
ed._ 1876; _Poetical Works. Ed. J. G. Godwin_ (1879), _portrait_;
_Boase and Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub. i_, 220–2, _iii_, 1222–3;
_Gillow’s English Catholics, iii_, 183–90 (1887).

HAWKER, SIR THOMAS. _b._ 1777; cornet 11 dragoons 12 May 1795;
served in the Mediterranean and Spain 1805–15; lieut. col. 20
dragoons 2 Sep. 1808 to 1818; colonel of 6 dragoon guards 5 June
1839 to death; general 20 June 1854; K.C.H. 1837, knighted by
William iv. at St. James’s palace 1 March 1837. _d._ Fern villa,
Lansdowne place, Clifton 13 June 1858.

HAWKES, MERVYN LANARK (_4 son of Sidney Milnes Hawkes_). _b._ 1861;
an originator of League for abolition of House of Lords; a
lecturer at Radical clubs; contested Eye 1885, Sheffield central
division 1885, Hartlepool 1886; in Australia 1888–90; author of _A
Primrose Dame, the story of an election_. _Bristol_ 1886. _d._ of
consumption at his father’s house, Bruges, Belgium 17 Oct. 1890.

HAWKES, ROBERT. _b._ 1790; cornet Bengal army 30 July 1806, served
during Mahratta war 1817–18; lieut. col. 9 Bengal light cavalry
1845 to 28 Nov. 1854; commanded at Lucknow 26 Jany. 1852 to 15
Nov. 1853; general 25 June 1870. _d._ 52 York terrace, Regent’s
park, London 18 Dec. 1876.

HAWKINS, ALFRED. _b._ England; shipping master of port of Quebec
some years; author of _Hawkins’s Picture of Quebec with historical
recollections_. _Quebec_ 1834; _The plan of the naval and military
operations before Quebec, and death of Wolfe_ 1842; _The Quebec
directory and guide_. _Quebec_ 1844. _d._ Quebec 30 June 1854.

HAWKINS, CÆSAR HENRY (_3 son of Rev. Edward Hawkins, R. of Kelston,
Somerset, d. 1805_). _b._ Bisley, Gloucs. 19 Sep. 1798; ed. at
Christ’s hospital and St. George’s hospital; M.R.C.S. 1821,
F.R.C.S. 1843; taught anatomy in Hunterian school, Windmill st.;
surgeon to St. George’s hosp. 1829–61, consulting surgeon 1861;
examiner at royal college of surgeons 1849–66, Hunterian orator
1849, pres. 1852, 1861; surgeon extraord. to the Queen 11 Nov.
1857, serjeant surgeon in ord. 25 Nov. 1862 to death; member of
general medical council 4 July 1865 to 4 July 1870; F.R.S. 5 June
1856; popularised operations of ovariotomy and colotomy; author of
_The Hunterian oration, presidential addresses and pathological
and surgical writings 2 vols. privately printed 1874_. _d._ 26
Grosvenor st. London 20 July 1884. _Medical Times, ii_, 119
(1884); _I.L.N. lxxxv_, 133 (1884), _portrait_.

HAWKINS, EDWARD (_1 son of Edward Hawkins, banker, Macclesfield, d.
1816_). _b._ Macclesfield 5 May 1780; ed. Macclesfield gram. sch.;
partner in Swansea bank and a manager of Neath Abbey copper works
to 1807; F.L.S. 1806; made collection of books and prints relating
to Chester; F.R.S. 1821, V.P., withdrew 1856; F.S.A. 1826, member
of council 1828, chairman of executive committee 1853–9, V.P.;
fellow Numismatic Soc. 1836, president; deputy keeper of
antiquities British museum May 1825, keeper 1826 to Dec. 1860;
formed collections of British medals and of 8000 English political
caricatures, purchased by Br. Museum 1860 and 1868; author of
_Description of the Anglo-Gallic coins in British Museum_ 1826;
_The silver coins of England_ 1841, _3 ed._ 1887; _Descriptive
account of British Medals_ 1852, Br. Museum refused to publish
this as it contained political opinions, but revised and ed. by A.
W. Franks and H. A. Grueber as _Medallic illustrations of history
of Great Britain and Ireland_ was published in 2 vols. 1885. _d._
6 Lower Berkeley st. London 22 May 1867. _Proc. of Soc. of
Antiquaries, iv_, 103–106 (1868); _Numismatic Chronicle
Proceedings, vii_, 11–12 (1867).

HAWKINS, REV. EDWARD (_brother of Cæsar Henry Hawkins 1798–1884_).
_b._ Bath 27 Feb. 1789; ed. at Elmore, Gloucs. 1796–1800, at
Merchant Taylor’s school 1801 to 1807; Andrew exhibitioner at St.
John’s coll. Ox. 1807; double 1st class 1811; tutor of his college
1812; B.A. 1811, M.A. 1814, B.D. and D.D. 1828; fellow of Oriel
coll. Easter 1813 to 2 Feb. 1828, tutor 1819, select preacher
1820–1, 1824–5, 1830–1 and 1842–3; V. of St. Mary the Virgin,
Oxford 1823–28; Whitehall preacher 1827–28; provost of Oriel coll.
2 Feb. 1828 to death, but resigned his active duties 3 Oct. 1874;
canon of Rochester 2 Feb. 1828 to death; R. of Purleigh, Essex 2
Feb. 1828 to death; V. of Lamberhurst, Kent 1831–4; declined the
vice-chancellorship 1840 and 1870; Bampton lecturer 1840; Ireland
professor of exegesis of holy scripture 2 Nov. 1847 to 19 Oct.
1861; lived at Rochester 1875 to death; author of _A dissertation
upon unauthoritative tradition as an introduction to Christian
doctrines_ 1819, _reprinted_ 1889; _A manual for Christians after
confirmation_ 1826, _6 ed._ 1839; _Discourses upon the historical
scriptures of the Old Testament_ 1833; _An inquiry into the uses
of the means of attaining Christian truth, eight sermons_ 1840,
and about 30 other publications. _d._ the Precincts, Rochester 18
Nov. 1882. _bur._ in the cathedral cemetery 24 Nov. _J. W.
Burgon’s Lives of twelve good men_ (1888) _i_, 376–475,
_portrait_; _Quarterly Rev. clvi_, 305–52 (1883); _T. Mozley’s
Reminiscences, vol. i_ (1882).

NOTE.—There is a fine portrait of him by Sir Francis Grant in
Oriel common room.—He was a great conservative and his
opposition to any change in the tutorial system at Oriel
occasioned the resignation of Newman, Richard Hurrell Froude,
and Robert Wilberforce.

HAWKINS, REV. ERNEST (_6 son of Henry Hawkins of Lawrence End,
parish of Kimpton, Herts., major H.E.I.C._) _b._ Lawrence End 25
Jany. 1801; ed. at Ball. coll. Ox., B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827, B.D.
1839; fellow of Ex. coll. Ox. 26 Dec. 1831 to 29 July 1852;
assistant sec. S.P.G. 1838, sec. 1843–64, the society greatly
expanded under his management; preb. of St. Paul’s 1844–64;
minister of Curzon chapel, Mayfair, London 1850 to death; vice
prin. of Bishop’s coll. Cape Town, Feb. 1859; canon of Westminster
7 Nov. 1864 to death, installed 5 Dec. 1864; author of _Documents
relating to the erection of bishoprics in the colonies_ 1844, _4
ed._ 1855; _Manual of prayer for working men and their families_
1855, _4 ed._ 1856; _The book of Psalms with explanatory notes_
1857, _3 ed._ 1865 and 14 other books. _d._ Dean’s yard,
Westminster 5 Oct. 1868. _bur._ Westminster abbey cloisters 12
Oct. _Boase’s Exeter coll._ (1879) 130; _Chester’s Westminster
abbey_ (1876) 518; _I.L.N. 10 Oct. 1868 p._ 363.

