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HENNESSY, WILLIAM MAUNSELL. _b._ Castle Gregory, co. Kerry 1829;
resided for some time in U.S. America; in the Lunatic asylum
office 1855; wrote for Irish newspapers; chief clerk Public Record
office, Dublin 1868, assist. deputy keeper 1886 to his death; Todd
professor R. Irish acad. 1822–4; the best Irish scholar of his
day; contributed to _The Academy_, _La Revue Celtique_, etc.;
edited _Chronicon Scotorum. A chronicle of Irish affairs_ 1866;
_The annals of Loch Cé. A chronicle of Irish affairs_ 1871; J.
Graves’ _Pedigree of the White Knight_ 1881; J. C. Mangan’s _The
poets and poetry of Munster_ 1883 and many other works. _d._ 71
Pembroke road, Dublin 13 Jany. 1889. _Academy 26 Jany. 1889 p._
56.

HENNIKER, JOHN HENNIKER-MAJOR, 4 Baron (_eld. son of 3 Baron
Henniker 1777–1832, who in 1822 assumed additional surname of
Major_). _b._ Stratford Green, Essex 3 Feb. 1801; ed. at St.
John’s coll. Cam.; barrister L.I. 28 May 1824; M.P. for East
Suffolk 1832–47 and 1856 to 13 July 1866 when created Baron
Hartismere of Hartismere, co. Suffolk; sheriff of Suffolk 1853;
F.S.A. 16 Dec. 1852. _d._ 6 Grafton st. Bond St. London 16 April
1870. _I.L.N. xxx_, 479 (1857), _portrait_.

HENNIKER, ALDBOROUGH (_eld. son of Aldborough Brydges John Henniker
of Catcott, Somerset 1797–1880_). _b._ 6 July 1821; ed. at the
Charterhouse; barrister G.I. 1 May 1844, bencher 7 July 1874,
treasurer 1877 to death; Q.C. 6 July 1874; member of council of
legal education. _d._ 26 Leinster sq. Bayswater, London 28 Jany.
1880 from injuries received by falling down the staircase at
King’s Cross station of Metropolitan railway.

HENNIKER, REV. ROBERT (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 1 June
1833; ed. at Trin. coll. Ox., Johnson’s Theol. sch. 1856, B.A.
1856, M.A. 1860; C. of St. Michael, Alnwick 1858–60; P.C. of South
Charlton near Alnwick 1860–69; head master of Rossall school
1869–75; V. of Frocester near Stroud 1875 to death; author of
_Stories from English history for young children_ 1861; _Trifles
for travellers_ 1864. _d._ Frocester vicarage 1 Feb. 1880.

HENNING, JOHN (_son of Samuel Henning, carpenter_). _b._ Paisley 2
May 1771; carpenter; modeller of wax figures 1800; a modeller at
Glasgow; studied in Trustees’ academy, Edin. 1802; went to London
1811; made models of the Parthenon and Phigaleian friezes with the
missing parts restored 1811–23; made models in relief of cartoons
of Raphael; exhibited 17 sculptures at R.A., 8 at B.I. and 37 at
Suffolk st. 1816–52; executed busts of Princess Charlotte of Wales
and Mrs. Siddons; a founder of Soc. of British Artists 1847;
presented with freedom of Paisley 1846; executed the relievi on
the gate at Hyde park corner and those on the Athenæum club. _d._
17 Lower Belgrave place, Pimlico, London 8 April 1851. _bur._ St.
Pancras cemet. Finchley.

HENNINGSEN, CHARLES FREDERICK (_son of a Swede_). _b._ England 1815;
in Carlist army in Spain, lieut.-col. 1834; served in Russian army
in Circassia; commander of fortress of Comorn under Kossuth in
Hungary 1849; commander of the artillery under William Walker in
Nicaragua, America 1856, major general; colonel of 3 regt. of
Wise’s brigade in Confederate army and served in Virginia;
superintended construction of first Minié rifle made in U.S.
America; author of _Revelations of Russia_. _Paris_ 1845; _The
most striking events of a twelve months’ campaign with
Zumalacarregui 2 vols._ 1836; _The White slave 3 vols._ 1845;
_Personal recollections of Nicaragua_, and other works. _d._
Washington, D.C. 14 June 1877. _Appleton’s American Biography,
iii_, 169 (1887).

HENRADE, MARY (_3 dau. of Thomas Young of Melbourne, Australia_).
_b._ 1842; appeared in original cast of _Our American Cousin_ at
Haymarket theatre, London 11 Nov. 1861; played at Lyceum theatre,
Oct. 1864, and at chief west end theatres. (_m._ Stephen Demetrius
Pitzipios a Greek merchant and general agent at 17 Throgmorton st.
London). _d._ Duncroft house, 3 Grove end road, London 11 March
1876 aged 34. _Era 19 March 1876 p._ 10 _col._ 4.

HENRY, ALEXANDER. _b._ Loughbrickland, co. Down 1783; came from U.S.
America and settled in Palace st. Manchester as an American house
doing an export trade in cotton and woollen goods 1804; crossed
the Atlantic 30 times; opened houses at Leeds, Huddersfield,
Bradford, Leicester, Nottingham, Glasgow and Belfast; member of
Anti-Corn law league 1838; M.P. South Lancashire 20 Dec. 1847 to
June 1852; entertained Kossuth 1850; lost his sight many years
before his death. _d._ Harrogate 4 Oct. 1862. _London Society
(Nov. 1880)_ 446–62; _Hunt’s Merchant’s Mag. xix_, 63–67 (1848),
_xxxiv_, 36–45 (1856).

HENRY, CHAPLIN, assumed name of Henry Charles Stroud. _b._ 1826;
bookseller; had a fine bass voice; attached to choir of Surrey
chapel, Blackfriars road, London; an early member of Henry
Leslie’s choir 1856; chief bass at Foundling chapel; a singer at
the banquets at the City of London halls; author of _O write me a
song of my father, Ballad_ 1869. _d._ Peckham 12 Jany. 1888.
_Musical Times 1 Feb. 1888 p._ 92.

HENRY, GEORGE FITZGERALD (_brother of Sir Thomas Henry 1807–76_).
_b._ 1827; entered service of P. and O.S.N. Co. 1847, commander on
the China line, superintendent of service at Bombay; connected
with Bank of Bombay and the Port Trust board; member of the Bombay
corporation; thrown out of his carriage at Bombay and _killed_ 23
Feb. 1877. _The Graphic 5 May 1877 pp._ 407, 408, _portrait_.

HENRY, JAMES (_1 son of Robert Henry, woollen draper_). _b._ Dublin
13 Dec. 1798; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1819, M.A. and M.B.
1822, M.D. 1832; a physician in Dublin with a large practice
1822–45 charging a five shilling fee instead of the usual guinea;
from 1841 the study of Virgil became the object of his life, began
walking through Europe with his wife and daughter making Virgilian
researches 1846; wife Anne Jane dau. of John Patton _d._ Arco,
Tyrol and was cremated; crossed the Alps 17 times; dau. Katharine
Olivia _b._ 20 Nov. 1830 assistant to her father in his travels
and studies, _d._ 7 Dec. 1872; author of _Miliaria accuratius
descripta_. _Dublin_ 1832; _The Eneis, books i and ii rendered
into English blank Iambic by J. H._ 1845; _Notes of a twelve
years’ voyage of discovery in the first six books of the Eneis_.
_Dresden_ 1853; _Poems, chiefly philosophical_. _Dresden_ 1856,
_with a portrait_; _Thalia Petasata, a foot journey from Carlsruhe
to Bassano_. _Dresden_ 1859; _Æneidea, remarks on the Æneis, with
collation of principal editions 2 vols._ 1873–9. _d._ Dalkey
lodge, Dalkey near Dublin 14 July 1876. _The Academy 12 Aug. 1876
pp._ 162–3.

HENRY, JOHN. Entered Madras army 1800; col. 51 Madras N.I. 15 March
1842 to death; L.G. 3 Aug. 1855. _d._ Holles st. Cavendish sq.
London 17 Dec. 1860.

HENRY, MICHAEL (_son of a merchant, d. April 1840_). _b._
Kennington, London 19 Feb. 1830; ed. at City of London sch.
1840–44; assisted in editing _Mechanics’ Mag._ 1846–57; a patent
agent in London 1857 to death; edited _Jewish Chronicle_ 1868 to
death; founded General Benevolent Assoc. 1847, hon. sec. to death;
hon. sec. Stepney Jewish schools to death; A.I.C.E.; author of
_The Inventor’s almanac_ 1858; _A defence of the present patent
laws_ 1866; his clothes caught fire when he was in his office 68
Fleet St., _d._ from the burns at 6 Argyle sq. Euston sq. London
16 June 1875. _bur._ Willesden cemet. 21 June. _Jewish Chronicle
25 June 1875 pp._ 205–6; _Times 18 June 1875 p._ 13, _19 June p._
7.

HENRY, SIR THOMAS (_eld. son of David Henry of Stephens green,
Dublin, government contractor_). _b._ Dublin 1807; ed. at Von
Feinaigles sch. and at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827;
barrister M.T. 23 Jany. 1829; magistrate at Lambeth st. police
court near Whitechapel, April 1840, removed to Bow st. 1846, chief
mag. at Bow st. 6 July 1864 to death; knighted at Windsor castle
30 Nov. 1864. _d._ 23 Hanover sq. London 16 June 1876. _I.L.N. 14
March 1846 p._ 172, _portrait_, _24 June 1876 p._ 623, _1 July
pp._ 3, 4, _portrait_; _Graphic, xiii_, 614, 628 (1876),
_portrait_.

HENRY, WALTER. _b._ Donegal, Ireland 1 Jany. 1791; ed. Trin. coll.
Dublin; hospital assistant in 66 foot April 1811, served in the
Peninsula to 1814, in Nepaulese war 1816–7, in St. Helena 1817–21,
prepared bulletin of post mortem appearance of body of Napoleon;
in Canada 1827–41; staff surgeon 1839, inspector general of
hospitals in Canada 1852, retired 1856; wrote in periodicals under
pseudonyms of Miles, Piscator, and Scrutator; author of _Trifles
from my Portfolio, or recollections of 29 years military service,
By a Staff Surgeon_. _Quebec 2 vols._ 1839; _Events of a military
life 2 vols._ 1843. _d._ Belleville, Upper Canada 27 June 1860.
_Morgan’s Bibl. Canadensis_ (1867) 182–3.

HENRY, WILLIAM ALEXANDER. _b._ Halifax, Nova Scotia 30 Dec. 1816;
barrister N.S. Nov. 1840; Q.C. 1849; member of Nova Scotia
Assembly 1840 for many years; mayor of Halifax; solicitor general
3 times; provincial secretary and attorney general; puisne judge
of supreme court of Canada, Oct. 1875 to death. _d._ Ottawa 3 May
1888.