HAWKINS, FRANCIS (_brother of Rev. Edward Hawkins 1789–1882_). _b._
Bisley, Gloucs. 30 July 1794; ed. at Merchant Taylors’ sch.
1805–12; probationary fellow of St. John’s coll. Ox. 1812,
Newdigate prizeman 1813; B.A. 1816, B.C.L. 1819, M.B. 1820, M.D.
1823; inceptor candidate of R.C.P. 1821, candidate 1823, fellow 30
Sep. 1824; phys. Middlesex hosp. 18 Dec. 1824 to 1858; prof. of
theory and practice of medicine in King’s coll. London 1831–6;
phys. to royal household of William iv. 24 July 1830 to 1837;
Gulstonian lecturer at coll. of phys. 1826, censor 1827, Croonian
lecturer 1827–29, Lumleian lecturer 1832, 1834, 1840, 1841,
Harveian orator 1848, an elect 14 Nov. 1850, consiliarius 1859–61,
1863–65 and 1869, registrar 30 Sep. 1829 to 1858; registrar of
general council of Medical education and registration 25 Nov.
1858, retired 22 Dec. 1876; phys. to H.M.’s household in ordinary
13 Dec. 1861 to death; author of _Rheumatism and some diseases of
the heart_ 1826; edited _The Medical Register_ 1859. _d._ 16
Ashley place, Victoria st. London 13 Dec. 1877. _Munk’s College of
physicians, iii_, 286 (1878); _Medical Times, ii_, 686 (1877).

HAWKINS, FRANCIS SPENCER. _b._ 1799; entered Bengal army 1817, M.G.
28 Nov. 1854; col. 2 Bengal N.I. 18 Feb. 1856 to death; C.B. 24
Dec. 1842. _d._ 32 Sussex gardens, Hyde park, London 3 June 1860
aged 61.

HAWKINS, GEORGE (_son of George Hawkins, landscape painter_). _b._
1809; architectural draughtsman; exhibited 7 drawings at R.A.
1830–48; lithographer, worked for Day and Son, London; his chief
work was a series of the _Monastic ruins of Yorkshire, sketches by
W. Richardson, description by E. Churton 2 vols. York_ 1844–56.
_d._ 116 Camden road villas, Camden Town, London 6 Nov. 1852. _Art
Journal_ (1852) 375; _G.M. xxxviii_, 655 (1852).

HAWKINS, JOHN (_son of Henry Hawkins, major H.E.I. Co._) _b._
Huntingdon 28 June 1791; ed. at Hitchin and Rugby; articled to
Joseph Eade of Hitchin, Herts. solicitor; practised at Hitchin
1812 to death; steward of 28 manors at one time; a founder of the
Hitchin Friendly Institution, May 1827; a trustee of nearly every
charity in Hitchin. _d._ The Grange, Hitchin 22 March 1877. _Law
Journal, xii_, 232–4 (1877).

HAWKINS, JOHN CROFT. _b._ 6 April 1798; entered navy 1811; entered
marine service of H.E.I. Co. 1812; surveyed the Euphrates 1838;
captain 21 Jany. 1839; commodore of Persian gulf squadron 1845–47;
acting superintendent and commander in chief of Indian navy Aug.
1848 to 27 Jany. 1849; thrown out of his curricle and _killed_ on
the spot near his house in Colaba, Bombay 25 Aug. 1851.

HAWKINS, JOHN HEYWOOD (_1 son of John Hawkins of Bignor park near
Petworth, Sussex. d. Trewithen, Cornwall 4 July 1841_). _b._ 1803;
ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1825, M.A. 1828; sheriff of
Sussex 1826; M.P. for St. Michael, Cornwall 1830–31, for
Tavistock, Devon 1831–32, and for Newport, Isle of Wight 12 Dec.
1832 to 23 June 1841; F.R.S. _d._ Bignor park 27 June 1877 in 75
year.

HAWKINS, JOHN ISAAC (_son of Isaac Hawkins of Taunton_). _b._
Taunton 14 March 1772; ed. at Jersey coll. Pennsylvania; lived at
village of Bordentown, New Jersey many years; started _The journal
of human nature and human progress_; returned to England; patented
a machine for taking likenesses in profile from size of life
downwards; invented the claviole or finger keyed viol which
imitated all the instruments of a band, patented in his father’s
name 1800; invented portable grand or cottage piano, patented in
America and England 1800; consulting engineer in London 1816–49;
invented Pentagraph for giving any number of copies of a letter,
generally used until superseded by Wedgwood’s carbonic manifold
writer and copying presses; invented the ever-pointed pencil, the
iridium-pointed gold pen 1823, and a method of condensing coffee;
M.I.C.E. 27 April 1824; claimed to have made the first survey for
a tunnel under the Thames 1808; went to U.S. of America 1849. _d._
Elizabeth Town, New Jersey 28 June 1855. _Min. of proc. of Instit.
of C.E. xxv_, 512–14 (1866); _Encyclop. Brit. xix_, 75 (1885).

HAWKINS, MAJOR RHODE (_3 son of Edward Hawkins 1780–1867_). _b._
Nutfield, Surrey 4 Feb. 1820; travelling architect in expedition
sent by Sir Charles Fellowes to Caria and Lycia 1844, The Harpy
Tomb at Br. Museum was reconstructed from his drawings and
measurements; architect to Committee of council on Education. _d._
Redlands near Dorking 19 Oct. 1884.

HAWKINS, SUSANNA (_dau. of a blacksmith_). _b._ near Ecclefechan,
Annandale 1787; a herder of cattle, and dairymaid at Gillenbie;
domestic servant; published fugitive poems in little volumes with
paper covers, and hawked them herself in Scotland and England;
author of _The Poetical works of Susanna Hawkins_. _Dumfries_
1829; _Poems and songs, vol. ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, viii, ix_,
1832, 1835, 1838, 1841, 1850, 1851, 1856 and 1861. _d._ Burnswark
hill, Hoddam, Dumfriesshire 29 March 1868. _Irving’s Dict. of
Scotsmen_ (1881) 206; _Dumfries Courier 7 April 1868 p._ 3.

HAWKINS, THOMAS (_son of John Hawkins_). _b._ Glastonbury 25 July
1810; F.G.S. 1831; a collector of fossils; his collection of
Devon, Somerset and Dorset fossils, purchased by government for
£3000 in 183-, is now in Natural History Museum, South Kensington;
presented collections of saurian fossils to geological museums of
Cambridge 1856 and Oxford 1874; author of _Memoirs of Ichthyosauri
and Plesiosauri_ 1834; _The book of the great sea-dragons_ 1840;
_Prometheus_ 1850, reprinted 1887; _My life and works_ 1 vol. only
1887. _d._ Ventnor, Isle of Wight 29 Oct. 1889. _Times 31 Oct.
1889 p._ 10.

HAWKINS, WALTER. _b._ London 1787; ed. at Hackney; Russian merchant
and ship and insurance broker Finsbury circus, retired 1848;
caused a medal to be struck in 1848 which he presented to young
persons to encourage them in industry, courtesy and integrity;
made a collection of 5000 medals and coins, which he left to the
Royal United Service Instit. with £500; author of papers in
_Archæologia_ and _Numismatic Chronicle_; F.S.A. 1842; member
Numismatic soc. 1836. _d._ 5 Leonard place, Kensington 27 Jany.
1862. _Numismatic Chronicle Proceedings, ii_, 18–19 (1862);
_Journal of British Archæol. Assoc. xix_, 155–6 (1863).

HAWKINS, WILLIAM (_brother of John Hawkins 1791–1877_). _b._ 1789;
ed. at Rugby; solicitor at Hertford 1821, at Hitchin 18—to death;
delivered a lecture on Emigration, published by the Emigration
comrs. 1833; circulated a series of letters under title of
_Thoughts on agriculture_. _d._ Hitchin 6 May 1875.

HAWKSHAW, ANN (_dau. of Rev. James Jackson of Green Hamerton,
Yorks._) _b._ 1812. (_m._ 1835 Sir John Hawkshaw, C.E., F.R.S., he
was _b._ Leeds 1811, living 1891); author of _Dionysius the
Areopagite, poems_ 1842; _Poems for my children_ 1847; _Sonnets on
Anglo-Saxon history_ 1854; under name of Aunt Effie _Aunt Effie’s
Rhymes for little children_ 1852; _Aunt Effie’s Gift to the
nursery_ 1854, _2 ed._ 1876. _d._ Belgrave mansions, Pimlico,
London 29 April 1885. _J. Evans’ Lancashire authors_ (1876) 51.