HENSLOW, REV. JOHN STEVENS (_1 son of John Prentis Henslow,
solicitor, Enfield, d. 1854_). _b._ Rochester, Kent 6 Feb. 1796;
ed. at free gram. sch. Rochester and St. John’s coll. Cam., 16 wr.
1818, B.A. 1818, M.A. 1821; F.L.S. 1818; F.G.S. 1819; founded with
Adam Sedgwick, the Cambridge Phil. Soc. 15 Nov. 1819; prof. of
mineralogy at Cam. 1822 to March 1827; P.C. of St. Mary the Less,
Cam. 1824–32; prof. of botany at Cam. June 1825 to death, his
enthusiasm rendered botany popular, Darwin and others were his
pupils; V. of Cholsey, Berks. 1832–7; R. of Hitcham, Suffolk 1837
to death; established study of botany in his schools; for tithe
dinners substituted excursions; discovered beds of phosphatic
nodules in the Suffolk Crag 1843 much used for manure; a founder
of the Ipswich museum 1848; author of _Catalogue of British
plants_ 1829, _2 ed._ 1835; _The principles of descriptive and
physiological botany_ 1836; _An account of Roman antiquities found
at Rougham, Bury St. Edmunds_ 1843; _A dictionary of botanical
terms_ 1856 and other books. _d._ Hitcham rectory house 16 May
1861, his collections divided between Ipswich, Cambridge and Kew
museums. _Jenyns’ Memoir of J. S. Henslow_ (1862), _portrait_;
_Popular Science Monthly_, _iii_, 159–72 (1873), _portrait_;
_Longman’s Mag. June 1883 pp._ 147–59.

HENSMAN, REV. JOHN (_son of Thomas Hensman of Birmingham_). _b._
Bedford 22 Sep. 1780; ed. at C.C. coll. Cam., 9 wr. 1801, B.A.
1801, M.A. 1804; fellow of his coll. 1801; C. to Rev. Charles
Simeon at Cam. 1801; C. of Wraxall, Somerset 1803–9; C. in charge
of Clifton parish ch. Bristol 1809–22; C. of Dowry chapel, Clifton
1822–30; incumb. of Trinity ch. Hotwells 1830–44; P.C. of Christ
Church, Clifton 1844–7; R. of Clifton 1847 to death; St. James’
chapel, Clifton commonly known as the Hensman memorial church was
consecrated Dec. 1862; hon. canon of Bristol cath. 1858; well
known member of evangelical party; prime mover in building 4
churches in Clifton. _d._ Clifton hill 23 April 1864. _Bristol
Times 30 April 1864 p._ 6.

HENSOM, GRAVENER. _b._ Nottingham 1785; engaged in hosiery trade and
in point and bobbin net manufacture; had a practical knowledge of
all kinds of looms; wandered about the coasts of England, Scotland
and France discovering and exposing the tricks of the smugglers;
imprisoned in Coldbath-fields prison for his connection with
Luddite riots; gave evidence before parliamentary committee;
author of _List of 100 inventions and alterations in the stocking
and lace machines_ 1828; _Civil, political and mechanical history
of the frame-work knitting and lace trades_ 1831 which was never
finished. _d._ Broad st. Nottingham 15 Nov. 1852. _Felkin’s
History of hosiery_ (1867) _pp. xv-xvii_; _Wylie’s Nottingham_
(1853) 234–5.

HENTY, EDWARD (_6 son of Thomas Henty, landowner and banker, West
Tarring, Sussex, who went to Tasmania 1831_). _b._ West Tarring,
Sussex 10 March 1809; emigrated to Tasmania 1831; one of the three
founders of the colony of Victoria, Australia; the first settler
in Portland Bay, Victoria 19 Nov. 1834 where he had a whaling
station; imported pure merino sheep 1835; ploughed the first land
ever turned up in Victoria 1835; went inland and took up large
sheep runs; member for Normanby in legislative assembly 1856–61;
held Muntham station, Victoria. _d._ Offington, St. Kilda road,
Melbourne 14 Aug. 1878. _Times 28 Sep. 1878 p._ 10; _Men of the
Time_. _Victorian Series_ (1878) 86–8; _R. Henty’s Australiana_
(1886) 26 _etc._

HENTY, WILLIAM (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ England 1808;
emigrated to Tasmania 1831; solicitor at Launceston, Tasmania;
member of legislative assembly, Tasmania; colonial secretary,
Tasmania 1857–62; returned and settled in England 1863; author of
_Our improvements in cottage husbandry_. _Launceston_ 1850. _d._
12 Medina villas, Brighton 11 July 1881. _Times 14 July 1881 p._
9.

HENWOOD, WILLIAM JORY (_eld. son of John Henwood of Perran-wharf
near Truro_). _b._ Perran-wharf 16 Jany. 1805; clerk to Fox & Co.
at Perran 1822–7; first went underground 1825; assay master and
supervisor of tin for duchy of Cornwall 1832–8; Telford medallist
of Instit. of C.E. for paper On pumping engines 1837; made special
study of metalliferous deposits; F.G.S. 1828, Murchison medallist
27 Feb. 1875; F.R.S. 27 Feb. 1840; in charge of Gongo-Soco mines,
Brazil 1843–53; reported on the metals in Kumaon and Gurhwal for
Indian government 1855; president R. Instit. of Cornwall 1869–71,
delivered three valuable addresses; author of _On the
metalliferous deposits of Cornwall and Devon_. _Subterranean
temperature, Water and Electric currents_, being vol. v. of Trans.
R. Geol. Soc. of Cornwall 1843, and _Observations on metalliferous
deposits and on Subterranean temperature_ vol. vi. 1871, and other
books and numerous papers. _d._ 3 Clarence place, Penzance 5 Aug.
1875. _Boase and Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub._ 230–3, 1227; _Times 10
Aug. 1875 p._ 3 _by W. P. Courtney_.

HEPBURN, HENRY POOLE (_1 son of Francis K. Hepburn, major general_).
_b._ 24 Jany. 1822; ensign Scots Fusilier guards 19 Feb. 1841,
lieut.-col. 21 March 1874 to 10 Oct. 1874 when placed on h.p.;
served in Crimean campaign 1854–5, wounded at battle of Alma,
medal with 2 clasps, Turkish medal and 5 class of Medjidie; L.G. 1
July 1881; C.B. 2 June 1869; maintained an orphanage for daughters
of soldiers of the Scots guards. _d._ The Hooke, Chailey, Lewes 26
Oct. 1888. _Times 29 Oct. 1888 p._ 6.

HEPPEL, JOHN MORTIMER (_eld. son of George Hastings Heppel of
Taplow, Bucks., paper maker_). _b._ Taplow 23 Dec. 1817; ed. at
Merchant Taylor’s sch. and London univ.; established with Moser an
engineering factory at Aix la Chapelle, partnership dissolved
1847; chief engineer on Madras railway, May 1857 to 1861; engineer
to Peruvian railway 1865; A.I.C.E. 20 April 1835, M.I.C.E. 11 Feb.
1851; invented a water meter and other pieces of mechanism. _d._ 2
Storey’s gate, Westminster 21 March 1872. _Min. of Proc. of C.E.
xxxvi_, 265–68 (1873).

HERAPATH, JOHN (_son of a maltster_). _b._ Bristol 30 May 1790; a
maltster with his cousin William Herapath at Bristol; conducted a
mathematical school, taking candidates for the navy 1815; Royal
Soc. refused to publish his paper “A mathematical enquiry into the
causes of heat, gases, gravitation, &c.” 1820, which was then
printed in Annals of Philosophy and a controversy with Royal Soc.
ensued; mathematical tutor at Cranford, Middlesex 1820–32; removed
to Kensington 1832; one of first advocates of atmospheric railway
system 1839; part proprietor and manager _Railway Magazine_ 1835,
called _The Railway magazine and Annals of Science_ 1836–39, then
_Herapath’s Railway Journal_, became sole proprietor; printed
numerous mathematical papers; author of _Mathematical physics 2
vols._ 1847. _d._ Catford bridge, Lewisham, Kent 24 Feb. 1868.
_G.M. April 1868 pp._ 544–5; _Herapath’s Railway Journal 29 Feb.
1868 p._ 234.

HERAPATH, SPENCER (_2 son of the preceding_). _b._ 1822; ed. in a
college in Indiana, U.S. America; connected with _Herapath’s
Railway Journal_; sec. to Admiral Laws manager Lancashire and
Yorkshire railway; sec. of Sheffield, Barnsley and Wakefield
railway to 1865; A.I.C.E. 5 March 1867; head of firm of Spencer
Herapath & Co., stock brokers, London 1844; member of committee of
Spanish bondholders; director of Buenos Ayres Great southern
railway 11 Jany. 1868; F.G.S.; F.A.S.; F.S.S. _d._ 18 Upper
Phillimore gardens, Kensington 13 March 1884. _Min. of Proc. of
C.E. lxxviii_, 447–8 (1884).

HERAPATH, WILLIAM (_son of Mr. Herapath of Bristol, maltster_). _b._
Bristol 26 May 1796; a maltster, Bristol; one of the founders of
the Bristol Medical sch. 1828, professor of chemistry there 1828;
president of Bristol Political Union 1831; one of the founders of
Chemical Soc. of Lond. 23 Feb. 1841; F.C.S.; employed as
analytical chemist in cases of Mary Ann Burdock of Bristol 1835
and of W. Palmer of Rugeley 1856; member of Bristol town council
1833 and senior magistrate. _d._ Manor house, Old Park st. Bristol
13 Feb. 1868. _Gent. Mag. v_, 404, 544 (1868); _Herapath’s Railway
Journal 22 Feb. 1868 p._ 205.

HERAPATH, WILLIAM BIRD (_1 son of the preceding_). _b._ 1820; L.S.A.
1843, M.R.C.S. 1844; ed. at Univ. of London, M.B. 1844, M.D. 1851;
surgeon Queen Elizabeth’s hospital, Bristol; president Bristol
microscopical soc.; F.R.S.; made many chemical and toxicological
discoveries; contributed numerous papers to scientific journals;
discoverer and manufacturer of artificial tourmalines; author of
_A few words on the Bristol and Clifton Hotwells_ 1854; _The
handbook for visitors to the Bristol and Clifton Hotwells_ 1864.
_d._ 32 Old Market st. Bristol 12 Oct. 1868. _I.L.N. 24 Oct. 1868
p._ 411; _Times 15 Oct. 1868 p._ 5.

HERAUD, JOHN ABRAHAM (_son of Abraham Heraud, law stationer, d.
1846_). _b._ St. Andrew’s, Holborn, London 5 July 1799; friend of
Coleridge, Southey, Wordsworth and Carlyle; assistant editor of
_Fraser’s Mag._ 1830–3; edited _The Sunbeam_ 1838–9, the _Monthly
Mag._ 1839–42 and the _Christian monthly mag._; contributor and
dramatic critic to the _Athenæum_ 1843–68; dramatic critic
_Illust. London News_ 1849–79; a brother of the Charterhouse 21
July 1873 to death; wrote _Videna_, a tragedy, Marylebone theatre
1854, _Wife and no Wife_, and _Medea_; author of _The legend of
St. Loy_ 1820; _The descent into hell_ 1830, _2 ed._ 1835; _The
judgment of the flood_ 1834, _new ed._ 1857; _The life and times
of G. Savonarola_ 1843; _The sibyl among the tombs_ 1886. _d._
Charterhouse, Charterhouse sq. London 20 April 1887. _Athenæum 23,
30 April_ (1887); _I.L.N. 30 April 1887 p._ 485.

HERBERT OF LEA, SIDNEY HERBERT, 1 Baron (_younger son of 11 Earl of
Pembroke 1759–1827_). _b._ Richmond, Surrey 16 Sep. 1810; ed. at
Harrow and Oriel coll. Ox., B.A. 1831; M.P. for South Wilts., Dec.
1832 to Jany. 1861; sec. of board of control Jany. to April 1835;
joint sec. of the admiralty 10 Sep. 1841 to 13 Feb. 1845; sec. of
state for war 4 Feb. 1845 to 6 July 1846, 29 Dec. 1852 to 8 Feb.
1855 and 18 June 1859 to July 1861; sec. of state for the colonies
Feb. 1855 to 15 May 1855; P.C. 3 Feb. 1845; first president
National Volunteer assoc. 16 Nov. 1859; cr. Baron Herbert of Lea,
Wilts. 15 Jany. 1861; made great sanitary reforms in the army;
author of _Proposal for the better application of cathedral
institutions to their intended use_ 1849; _The conduct of the war.
A speech_ 1854; _Military education. A speech_ 1856. _d._ Wilton
house, Salisbury 2 Aug. 1861, his statue in front of war office,
Pall Mall, London, unveiled 1 June 1867. _The British Cabinet in
1853_, 276–86; _H. Martineau’s Biog. sketches_ (1876) 78–90;
_Fraser’s Mag. lxv_, 198 (1861); _I.L.N. iv_, 136 (1844),
_portrait_.