HAWLEY, FREDERICK (_son of Benjamin Buck Hawley, capt. 51 foot, d.
15 July 1838_). _b._ Portsea 10 Jany. 1827; sec. Great Eastern
steamship co. 1852; solicitor at 102 Chancery lane, London 1852;
actor under name of Frederick Haywell 1855–85, first appeared
Marylebone theatre as Florizel 5 March 1855; acted at Sadler’s
Wells 5 seasons, at Prince’s theatre, Manchester many years;
manager of T.R. Manchester; librarian Shakespeare memorial
library, Stratford-on-Avon 17 May 1886 to death; made MS.
catalogue of all editions of Shakespeare’s plays in every language
1889; wrote 2 dramas _Found_, Theatre royal, Manchester 2 March
1874 and _Agnes of Bavaria_, Gaiety theatre, London 31 Oct. 1883;
author of _The royal family of England, remarks on the royal
succession_ 1851. _d._ Stratford 13 March 1889. _bur._ Highgate
cemet. 18 Mch. _Stratford-on-Avon Herald 15 March and 26 April
1889._

HAWLEY, SIR JOSEPH HENRY, 3 Baronet (_eld. son of Sir Henry Hawley,
2 baronet 1776–1831_). _b._ Harley st. London 27 Oct. 1813; cornet
9 lancers 31 Aug. 1832, sold out 11 April 1834; visited Greece,
the Mediterranean and Italy 1834 etc.; sheriff of Kent 1844; kept
a racing stud 1844 to 19 July 1873 when he sold it for 23,575
guineas; won the Oaks with Miame 1847, the One thousand guineas
with Aphrodite 1851, the Derby with Teddington 1851, Beadsman
1858, Musjid 1859, and Blue Gown 1868, the Two thousand guineas
with Fitz Roland 1858, and the St. Leger with Pero Gomez 1869; won
£100,000 on Beadsman 1858; collected a fine library at Leybourne
grange near Maidstone. _d._ 34 Eaton Place, London 20 April 1875.
_Rice’s History of the British turf_ (1879) _ii_, 232–41; _Baily’s
Mag. iii_, 1–5 (1861), _portrait_; _Sporting Review, xl_, 111–14
(1858), _lx_, 15–18 (1868); _Famous Racing Men, By Thormanby_
(1882) 95–100; _Illust. sp. and dr. news, iii_, 93, 95, 112
(1875), _portrait_.

HAWTHORN, ROBERT (_eld. son of Robert Hawthorn, engineer of
Walbottle colliery near Newcastle 50 years_). _b._ Dewley Burn
near Walbottle 13 June 1796; machine maker at Forth Banks,
Newcastle 1817 to death; invented a new slide rule for engineers
1832 which was generally adopted; applied fixed eccentrics in a
locomotive engine 1835 which invention was much used; M.I.C.E. 13
Feb. 1839; description of the first class express engine made by
R. and W. Hawthorn, Newcastle, see _Tredgold’s Principles and
practice of machinery of locomotive engines_ 1850, _Ninth Paper
pp._ 1–16 _with 4 plates_. _d._ 26 June 1867. _bur._ ch. yard of
Newburn near Walbottle 2 July. _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E.
xxvii_, 590–92 (1868).

HAWTREY, REV. EDWARD CRAVEN (_only son of Rev. Edward Hawtrey, V. of
Burnham near Eton, d. 1803_). _b._ Burnham 7 May 1789; ed. at Eton
1799–1807; scholar of King’s coll. Cam. 1807, fellow 1810;
assistant master at Eton 1814–34, head master 1834–53, provost 12
Jany. 1853 to death, raised number of boys from 444 in 1835 to 777
in 1846, suppressed the Eton Montem 1847; R. of Ewhurst, Sussex
1835–53; R. of Eton 1853–4; V. of Mapledurham, Oxon. 1854 to
death; a great linguist, known as the English Mezzofanti; printed
privately _Il Trifoglio ovvero Scherzi Metrici d’ un Inglese_ 1839
and other poems. _d._ the Lodge, Eton college 27 Jany. 1862 the
last person buried in Eton college chapel, monument erected in
chapel 1878. _Lyte’s History of Eton College_ (1875) 404–73,
_portrait_; _I.L.N. xl_, 202, 204 (1862), _portrait_.

HAWTREY, REV. STEPHEN THOMAS. _b._ 1808; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.,
B.A. 1832, M.A. 1835; M.A. Oxford 1846; head math. master Eton
coll. 1836–71; P.C. of Holy Trin. Windsor 1844–51; founded St.
Mark’s sch. Windsor 1851, warden 1871 to death; author of _St.
Mark’s school by the seaside in 1861_, 1861; _Reminiscences of a
French Eton_ 1867; _Introduction to the elements of Euclid_ 1874,
_4 ed._ 1884 and other books. _d._ Church house, Windsor 29 Oct.
1886 in 79 year.

HAY, SIR ADAM, 7 Baronet. _b._ 14 Dec. 1795; M.P. for Lanark burghs
1820–30; succeeded 1 Nov. 1838. _d._ Cannes, France 18 Jany. 1867.

HAY, SIR ANDREW LEITH (_eld. son of general Alexander Leith Hay
1758–1838_). _b._ Aberdeen 17 Feb. 1785; ensign 72 foot 8 Jany.
1806, served through Peninsular war 1808–14, served in the West
Indies 1816–30; captain 2 foot 1817 to 30 Sep. 1819 when placed on
h.p.; M.P. for the Elgin burghs 1832–38 and 1841–47; contested
Elgin burghs 1847 and city of Aberdeen 1852; clerk of the Ordnance
19 June 1834 to 22 Dec. 1834 and 18 April 1835 to 21 March 1838;
K.H. 1834; governor of Bermuda 6 Feb. 1838 to 1 Nov. 1839 but
never went to Bermuda; published _A narrative of the Peninsular
war 2 vols._ 1831; _The castellated architecture of Aberdeenshire_
1849. _d._ Leith hall, Aberdeenshire 13 Oct. 1862.

HAY, CHARLES CRAWFORD. _b._ 1809; ensign 19 foot 27 June 1824,
lieut.-col. 30 Aug. 1842 to 14 April 1854 when placed on h.p.;
commandant and inspector general of school of musketry at Hythe 13
April 1860 to 16 Oct. 1867; colonel of 58 foot 25 Nov. 1864, of 93
foot 29 Aug. 1868 to death; L.G. 20 Jany. 1867. _d._ Freshwater,
Isle of Wight 27 Sep. 1873.

HAY, CHARLES MURRAY. _b._ 1802; ensign Coldstream guards 1 Nov.
1821, major 25 April 1848 to 20 June 1854; col. 91 foot 9 March
1861 to death; L.G. 24 Aug. 1861. _d._ Lower Belgrave st. London 3
July 1864.

HAY, DAVID RAMSAY. _b._ Edinburgh, March 1798; a house decorator in
Edin. about 1818 to death; decorated Abbotsford for Sir Walter
Scott 1824, and hall of Soc. of Arts, London about 1846; F.R.S.
Edin.; a founder of the Æsthetic Society, Edin. 1851; author of
_The laws of harmonious colouring adapted to house painting_ 1828,
_6 ed._ 1847; _The natural principles and analogy of the harmony
of form_ 1842; _The geometric beauty of the human figure defined_
1851 and 12 other books. _d._ Jordan Bank, Edinburgh 10 Sep. 1866.

HAY, SIR EDWARD HAY DRUMMOND (_eld. son of Edward Wm. Auriol
Drummond Hay 1785–1845, consul general for Morocco_). _b._ 4 March
1815; entered colonial office 1834; governor of Virgin islands
1839–50; lieut. governor of St. Kitts 1850–54; governor of St.
Helena 1854–63; knighted by patent 22 Aug. 1859; retired on a
pension of £500, 1865. _d._ Lymington, Hants. 24 Jany. 1884.