NOTE.—With Lord Lincoln afterwards the duke of Newcastle, he
became interested in the _Morning Chronicle_, which was the
organ of the Peelites from 21 Feb. 1848 under the editorship
of John Douglas Cook.—In the autumn of 1854 the paper was sold
to Serjeant William Glover.—Lord Herbert is said to have lost
£116,000 in this undertaking.—_Bourne’s English newspapers,
ii_, 152–8.

HERBERT, ALFRED (_son of Thomas Herbert, waterman_). Apprentice to a
boat-builder; painter of coast scenes with fishing boats and
figures and views in the reaches of the Thames; exhibited 14
pictures at R.A., 3 at B.I. and 26 at Suffolk st. 1844–60; obliged
to sell his pictures to dealers at low prices; 2 of his pictures
are at South Kensington. _d._ Jany. 1861. _Redgrave Dict. of
Artists_ (1878) 209; _Art Journal_ 1861 _p._ 56.

HERBERT, ALGERNON (_youngest son of 1 Earl of Carnarvon 1741–1811_).
_b._ 12 July 1792; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox., removed to Exeter
coll., B.A. 1813, M.A. 1825; fellow of Merton coll. 1814–31,
subwarden 1826, dean 1828; barrister I.T. 27 Nov. 1818; published
_Nimrod, a discourse upon certain passages of history and fable,
By A. H._ part i. 1826, reprinted, remodelled and republished in
_2 vols._ 1828, a 3 vol. 1828, vol. 4 part i. 1829, part ii. 1830;
_Britannia after the Romans, By the Hon. A. H. 2 vols._ 1836–41;
_Cyclops Christianus, or an argument to disprove the antiquity of
the Stonehenge and other Megalithic erections in England and
Britanny_ 1849. _d._ Ickleton, Cambs. 11 June 1855. _G.M. xliv_,
649–50 (1855).

HERBERT, CHARLES. _b._ 1783; entered Madras army 1803; colonel 16
Madras N.I. 29 June 1842 to death; general 26 April 1866; C.B. 20
July 1838. _d._ Morland lodge, Croydon 17 Jany. 1867 aged 84.

HERBERT, CHARLES. _b._ 1805; ensign 66 foot 10 Dec. 1825; lieut.
col. 75 foot 2 June 1857 to 7 Dec. 1858; lieut. col. 54 foot 7
Dec. 1858 to 27 July 1866 when he retired on full pay; L.G. 1 Oct.
1877; C.B. 1 Jany. 1858. _d._ Boyle cottage, Thames Ditton 19 Sep.
1879.

HERBERT, SIR CHARLES LYON. M.D.; knighted at St. James’s palace 19
Aug. 1836; (_m._ 1812 Anne dau. of Humphrey Jeffreys of Bristol,
she _d._ Florence 28 Nov. 1860), he _d._ Lower Berkeley st.
Manchester sq. London 1855.

HERBERT, CYRIL WISEMAN (_youngest son of John Rogers Herbert
1810–90_). _b._ Gloucester road, Old Brompton, London 30 Sep.
1847; godson of Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman; ed. in France, at St.
Mary’s coll. Oscott and King’s coll. London; studied in Italy
1868; exhibited 5 pictures at R.A, 1870–5; some of his paintings
were Homeward after labour. Roman cattle driven home 1870;
Returning to the fold. Welsh sheep driven home 1874, in Walker art
gallery, Liverpool; curator of antique school in Royal Academy
1882. _d._ The Chimes, Kilburn 2 July 1882. _Academy 8 July 1882
p._ 38; _Art Journal 1882 p._ 256.

HERBERT, DENNIS. Inspecting field officer of militia, Nova Scotia 28
Jany. 1808 to 17 March 1817 when placed on h.p.; general 20 June
1854. _d._ Exeter 19 Sep. 1861.

HERBERT, EDWARD CHARLES HUGH (_younger son of 2 Earl of Carnarvon
1772–1833_). _b._ 30 March 1802; M.P. for Callington, Cornwall
1831–32. _d._ 30 May 1852.

HERBERT, EDWARD GILBERT. Ed. at Univ. college, London; barrister
L.I. 17 Nov. 1862; equity draftsman and conveyancer; lecturer on
law at Univ. of London; brought out with other writers a volume of
essays entitled _Religious Republics_ 1869 in which he wrote _The
Congregational Character_ pp. 91–132; wrote on art in public
journals. _d._ Nottingham 12 March 1871.

HERBERT, EDWARD HENRY CHARLES (_only son of E. C. H. Herbert
1802–52_). _b._ 1 Sep. 1837; ed. at Ball. coll. Ox., scholar
1855–61, B.A. 1859, M.A. 1865; 3 sec. of legation at Athens 16
Nov. 1868 to death; while on an excursion to the plains of
Marathon, taken prisoner by Greek brigands and murdered at Oropos
Sykamenos 21 April 1870, _bur._ Burghclere ch. yard 15 May. _Times
14 April 1870 p._ 5, _7 May p._ 12, _17 May p._ 6; _I.L.N. lvi_,
491, 557 (1870); _Parl. Papers 1870 and 1871_.