HAY, GEORGE (_eld. son of 8 Marquis of Tweeddale 1787–1876_). _b._
Yester house, co. Haddington 26 April 1822; ed. at Trin. hall,
Cam., M.A. 1845; M.P. for Totnes 5 Nov. 1855 to death; styled Earl
of Gifford 1822–62. _d._ Dufferin lodge, Highgate, London 22 Dec.
1862.

HAY, JAMES. Cornet 16 lancers 10 June 1795, lieut. col. 18 Feb. 1813
to Feb. 1819 when placed on h.p.; lieut. col. 4 light dragoons 25
Dec. 1821 to 21 Nov. 1822 when placed on h.p.; lieut. col. 2
dragoon guards 22 July 1830 to 27 Oct. 1837 when placed on h.p.;
colonel 79 highlanders 8 Feb. 1849 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851;
C.B. 4 June 1815. _d._ at his seat near Kilburn, co. Longford 25
Feb. 1854.

HAY, JAMES (_2 son of 7 Marquis of Tweeddale 1753–1804_). Ensign 52
foot 23 Jany. 1806; captain grenadier guards 26 March 1818 to 26
Nov. 1830 when placed on h.p.; colonel 86 foot 8 May 1854 to
death; general 1 June 1862; chairman of Aberdeen railway company.
_d._ Spa, Belgium 17 Aug. 1862.

HAY, JOHN (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 1 April 1793; entered
navy 4 Dec. 1804; lost his left arm at cutting out of some vessels
in Hyères Bay 1807; captain 8 May 1816; C.B. 17 Feb. 1837;
chairman of board of naval construction 1846; a lord of the
admiralty 13 July 1846 to 30 Jany. 1850; captain superintendent of
Devonport dockyard 9 Feb. 1850 to death; R.A. 25 Aug. 1851; M.P.
for co. Haddington 1826–31; M.P. for Windsor 1847–50. _d._ St.
Michael’s terrace, Stoke, Plymouth 26 or 27 Aug. 1851. _bur._
Yeaster, co. Haddington.

HAY, JOHN BAKER PORTER. _b._ 1800; entered navy 28 Dec. 1811,
captain 7 March 1842, retired R.A. 12 April 1862, retired admiral
30 July 1875. _d._ 14 Gloucester place, Brighton 14 Jany. 1886.

HAY, MARY CECIL (_dau. of Thomas William Hay, watchmaker,
Shrewsbury_). _b._ Market sq. Shrewsbury 1840; resided at
Chiswick, Middlesex and then at East Preston, Worthing; frequently
visited Cornwall and introduced many Cornish incidents into her
novels; author of _Hidden perils 3 vols._ 1873; _Old Myddleton’s
Money 3 vols._ 1874; _Nora’s love test 3 vols._ 1876, _2 ed._
1878; _For her dear sake 3 vols._ 1880; _A wicked girl and other
tales 3 vols._ 1886 and 10 other works of fiction. _d._ The Bay
Trees, East Preston near Worthing 24 July 1886. _bur._ Highgate
cemet. 29 July.

HAY, ROBERT (_4 son of Robert Hay of Whittingham, co. Haddington_).
_b._ 6 Jany. 1799; a leading member of an archæological expedition
in Egypt 1826–32, 49 large _vols._ of drawings made during this
expedition by or for him were acquired by the British Museum, Dec.
1876; published _Illustrations of Cairo_ 1840. _d._ Amisfield,
East Lothian 4 Nov. 1863. _Additional MS. 31054 in British Museum
library, being part of his diary in Egypt; Catalogue of Egyptian
antiquities belonging to R. Hay_ 1869.

HAY, SIR ROBERT, 8 Baronet. _b._ 8 May 1825; succeeded his father 18
Jany. 1867; one of the neatest players of golf; with Willie Dunn
played Tom Morris and Allan Robertson at North Berwick 1852; won
medals at St. Andrews 1848, 1851, 1852, 1872, with 101, 110, 99
and 94; one of the best players in foursome matches. _d._ Lyons,
France 30 May 1885. _Hutchinson’s Golf_ (_Badmington Lib._ 1890)
64, 362, 413, 415, 416, _portrait_; _Foster’s Baronetage_ (1883)
700.

HAY, ROBERT WILLIAM. _b._ 1786; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1807, M.A.
1809; private sec. to Viscount Melville first lord of the
admiralty 1812–25; under sec. of state for Colonies 1825–1835;
F.R.S. _d._ Malta 9 May 1861.

HAY, WILLIAM (_eld. son of Robert Hay of Lawfield and Spott, d.
1844_). _b._ 1794; ensign 52 foot 30 Jany. 1810; captain 5 dragoon
guards 1 July 1824 to 12 Nov. 1829 when he sold out; inspecting
superintendent of Metropolitan police 1839 and second commissioner
1850 to death; C.B. 25 Oct. 1851. _d._ 67 Cadogan place, Chelsea
29 Aug. 1855.

HAYDAY, JAMES. _b._ London 1796; appren. to Charles Marchant a
vellum-binder, London; bookbinder at 31 Little Queen st. Lincoln’s
Inn Fields 1833–61; bound books so as to open freely; introduced
Turkey morocco instead of the straight grained; his name attached
to a book raised its value 25 per cent.; adjudicated bankrupt 10
June 1861. _d._ St. Leonards-on-Sea 19 March 1872. _Bookseller,
April 1872 p._ 284.

HAYDEN, GEORGE THOMAS. Author of _An essay on the wear and tear of
human life and the remedy_. _Dublin_ 1846; _A dialogue on
religious equality, or the road to the revival of christianity_.
_Dublin_ 1852. _d._ 82 Harcourt st. Dublin 30 July 1857.

HAYDN, JOSEPH TIMOTHY (_son of Thomas Haydn_). _b._ Ireland 1786 or
1787; ed. abroad; originated at Dublin the _Evening Mail_ 1823 and
the _Statesman and Patriot_ 1828, edited them some years;
connected with the _Limerick Times_ 1837–9; contributed to London
newspapers and periodicals; engaged in record department of
admiralty to death; edited S. Lewis’s _Topographical Dictionary 8
vols._ 1842–7; his name given to the Haydn series of works of
reference 1841 etc.; author of _The Dictionary of Dates_ 1841, _19
ed._ 1889; _The book of dignities_ 1851, _2 ed._ 1890; granted
civil list pension of £25, 27 Dec. 1855. _d._ Crawley st. Oakley
sq. London 17 Jany. 1856. _Westminster Review, Jany. 1830 p._ 91.

HAYDOCK, THOMAS (_2 son of George Haydock of The Tagg, Cottam,
Lancs._) _b._ 21 Feb. 1772; ed. at Douay coll. 1785–95; opened a
school at 42 Allport st. Manchester 1797; publisher of R.C. books
in Manchester 1799–1816; published an edition of the Douay Bible
and Testament in numbers July 1811 to Sep. 1814, this is generally
known as Haydock’s Bible and was republished at Edinburgh and
London 1845–8; publisher at Lower Ormond quay, Dublin many years,
kept a school in Dublin; publisher at Liverpool about 1840, then
at Preston. _d._ Preston 25 Aug. 1859. _Gillow’s English
Catholics, iii_, 226–30 (1888).

HAYDON, FRANK SCOTT (_eld. son of Benjamin Robert Haydon, historical
painter 1786–1846_). _b._ London 12 Dec. 1822; junior clerk in
Record office, London, Nov. 1845, senior clerk June 1860,
assistant keeper May 1885 to death; author of _Calendar of the
patent rolls of the reign of Edward I_, printed in the Appendices
to the _Annual reports of the deputy keeper of the public records_
1881–88; edited _Eulogium historiarum sive temporis Chronicon ab
orbe condito ad mccclxvi_. _Rolls Series_ 1868; _shot himself_
through the brain at Southey lodge, Kingston road, Wimbledon 29
Oct. 1887. _Times 1 Nov. 1887 p._ 11.

NOTE.—His mother who had been a widow named Mary Hymans, _m._
B. R. Haydon 10 Oct. 1821, received a civil list pension of
£50 July 4, 1846 and _d._ Heustridge villas, St. John’s Wood,
London 25 July 1854 aged 61.

HAYDON, FREDERICK WORDSWORTH (_2 son of B. R. Haydon 1786–1846_).
_b._ London 14 Sep. 1827; in the navy; inspector of factories
1859–67 when dismissed, he then published a letter addressed to W.
E. Gladstone entitled _Our officials at the home office_ 1869;
author of _Benjamin Robert Haydon. Correspondence and table-talk 2
vols._ 1876. _d._ Bethlehem hospital, London 12 Nov. 1886.

HAYDON, MICHAEL. Detective sergeant city of London; brought Austin
Bidwell from Havanna in Bank of England forgery case; with Brett
arrested the thieves in the South Eastern gold bullion robbery
case 1855 and the thieves in the South Western gold dust robbery
case 1851 and with Brett figures in Frith’s Railway station 1862;
retired on a pension 1879. _d._ 64 Devonshire road, Hackney 15
April 1880. _bur._ Highgate cemetery 21 April. _City Press 21
April 1880 p._ 5.

HAYE, THOMAS DAVEY (_eld. son of George Haye, captain R.N. of
Tavistock 1788–1852_). _b._ St. Heliers, Jersey 22 July 1838; ed.
at Rugby; barrister M.T. 17 Nov. 1863, practised as a conveyancer;
translated 2 works by H. A. Taine _English positivism_ 1870 and
_On Intelligence_ 1871; author of _A fragment of an intended
treatise on Suretyship_ 1870. _d._ 7 Roydon villas, Clifton 10
March 1876. _bur._ in R.C. cemetery, Bristol. _Law Times, lx_, 405
(1876); _Boase and Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub._ 224, 1225.

HAYES, CATHERINE. _b._ 4 Patrick st. Limerick 29 Oct. 1825; resided
with Antonio Sapio of Dublin as his pupil 1839–42; studied under
Garcia in Paris, and Ronconi in Milan 1842–5; made first
appearance on stage at Marseilles opera house in _I Puritani_ 10
May 1845; prima donna at La Scala, Milan 1845–6; sang in Vienna
1846, chief Italian cities 1846–49; first appeared in London at
Royal Italian opera in _Linda di Chamouni_ 10 April 1849; sang in
United States, California, Sandwich islands and India 1851–6; sang
at Jullien’s concerts in Her Majesty’s theatre, London 1857; had a
soprano voice ascending to D in alt.; a mare called after her
Catherine Hayes won the Oaks 1853. (_m._ at St. George’s, Hanover
sq. London 8 Oct. 1857 William Avery Bushnell of Connecticut,
U.S., he _d._ at Biaritz 2 July 1858 aged 35). _d._ at house of
Henry Lee, Roccles, Upper Sydenham, Kent 11 Aug. 1861. _bur._
Kensal Green cemetery 17 Aug. _E. C. Clayton’s Queens of song,
ii_, 274–96 (1863); _Tallis’s Drawing room table book_ (1851)
33–35, _portrait_; _I.L.N. xix_, 285 (1851), _portrait_; _Dublin
Univ. mag. xxxvi_, 584–95 (1850), _portrait_.

HAYES, EDMUND (_eld. son of William Hayes of Millmount, co. Down,
linen manufacturer_). _b._ Millmount 1804; ed. at Belfast
academical instit. and Trin. coll. Dublin; B.A. 1825, LL.B. and
LLD. 1832; called to Irish bar 1827; Q.C. 9 Nov. 1852; law adviser
to the crown 1852 and 1858; solicitor general 1858; judge of court
of queen’s bench Jany. 1859 to Nov. 1866 when he resigned;
published _Crimes and punishment or a digest of the criminal
statute law of Ireland_ 1842, _2 ed. 2 vols._ 1843. _d._ Crinken
house near Bray, Dublin 29 April 1867. _Irish Law Times, i_, 240
(1867).

HAYES, SIR EDMUND SAMUEL, 3 Baronet. _b._ Dublin 2 July 1806;
succeeded 16 Sep. 1827; M.P. for co. Donegal 17 May 1831 to death.
_d._ 30 June 1860.

HAYES, SIR GEORGE (_2 son of Sheedy Hayes, a West Indian
proprietor_). _b._ Judd place, Somers Town, London 19 June 1805;
ed. at Highgate and St. Edmund’s R.C. college at Ware; articled to
W. F. Patterson, solicitor, Leamington 1819–24; special pleader,
went Midland circuit of which he became leader; barrister M.T. 29
Jany. 1830, sergeant at law Feb. or March 1856, received patent of
precedence next after A. J. Stephens 22 Feb. 1861; recorder of
Leicester, Dec. 1861 to Aug. 1868; justice of court of Queen’s
bench 24 Aug. 1868 to death; knighted at Windsor Castle 9 Dec.
1868; author of an Elegy in which he humorously lamented the
extinction of John Doe and Richard Roe from the pleadings in
ejectment 1854; seized with paralysis 19 Nov. 1869. _d._
Westminster palace hotel, London 24 Nov. 1869. _Law magazine and
law review, xxix_, 114–25 (1870); _Reg. and mag. of biog. Dec.
1869_, 304–305.

HAYES, JOHN. _b._ about 1786; portrait and historical painter;
exhibited 77 pictures at R.A., 9 at B.I. and 1 at Suffolk st.
gallery 1814–57, chiefly portraits. _d._ 51a Berners st. Oxford
st. London 14 June 1866.

HAYES, JOHN BOON. M.D. King’s college, Aberdeen; M.R.C.S. 1848;
lecturer on practical physiology and demonstrator of anatomy at
University coll. London; assistant surgeon Bengal 4 Aug. 1855;
author of _Lectures on histology and microscopical manipulation_.
_d._ Calcutta 18 July 1856. _Indian Annals of Medical Science.
Calcutta, iv_, 260 (1856).

HAYES, JOHN MONTAGU (_son of John Hayes, R.A., C.B., who d. 7 April
1838_). _b._ 23 March 1816; entered navy 20 March 1829, captain 9
July 1855, retired V.A. 21 March 1878; C.B. 30 Nov. 1864. _d._
Charlton house, Southsea 3 April 1882.

HAYES, MICHAEL ANGELO (_son of Edward Hayes of Waterford, painter_).
_b._ Waterford 1820; first exhibited in Dublin 1840; exhibited one
picture at R.A. and 2 at Suffolk st. 1845–7; member of Royal
Hibernian academy 1854, sec. March 1856 to 1857; associate member
of New Soc. of Water-colours in London, a regular contributor to
their exhibitions; marshal of city of Dublin; author of _The royal
Hibernian academy, a glance at its management and proceedings_
1857; _found dead_ in a water-tank at his house 4 Salem place,
Dublin 31 Dec. 1877.

HAYES, TIMOTHY. _b._ Dublin 22 Sep. 1841; a jig dancer; went to the
U.S. America where he invented the plan of dancing in clogs 1860
which was a great success; went to Europe with the Christy’s
Minstrels 186-, toured through U.S. dancing clog dances to tune of
My Mary Ann, sometimes receiving 200 dollars a week, known as the
father of clog dancers; danced Dick Sands (_b._ Birstall,
Yorkshire 2 May 1840) for “the championship clog” and 1000 dollars
and won 1863. _d._ Washington asylum, Worcester, U.S. 12 May 1877.
_Public Opinion 21 July 1877 p._ 77.

HAYES, WILLIAM. _b._ 1827; a pugilist; beat Mike Madden in 185
rounds and 6 hours at Edenbridge for £100 a side 17 July 1849;
beat Jack Jones in 72 rounds and 3 hours at Mildenhall for £200 a
side 15 Nov. 1853; fought John Walker £200 a side 36 rounds in 2½
hours at Appledore 18 Dec. 1855, darkness came on, fight
adjourned, money eventually drawn; beaten by Bob Travers in 78
rounds and 3 hours and 45 minutes for £100 a side 13 May 1857;
fought 15 battles won 7. _d._ London 28 Jany. 1859. _bur._
Highgate 4 Feb. _Bell’s Life in London 30 Jany. 1859 p._ 6.