HERBERT, HENRY ARTHUR (_elder son of Charles John Herbert of
Muckross abbey, co. Kerry, d. 1836_). _b._ Muckross 1815; ed. at
Trin. coll. Cam.; M.P. for co. Kerry 9 Aug. 1847 to death; chief
sec. to lord lieut. of Ireland, June 1857 to Feb. 1858; P.C. 25
June 1857; sheriff of Kerry 1836; lord lieut. of Kerry 1853 to
death; hon. colonel of Kerry militia 9 Jany. 1854 to death. _d._
Adare manor, Limerick 26 Feb. 1866. _I.L.N. xxv_, 616 (1854),
_portrait_.

HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM (_elder son of Hon. and Rev. William Herbert
1778–1847, dean of Manchester_). _b._ 10 Poland st. Oxford st.
London 3 April 1807; ed. at Eton and at Caius coll. Cam., B.A.
1830; classical master in Rev. R. T. Huddart’s sch. New York
1831–9; with A. D. Patterson established the _American Monthly
Mag._ 1833; made much money but was improvident and quarrelled
with his friends; lived at The Cedars on the Passaic 1846–58;
author of _Cromwell, a novel 2 vols._ 1837; _The Roman traitor 3
vols._ 1846; _The knights of England, France and Scotland_ 1852;
_Memoirs of Henry VIII of England and his six wives_ 1858; under
the pseudonym of Frank Forester he wrote _My Shooting Box_ 1846;
_Frank Forester and his friends 3 vols._ 1849; _The Deerstalker_
1850; _Horse and horsemanship of the United States and British
provinces 2 vols._ 1857 and other books; _shot himself_ through
the head at Stevens house, Broadway, New York 17 May 1858. _Judd’s
Life of F. Forester 2 vols._ (1882), _portrait_; _Picton’s Life of
F. Forester_ (1881); _Appleton’s American Biog. iii_, 179–80
(1877), _portrait_.

HERBERT, JOHN (_son of Wm. Herbert 1771–1851, librarian Guildhall
library, city of London_). _b._ Walcot place, Lambeth 28 Feb.
1814; appeared as Romeo in the Catherine st. theatre 1831; a comic
singer at Vauxhall, Cremorne and Rosherville 1833 etc.; played in
dramatic companies at Brighton 1837–8, at York 1839–40, at
Newcastle 1840, at Sadler’s Wells 1841, at the Victoria 1843, at
City of London 1844–7; a low comedian of much ability, his best
character was Paulo in _Plot and Counterplot_; acted at Royal
theatre, Edinburgh 1851–2. _d._ Edinburgh 6 April 1852.
_Theatrical Times, ii_, 217, 226 (1847), _portrait_; _J. C.
Dibdin’s Edinburgh Stage_ (1888) 434, 436.

HERBERT, JOHN MAURICE (_son of John Lawrence Herbert of New hall,
Montgomeryshire_). _b._ 15 July 1808; ed. at cathedral school,
Hereford and St. John coll. Cam., B.A. 1830, M.A. 1833; fellow of
his college 1830–40; barrister L.I. 8 May 1835; assistant tithe
and copyhold comr.; comr. for enfranchising assessionable manors
of duchy of Cornwall; judge of county courts, circuit No. 24
(South Wales) 12 March 1847 to death; F.G.S. _d._ Rocklands near
Ross 3 Nov. 1882. _I.L.N. lxxxi_, 569 (1882), _portrait_; _Red
Dragon, iii_, 1 (1883), _portrait_.

HERBERT, JOHN ROGERS (_son of the controller of customs, Maldon,
Essex_). _b._ Maldon 23 Jany. 1810; student R. Acad. London 1826;
exhibited 69 pictures at R.A., 26 at B.I. and 7 at Suffolk st.
1830–80; studied in Italy 1835; joined the Church of Rome 1840;
A.R.A. 1841, R.A. 1846, retired 1886; a master of the School of
design, Somerset house 1837; decorated the peers’ robing room,
house of lords with 9 pictures, the best being, Moses bringing the
tables of the law, executed in the water glass process and taking
14 years to complete; commenced painting religious subjects with,
Introduction of Christianity into Britain 1842; some of his best
known works are, Sir Thomas More and his daughter 1844; The
acquittal of the seven bishops 1846; Our Saviour subject to his
parents at Nazareth 1847; Laborare est orare 1862; The sower of
good seed 1865; The bay of Salamis 1869; The adoration of the Magi
1874. _d._ The Chimes, Kilburn 17 March 1890. _bur._ Kensal green.
_Sandby’s Hist. of R. Academy, ii_, 179–81 (1862); _Sherer’s
Gallery of British artists, i_, 39–46; _I.L.N. 29 March 1890 p._
390, _portrait_; _Pictorial World 3 April 1890 pp._ 423, 441,
_portrait_; _Times 20 March 1890 p._ 10.

HERBERT, SIR PERCY EGERTON (_2 son of 2 Earl of Powis 1785–1848_).
_b._ Powis castle, Montgomeryshire 15 April 1822; ed. at Eton and
Sandhurst; ensign 43 foot 17 Jany. 1840; served in Kaffir war
1851–3, Russian war 1854–6 and wounded at the Alma, Indian mutiny
1857–8; A.D.C. to the Queen 29 June 1855 to 28 Jany. 1868;
lieut.-col. 82 foot 19 Feb. 1858 to 16 Nov. 1860 when placed on
h.p.; deputy quartermaster general 1 Nov. 1860 to 28 April 1865;
L.G. 22 Sep. 1875; colonel 74 highlanders April 1876; M.P. Ludlow
1854–60; M.P. South Shropshire 1865 to death; treasurer of H.M.’s
household 27 Feb. 1867 to Dec. 1868; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 2
June 1869; P.C. 19 March 1867. _d._ Styche, Market Drayton 7 Oct.
1876.

HERBERT, ST. LEGER ALGERNON (_1 son of Frederick Charles Herbert
1819–68, commander in navy_). _b._ Kingston, Canada 16 Aug. 1850;
ed. at naval sch. New Cross, Kent and at Wadham coll. Ox., scholar
1869–74; in Canadian C.S. 1875–8; private sec. to Sir Garnet
Wolseley in Cyprus 1878 and in South Africa 1879; at the storming
of Sekokoeni’s Mountain and for his services C.M.G. 1880; a
correspondent of _The Times_ from 1878; sec. to Sir F. Roberts in
Africa, Feb. 1881; sec. to Transvaal commission 1881; special
correspondent for _Morning Post_ in Egypt from Sep. 1883, shot
through the leg at Tamai; on staff of Sir H. Stewart in Egypt
1884, _killed_ at battle of Gubat near Metammeh in the Soudan 19
Jany. 1885; _monument_ to memory of 7 journalists who died in
Soudan, in crypt of St. Paul’s. _Morning Post 29 Jany. 1885 p._ 5;
_I.L.N. lxxxvi_, 171 (1885), _portrait_.

HERBERT, SIR THOMAS (_2 son of Richard Townshend Herbert of
Cahirnane, M.P. co. Kerry 1783–90_). _b._ Cahirnane, Feb. 1793;
entered navy 23 July 1803; captain 25 Nov. 1822; served in China
during war operations in Canton river 1840–41; commodore on south
east coast of America 11 Jany. 1847 to 21 June 1849; a junior lord
of admiralty, Feb. to Dec. 1852; V.A. 8 Dec. 1857; sheriff of
Kerry 1829; C.B. 29 June 1841, K.C.B. 14 Oct. 1841; M.P. for
Dartmouth 1852–57. _d._ 74 Cadogan place, London 4 Aug. 1861.

HERBERT, REV. THOMAS MARTIN (_son of Thomas Herbert of Nottingham_).
_b._ Nottingham 18 Oct. 1835; ed. at Mill Hill sch., Spring Hill
coll., Lancashire coll. and at Univ. coll. London, B.A. London,
M.A.; congregational minister at Nether chapel, Sheffield to 1867,
at Cheadle 1868–76; professor of philosophy and church history,
Lancashire coll. 1876 to death; author of _The external relations
of Congregationalism_, printed in Religious Republics 1869;
_Difficulties in the way of religious education by the state_
1874; _The realistic assumptions of modern science_ 1879. _d._
Ottringham near Manchester 28 Nov. 1877. _The Congregationalist,
vii_, 33–40 (1878); _Congregational Year Book_ (1879) 320–21.

HERBERT, WILLIAM. _b._ 1771; librarian Guildhall library, city of
London 1828–45; author of _Antiquities of the inns of court and
chancery_ 1804; _Select views of London and its environs 2 vols._
1804–5; _The history of the twelve great livery companies of
London 2 vols._ 1836–7; with E. W. Brayley he wrote _Syr Reginalde
or the Black tower, a romance_ 1803; _History of Lambeth palace_
1806; with Robert Wilkinson _Londina illustrata 2 vols._ 1819–25.
_d._ 40 Brunswick st. Haggerston, London 18 Nov. 1851.

HERBISON, DAVID (_son of an innkeeper, d. 1827_). _b._ Ballymena,
co. Antrim 14 Oct. 1800; a hand loom linen weaver 1814–27 and 1830
to death; resided in Canada 1827–30; known as The Bard of Dunclug;
author of _The fate of Mc. Quillan and O’Neill’s daughter, poems,
Belfast_ 1841; _Midnight musings_ 1848; _Woodland wanderings_
1858; _The Snow wreath_ 1869, _with Autobiography of the author_;
_The children of the year_ 1876. _d._ Dunclug near Ballymena 26
May 1880, _monu._ at Ballymena. _Collected works of D. Herbison,
ed. by Rev. D. Mc. Meekin_ (1883), _with memoir_.

HERDMAN, ROBERT (_4 son of Rev. William Herdman, minister of
Rattray, Perthshire, d. 1838_). _b._ Rattray 17 Sep. 1829; ed. at
Madras coll. St. Andrews 1838, and at Univ. of St. Andrews;
studied art in Trustees’ acad. Edin. 1847 and in Italy 1854–6 and
1868; A.R. Scottish Acad. 1858, Academician 1863; _portrait_,
figure and landscape painter; exhibited at R. Scottish Acad. 1850
to death; exhibited 32 pictures at R.A. Lond. and 2 at B.I.
1861–80; some of his paintings were, After the battle, a scene in
covenanting times 1870, in National gallery, Scotland; Charles
Edward seeking shelter in the house of an adherent 1876; Landless
and homeless 1887; author of _Address to the students of the Board
of manufacturers’ Art School_ 1888; _found dead_ in his studio
from heart disease, Edinburgh 10 Jany. 1888. _Times 12 Jany. 1888
p._ 6.

HERDMAN, WILLIAM GAWIN (_son of a corn merchant_). _b._ Liverpool 13
March 1805; art teacher Liverpool; member of Liverpool academy
till 1857 when he was expelled for his opposition to
pre-Raphaeliteism; established an Art school in Liverpool 1857;
exhibited 5 pictures at R.A. and 1 at Suffolk st. 1834–61; the
reformation of perspective occupied much of his time; the founder
of shilling art-unions; F.S.A.; published _Views of
Fleetwood-on-Wyre_ 1838; _Studies from the folio of W. G. H._
1838; _Pictorial relics of ancient Liverpool_ 1843; _A treatise on
the curvilinear perspective of nature_ 1853; _Thoughts on
speculative cosmology and the principles of art_ 1870; _found
dead_ in his bed at 41 St. Domingo vale, Liverpool 29 March 1882.
_Bryan’s Dictionary of painters_ (1886) 645; _Liverpool Mercury 1
April 1882 p._ 5.