HAYES, WILLIAM. Certificated conveyancer in London 1813; barrister
M.T. 27 Nov. 1818; leading real property lawyer many years;
conveyancing counsel of Court of Chancery 1861 to death; author of
_An inquiry into the effect of limitations to heirs of the body in
devises_ 1824; _The concise conveyancer_ 1830, _4 ed._ 1882; _A
short introduction to conveyancing_ 1834, _5 ed. 2 vols._ 1840;
author with Thomas Jarman of _Concise forms of wills with
practical notes_ 1835, _9 ed._ 1883. _d._ The Priory, Norwood,
Surrey 31 Jany. 1871. _Law Times 11 Feb. 1871 p._ 286.

HAYES, WILLIAM. Solicitor at Cork; prominent figure at period of
repeal and catholic emancipation movement; had a dispute during
the election at Cork, Dec. 1826 with John Bric a R.C. barrister,
they fought a duel at Donnybrook near Dublin 26 Dec. 1826 when
Bric aged 36 was shot dead. _d._ Clarence terrace, Cork 1 Nov.
1886 aged 91. _Freeman’s Journal 30 Dec. 1826 p._ 1.

HAYES, REV. WILLIAM. Ed. at C.C. coll. Cam.; M.A. by Abp. of
Canterbury 13 Dec. 1843; assistant master in King’s coll. sch.
London 1837–79, hon. fellow of King’s coll. 1879; chaplain of St.
Katherine’s hospital, Regent’s park, London 1844 to death; author
of _Questions adapted to the Rev. J. R. Major’s Latin grammar_
1837. _d._ 31 St. Mark’s crescent, Regent’s park 31 March 1888.

HAYMAN, REV. SAMUEL (_eld. son of Matthew Hayman of South Abbey,
Youghal, co. Cork_). _b._ Youghal 27 July 1818; ed. Clonmel and
Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1839; C. of Glanworth 1841–47; C. of
Youghal 1849–63; R. of Ardnageehy, Cork 1863–7; R. of Doneraile
1867–72; R. of Carrigaline, Cork 1872–5; R. of Douglas, Cork 1875
to death; canon of Cork 18—to death; author of _The handbook for
Youghal, with historical annals of the town 3 series_. _Youghal_
1852; _Illustrated guide to the Blackwater and Ardmore_ 1861;
_About Footsteps, in twelve chapters_ 1869; _Criteria, or the
divine examen_. _Dublin_ 1873 and many other books. _d._ Douglas
rectory 15 Dec. 1876. _Journal of Royal Hist. and archæol. assoc.
of Ireland 4 series, viii_, 165–70.

HAYNAU, JULIUS JAKOB, Baron Von. _b._ Cassel in Hesse 14 Oct. 1786;
entered Austrian army 1801; field marshal lieutenant 1844; his
flogging of women at capture of Brescia, North Italy 30 March 1849
gained him name of the “Hyæna of Brescia”; commander in chief of
Austrian army in Hungary 1849–50, committed many cruelties;
dismissed the service July 1850; visited London, assaulted at
Barclay and Perkins’ brewery 4 Sep. 1850 barely escaped alive,
Austrian ambassador demanded reparation for the assault 22 Sep.
but did not get any. _d._ Vienna 14 March 1853. _Life of Haynau,
By Baron Schönhals, Gratz_ 1852; _I.L.N. xv_, 373 (1849)
_portrait_, _xvii_, 221 (1850) _attack on_; _Times 5, 6, 11, 12,
16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 25, 27 Sep. 1850_.

HAYNES, FREEMAN OLIVER (_eld. son of Henry Haynes, captain R.N._)
_b._ Clifton 1818; ed. at Paris and Caius coll. Cam., fellow, 15
wrangler 1840, B.A. 1840, M.A. 1843; barrister L.I. 6 May 1845;
published _Outlines of equity. Cambridge_ 1858, _5 ed._ 1880 and
other books. _d._ Donhead lodge, Wimbledon, Surrey 12 July 1880.

HAYNES, JOHN BISHOP. _b._ 1803; ed. at Guy’s hospital; L.S.A. 1825,
M.R.C.S. 1826, F.R.C.S. 1852; demonstrator of anatomy at Guy’s; in
practice at Whitchurch, Hants., settled at Evesham 1832, mayor of
Evesham 1846; founder with Sir C. Hastings of Provincial medical
association at Worcester 1832; author of _How to supply the
agricultural labourer with good beer at a low price_. _Evesham_
1865. _d._ Battleton lodge, Evesham 17 Feb. 1873.

HAYNES, JOSEPH. _b._ Ireland 1788; an editor of _Morning Herald_;
wrote two tragedies _Conscience_ and _Mary Stuart_ 1840. _d._
Norwood, Surrey 24 Jany. 1851 aged 63. _I.L.N. 22 Feb. 1851 p._
166.

HAYNES, MATTHEW PRIESTMAN. _b._ Husband’s Bosworth, Leicestershire;
ed. St. Mary’s coll. Oscott; teacher at St. Peter’s R.C. sch.
Birmingham; political orator in reform movement; a journalist;
editor of _Mayo Telegraph_ 1831; started _Penny Catholic Mag._
London 7 Sep. 1839 which came to an end in 1840; author of _An
interesting account of the teetotal galas at Dyrham park_ 1840;
_The position of the Jews as affected by the return of Baron
Leopold de Rothschild_ 1847. _dead._ _Gillow’s English Catholics,
iii_, 231–2 (1887).

HAYNES, ROBERT (_eld. son of Richard Haynes of Barbadoes_). _b._
Barbadoes 1769; in militia during threatened French invasion 1805;
received thanks of council and assembly of Barbadoes for his
military services on occasion of Negro insurrection 1816; had
local rank of lieut.-general; speaker of Barbadoes House of
assembly 182-. _d._ Reading 18 April 1851 in 82 year.

HAYTER, SIR GEORGE (_son of Charles Hayter, miniature painter
1761–1835_). _b._ St. James’ st. London 17 Dec. 1792; ed. at Royal
academy; midshipman R.N. 1808; exhibited 48 pictures at R.A., 40
at B.I. and 1 at Suffolk st. 1809–59; painter of miniatures and
portraits to Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold 1815; received
200 guineas from British institution for his picture The Prophet
Ezra 1815; studied in Rome 1816–19, in Paris 1826–31; member of
academies of Parma, Florence, Bologna and Venice 1826; portrait
and historical painter to Victoria 1837, and principal painter in
ordinary 12 June 1841; knighted at St. James’ palace 1 June 1842;
some of his paintings were The duke of Wellington standing by his
horse Copenhagen 1821; The trial of queen Caroline 1823; The trial
of lord William Russell 1825; The queen on the throne in the house
of lords 1838; The christening of the prince of Wales 1859; author
of _An essay on colours_, in App. to _Hortus Ericæus Woburnensis_
1825. _d._ 238 Marylebone road, London 18 Jany. 1871. _Redgrave’s
Dict. of Artists_ (1878) p. 205; _Art Journal, March 1871 p._ 79;
_I.L.N. lviii_, 91 (1871); _Times 23 Jany. 1871 p._ 9.

HAYTER, SIR WILLIAM GOODENOUGH, 1 Baronet (_son of John Hayter of
Winterbourne Stoke_). _b._ Winterbourne Stoke 28 Jany. 1792; ed.
at Winchester and Trin. coll. Ox., B.A. 1814; barrister L.I. 23
Nov. 1819, bencher 15 April 1839, treasurer 1853; Q.C. 21 Feb.
1839, retired from practice 1839; M.P. for Wells 24 July 1837 to
July 1865; judge advocate general 30 Dec. 1847 to 30 May 1849;
P.C. 11 Feb. 1848; financial sec. to treasury 22 May 1849 to July
1850; parliamentary and patronage sec. July 1850 to March 1852 and
Dec. 1852 to March 1858; cr. baronet 19 April 1858; a service of
plate presented to him at Willis’s rooms by lord Palmerston and
365 members of house of commons in remembrance of his services as
Liberal “whip” 27 Feb. 1861; _found drowned_ in a lake in grounds
of South hill park, Easthampstead, Berkshire 26 Dec. 1878. _I.L.N.
xvii_, 64 (1850), _portrait_.

HAYTHORNE, SIR EDMUND (_son of John Haythorne of Hill house,
Gloucester_). _b._ Bristol 28 May 1818; ed. at Sandhurst; ensign
98 foot 12 May 1837, lieut. col. 12 May 1854, lieut. col. 1 foot 6
June 1855 to 26 June 1866 when placed on h.p.; brigadier general
Chusan field force 1843, in Punjaub campaign 1848–9; served in the
Crimea 1855; A.G. of British forces in Bengal 1860–65; K.C.B. 24
May 1873; col. 55 foot 11 March 1878; col. 37 foot 3 Feb. 1879 to
death; general 15 March 1879. _d._ Silchester house near Reading
18 Oct. 1888. _I.L.N. 10 Nov. 1888 pp._ 546, 547 _portrait_.

HAYWARD, ABRAHAM (_1 son of Joseph Hayward of Wilton near Salisbury,
author of The science of horticulture_, _d._ 1844). _b._ Kingsbury
square, Wilton 22 Nov. 1801; ed. Tiverton gram. sch. 1811–17;
admitted a solicitor 29 Oct. 1824; barrister I.T. 15 June 1832;
founded _Law Magazine_ 1828, editor 1828–44; contributed to
_Edinburgh Rev._ 1844, _Quarterly Rev._ 1869, _Fraser_, etc.; Q.C.
22 Feb. 1845, but Inner Temple refused to elect him a bencher; a
writer on the _Morning Chronicle_ 1848, _Saturday Rev._ 1855,
_Times_ 1858; sec. poor law board Dec. 1854; a good and original
talker and a social raconteur; drawn as Venom Tuft in _Ten
thousand a year_ 1841; author of _The statutes founded on the
common law reports_ 1832; _Faust, a dramatic poem, translated_
1833, _3 ed._ 1855; _The art of dining_ [_By A. H._] 1852, _3 ed._
1883; _Lord Chesterfield and George Selwyn_ 1854; _Biographical
and critical essays 5 vols._ 1858–74; _Short rules for modern
whist_ [_By A. H._] 1878; _Sketches of eminent statesmen and
writers 2 vols._ 1880. _d._ 8 St. James st. 2 Feb. 1884. _bur._
Highgate cemet. 6 Feb. _Selections from Correspondence of A.
Hayward 2 vols._ 1886; _H. R. F. Bourne’s English newspapers ii_,
153, 246, 248, 400 (1887); _Vanity Fair 27 Nov. 1875 p._ 301,
_portrait_; _Times 4 Feb. 1884 pp._ 8, 9; _I.L.N. lxxxiv_, 157
(1884), _portrait_.

HAYWARD, DANIEL. _b._ Mitcham, Surrey 25 Aug. 1808; gardener; played
with Mitcham eleven from 1825; resided at Cambridge and was in the
town eleven; a showy and effective batsman and a fast field; his
first match at Lord’s was Marylebone _v._ Cambridge 2, 3 July
1832; with M.C.C. 1841; one of Surrey eleven 1846. _d._ Cambridge
29 May 1852. _Lillywhite’s Cricket scores ii_, 180 (1862);
_Denison’s Cricket_ (1846), 32.

HAYWARD, HENRY. _b._ Broseley, Shropshire 1814; one of most
remarkable violinists of the century; pupil of Spagnoletti, but an
accurate reproducer of Paganini’s performances and known as the
English Paganini; first appeared Hanover sq. rooms, London 19 June
1839; played several times at Windsor Castle; teacher and music
seller at Wolverhampton 1839 to death; published _Pizzicato rondo
for the violin_ 1850; _Hayward’s Violin solos with pianoforte
accompaniment 7 numbers_ 1885 and other pieces. _d._ 12 Queen st.
Wolverhampton 12 Nov. 1884. _The Musical Directory_ (1886), _p.
xix_.

HAYWARD, THOMAS (_2 son of Daniel Hayward 1808–52_). _b._ Chatteris
near March, Cambs. 21 March 1835; gardener; professional cricketer
at Richmond, Yorkshire 1853, 1855 and 1856, at Newport, Pagnell
1854, at Bishop’s Auckland 1857 and 1858; his first match at
Lord’s, United England eleven _v._ All England eleven 6, 7 June
1859; the best all-round cricketer in England; made 200 in one
innings at Cambridge 12 May 1859; one of the English eleven in
America and Canada 1859, and in Australia 1864; had 2 benefits 21
May and 1 June 1868; keeper of All England ale stores, Cambridge
1875. _d._ Clarendon st. Cambridge 21 July 1876. _Lillywhite’s
Cricket scores vi_, 204 (1876), _vii_, _p. xiii_ (1877); _Illust.
Sporting News_ (1862) 113, _portrait_. _W. G. Grace’s Cricket_
(1891) 107, _portrait_, 321.

HAZLETON, VICTOR ISAAC. Landlord of Duke’s Arms and lessee of Bower
saloon or theatre, Stangate, 43 Lambeth Upper Marsh, London
1851–75. _d._ London 14 June 1890.

HAZLEWOOD, COLIN HENRY. _b._ 1823; low comedian on Lincoln, York and
Western circuits; played at Surrey theatre 1851; at City of London
theatre 10 years; wrote for the weekly penny publications; wrote a
great number of dramas, farces and burlesques chiefly for the
Britannia and Pavilion theatres for which he was paid at the rate
of about 50s. an act; thirty of his pieces printed in Lacy’s
Acting edition 1853–9. _d._ 44 Huntingdon st. Haggerston, London
31 May 1875. _Era Almanack_ 1869 _pp._ 18, 45.

HEAD, CHARLES. In service of telegraph co. 1845; the largest
bookmaker in the ring; made £12,000 when Lozenge won the
Cambridgeshire 1867; made the largest book on St. Leger of 1870;
lost £10,000 when Glenlivat won Chester cup 1871; proprietor of
Philharmonic theatre, Islington 1880, name changed to New Grand
theatre 1882, lessee to 1885. _d._ 97b Regent st. London 26 May
1889. _Sporting Times 24 Oct. 1874 p._ 84, _portrait_.

HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, 8 Baronet (_only son of Rev. Sir John Head,
7 baronet 1773–1838_). _b._ Wiarton place near Maidstone 16 Feb.
1805; ed. at Winchester and Oriel coll. Ox.; B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830,
D.C.L. 1862; fellow of Merton coll. 1830–37; assistant poor law
comr. 1836, poor law comr. 1841–47; lieut. governor of New
Brunswick 26 Oct. 1847 to Sep. 1854; governor general of Canada 19
Sep. 1854 to Oct. 1861; P.C. 27 Aug. 1857; K.C.B. 11 Dec. 1860;
civil service comr. 29 April 1862; chairman of Hudson’s Bay co.
1862 to death; F.R.S. April 1863; author of _A Handbook of Spanish
and French schools of painting_ 1848; _Shall and Will or two
chapters on auxiliary verbs_ 1856, _new ed._ 1858; _Ballads and
other poems_ 1868 and other books. _d._ 29 Eaton sq. London 28
Jany. 1868. _Proc. of Royal Soc. xvi_, 71–8 (1868); _Appleton’s
Cyclop. of American Biog. iii_, 151 (1887), _portrait_.

HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, 1 Baronet (_4 son of James Roper Head of the
Hermitage near Rochester, d. 1814_). _b._ the Hermitage 1 Jany.
1793; 1 lieut. R.E. 13 March 1811; captain royal staff corps 1827
to 23 Dec. 1828 when placed on h.p., sold out 1838; lieut.
governor of Canada, Nov. 1835 to Jany. 1838; K.C.H. 27 Nov. 1835;
cr. baronet 14 July 1838; granted civil list pension of £100, 6
Oct. 1853; P.C. 20 Dec. 1867; author of _Bubbles from the Brunnen
of Nassau_ 1834, _7 ed._ 1866; _A faggot of French sticks 2 vols._
1851, _3 ed._ 1855; _Descriptive essays contributed to the
Quarterly Review 2 vols._ 1857 and many other books. _d._ Duppa’s
hall, Croydon 20 July 1875. _The speeches of Sir F. B. Head and a
biographical sketch._ _Toronto_ (1836) 15–20; _I.L.N. lxvii_, 109,
119 (1875), _portrait_; _Graphic, xi_, 123 (1875), _portrait_.

HEAD, SIR GEORGE (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ the Hermitage
near Rochester 1782; ed. at the Charterhouse; captain West Kent
militia 1808; a commissariat clerk 1809; served in the Peninsula
1809–14; asst. commissary general 25 Dec. 1814, placed on half pay
1823; deputy knight marshal at coronation of William iv. 1831;
knighted at St. James’s palace 12 Oct. 1831; deputy knight marshal
to Queen Victoria; published _Forest scenery and incidents in the
wilds of North America_ 1829, _2 ed._ 1838; _A home tour through
the manufacturing districts of England in the summer of 1835_, _2
ed. 2 vols._ 1840; _A home tour through various parts of the
United Kingdom_ 1832; _Rome, a tour of many days 3 vols._ 1849.
_d._ Cockspur st. London 2 May 1855 aged 73. _Sir G. Head’s
Memoirs of an assistant commissary general_ (1832).

HEAD, REV. HENRY ERSKINE (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 9 Jany.
1797; ed. at St. Mary hall, Ox., B.A. 1825, M.A. 1828; R. of
Feniton, Devon 1838 to death; had controversies with the bishops
of Exeter and London and printed many books on these matters
1838–41; author of _Observations on early rising and early prayer_
1828; _Sermons on spiritual comfort and assurance_ 1832; _Sermons
on the first principles of the oracles of God_ 1840; _Dialogues on
the Apocalypse_ 1841. _d._ Feniton 16 May 1860.

HEAD, JOHN (_eld. son of Jeremiah Head of Ipswich_). _b._ Ipswich 8
Feb. 1832; erected pumping engines and pumps to supply city of
Warsaw with water from the Vistula 1853; manager of works of
Evans, Lilpop and Ran of Warsaw, engineers; when on outbreak of
war in 1854 all Englishmen were ordered to leave Russia, an
exception was made in his favour; partner of Messrs. Ransome at
Ipswich 1857 to death; author of _A few notes on the portable
steam engine_ 1877. _d._ Ipswich 19 May 1881. _Min. of proc. of
Instit. of C.E. lxvii_, 397–99 (1882).

HEAD, WILLIAM. Huntsman to the Cheshire hounds to 1831 and the
Donnington hounds from 1831; on retiring lived at Leicester and
then at Kegworth, Leicestershire. _d._ Kegworth 19 Nov. 1865 in 85
year. _Sporting Review, Dec. 1865 pp._ 401–2.

HEADFORT, THOMAS TAYLOUR, 2 Marquis of (_elder son of 1 Marquis of
Headfort 1757–1829_). _b._ 4 May 1787; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.,
M.A. 1811; lord lieut. of Cavan 1831 to death; col. of Meath
militia 1831 to death; cr. Baron Kenlis of Kenlis, co. Meath in
peerage of U.K. 10 Sep. 1831; P.C. Ireland 1835; lord in waiting
to the Queen 1837–41; K.P. 15 April 1839. _d._ Headfort house,
Kells, co. Meath 6 Dec. 1870.

HEADLAM, EDWARD (_3 son of the succeeding_). _b._ 1824; ed. at
Durham gr. sch. and St. John’s coll. Cam., fellow, 12th wrangler
1847, B.A. 1847, M.A. 1850; barrister I.T. 30 April 1856; civil
service comr. 1855; director of examinations 1876 to death. _d._
24 Norfolk sq. Hyde park, London 26 Oct. 1882.

HEADLAM, VEN. JOHN (_son of Thomas Emerson Headlam of Gateshead_).
Matric. from Lincoln coll. Ox. 1 April 1786 aged 16, B.A. 1790,
M.A. 1792; R. of Wycliffe, Yorkshire 1793 to death; archdeacon of
Richmond 30 Dec. 1826 to death; chancellor of Ripon 1846 to death;
author of _Letters to the Rt. Hon. Robert Peel on prison labour 2
vols._ 1823–4; _Observations on church rates, tithes and church
reform_, _Richmond_ 1838, and of charges and single sermons. _d._
Wycliffe, Yorkshire 4 May 1854 aged 85.

HEADLAM, THOMAS EMERSON (_eld. son of preceding_). _b._ Wycliffe
rectory, Yorkshire 25 June 1813; ed. at Shrewsbury and Trin. coll.
Cam., 16 wr. 1836, B.A. 1836, M.A. 1839; barrister I.T. 3 May
1839, bencher 1851, reader 1866, treasurer 1867; M.P. for
Newcastle-on-Tyne 1847–74; carried through parliament the Trustee
act 1850; Q.C. 1851; chancellor of diocese of Ripon May 1854, of
Durham 1854; judge advocate general June 1859 to July 1866; P.C.
18 June 1859; F.R.G.S.; edited _The practice of the high court of
chancery by E. R. Daniell_, _2 ed._ 1845, _3 ed._ 1857; _Pleadings
and practice of the high court of chancery by E. R. Daniell_, _2
ed._ 1851; _A supplement to Daniell’s Chancery practice_ 1851;
author of _The Trustees’ Act_ 1850, _3 ed._ 1855. _d._ Calais 3
Dec. 1875. _I.L.N. lxvii_, 590, 629 (1875), _portrait_.

HEADLAND, EDWARD. _b._ Tonbridge 1803; ed. at St. George’s hospital;
studied anatomy under Joshua Brookes; L.S.A. 1823, M.R.C.S. 1848;
in practice at Featherstone buildings, Holborn, at Guilford st.
and at 6 Upper Portland place; one of the first to claim payment
for his services and not for physic; the leading general
practitioner of his time; fellow and then president of Medical
soc. of London where he took important part in the debates. _d._ 6
Upper Portland place, London 8 Dec. 1869. _J. F. Clarke’s
Autobiographical Recollections_ (1874), 393–8.

HEADLAND, REV. EDWARD (_younger son of Edward Headland of Portland
place, London_). _b._ 1831; ed. at Caius coll. Cam., 14 wrangler
1855 B.A. 1855, M.A. 1859, fellow of his coll.; C. of St. Mary’s,
Bury St. Edmunds 1855–57; C. of St. Marylebone church, London
1857–61; R. of Bincombe with Broadwey, Dorset 1861; author of _The
happy sufferer. A narrative_ 1860; _The epistles to the
Thessalonians, Introduction by E. Headland_ 1863; _The truth and
office of the Christian ministry_ 1868. _d._ 6 Cavendish crescent,
Bath 8 July 1876 aged 45.

HEADLAND, THOMAS HUGHES. Accompanied C. Dickens on his first
American tour as secretary 1842; silversmith 13 Great Sutton st.
Clerkenwell, London 1842–59; kept Sussex hotel at Eastbourne about
1869–72. _d._ Merton lodge, 17 Bolton road, Eastbourne 2 Jany.
1888 aged 82. _Forster’s C. Dickens i_, 278 (1872); _Eastbourne
Chronicle 7 Jany. 1888 pp._ 4 5.

HEADLEY, WINN CHARLES ALLANSON, 3 Baron. _b._ 25 June 1810;
succeeded his uncle 1840; a representative peer for Ireland 26
Sep. 1868 to death. _d._ Ennismore gardens, Kensington, London 30
July 1877.

HEALD, HENRY GEORGE. _b._ 1822; well known to Sunday school teachers
in all parts of the world; secretary of Church of England Sunday
school institute 1855–72; lecturer at Sunday schools 1872 to
death. _d._ 90 Albert road, Peckham Rye, Surrey 25 Nov. 1881 aged
59. _bur._ Brompton cemetery 30 Nov.

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