HERING, GEORGE EDWARDS (_younger son of a German bookbinder_). _b._
London 1805; studied in Munich art sch. 1829 and in Italy 1830
etc.; landscape painter; exhibited 88 pictures at R.A., 86 at B.I.
and 10 at Suffolk st. 1836–80; among his paintings were The ruins
of the palace of the Cæsars at Rome 1836; Amalfi 1841 and Capri
18—, both in the Royal collection; Bridge over a stream 1847, in
South Kensington museum; published _Sketches on the Danube, in
Hungary and Transilvania_ 1838; _The mountains and lakes in
Switzerland, the Tyrol and Italy, twenty coloured lithographs_
1847. _d._ 45 Grove end road, St. John’s Wood, London 18 Dec.
1879, his wife a well known painter, exhibited landscapes 1853–8.
_Art Journal, xxxii_, 83; _Clement and Hutton’s Artists_ (1879)
348.

HERIOT, FREDERICK LEWIS MAITLAND. _b._ 6 Feb. 1818; barrister 1839,
advocate depute; sheriff of Forfarshire 21 Feb. 1862 to death;
edited _The Scottish jurist, containing reports of cases decided
in the courts of session_. _d._ Paris 7 March 1881. _Journal of
Jurisprudence, xxv_, 204 (1881).

HERMAN, GEORGE FREDERIC. Joined British auxiliary legion in Spain as
a captain in the Rifle corps 11 July 1835 and was present during
all the fighting 1835–8, lieut.-col. 1 Oct. 1836; went out to
Syria as assistant adjutant general on staff of Sir Charles Smith
1840 and served through Syrian campaign, receiving Sultan’s gold
medal; vice consul at Bengazi 31 March 1848; consul at Tripoli 1
Jany. 1852 and consul general there 26 March 1856 to 13 Jany.
1865, retired on a pension 18 July 1865. _d._ 2 Aug. 1873.
_Foreign Office List_ (1873) 111–12.

HERMON, EDWARD (_son of Richard Hermon_). _b._ London about 1821;
member of firm of Horrocks, Miller and Co. cotton spinners,
Preston; M.P. Preston 1868–81; gave money for prizes, for Essays
on the prevention of explosions and accidents in coal mines 1874.
_d._ Berkeley sq. London 6 May 1881, personalty sworn to be
£588,000 on 25 June 1881, his pictures were sold for £37,116 4s.
6d. on 13 May 1882.

HERON, DENIS CAULFIELD (_eld. son of W. Heron_). _b._ Dublin 1826;
ed. at St. Gregory’s Downside and Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1845,
LL.B. and LLD. 1857; obtained a university scholarship 1845 but
precluded from enjoying it on account of being a Roman Catholic;
called to Irish bar 1848; professor of jurisprudence in Queen’s
college, Galway 1849–59; Q.C. 4 July 1860; law adviser at Dublin
Castle, April to July 1866; bencher of King’s Inns 1872; M.P. for
Tipperary 1870–74; third serjeant at law Oct. 1880 to death;
author of _The constitutional history of the university of Dublin_
1847; _Should the tenant of land possess the property in the
improvements made by him?_ 1852; _An introduction to the history
of jurisprudence_ 1860; _The principles of jurisprudence_ 1873.
_d._ while salmon fishing on the river Corrib at Galway 15 April
1881. _bur._ Glasnevin cemetery, Dublin 19 April. _Case of D. C.
Heron against the provost and senior fellows of Trinity college_,
_Dublin_ (1846).

HERON, SIR JOSEPH (_son of James Holt Heron, merchant_). _b._
Manchester 1809; ed. at Moravian sch. at Fairfield; admitted
attorney and solicitor 1830; town clerk of Manchester, Dec. 1838
to death, an able administrator, instrumental in obtaining the act
for the Thirlmere water scheme for Manchester 1879; knighted at
Windsor castle 9 July 1869. _d._ Cannes, France 23 Dec. 1889.
_Times 25 Dec. 1889 p._ 4; _Law Journal, xxv_, 14 (1890).

HERON, MATILDA. _b._ Labby vale, Londonderry, Ireland 1 Dec. 1830;
studied in Philadelphia, U.S. America under Peter Richings; first
appeared at Walnut st. theatre as Bianca in _Fazio_ 17 Feb. 1851;
played at St. Louis 1852, in San Francisco 1853, in New York 1854
and 1857 when she acted as Camille her most successful character.
(_m._ 24 Dec. 1857 Robert Stoepel, musical director, from whom she
separated 1862, sued for a divorce March 1869); appeared at
Lyceum, London as Rosalie Lee in _New Year’s Eve_ 1 April 1861 but
met with little success; returned to U.S. America, made last
appearance as Medea in April 1876; teacher of elocution New York
1876 to death; published _Camille. Adapted from the French of A.
Dumas_ [_by M. H._] 1856; _Medea, a tragedy by G. J. B. E. W.
Legouvé, translated_ 1857. _d._ New York city 7 March 1877.
_Appleton’s American Biog. iii_, 184 (1887), _portrait_; _Soulé’s
Annals of San Francisco_ (1855) 661, _portrait_.

HERON, SIR ROBERT, 2 Baronet (_only son of Thomas Heron of Chilham
castle, Kent_). _b._ Newark 27 Nov. 1765; ed. at St. John’s coll.
Cam.; succeeded his uncle Sir R. Heron 18 Jany. 1805; came into
large property on death of his uncle Rev. Robert Heron 19 Jany.
1813; M.P. Grimsby 1812–18; contested Lincolnshire 1818; M.P.
Peterborough 1819–47; built the nave and tower of Stubton ch.
Lincolnshire; author of _Notes_. _Grantham_ 1850, _reprinted_
1851. _d._ Stubton hall near Newark 29 May 1854. _G.M. July 1854
pp._ 74–5.

HERRIES, SIR CHARLES JOHN (_eld. son of succeeding_). _b._ 1815; ed.
at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840; barrister I.T.
20 Nov. 1840; commissioner of excise 22 Nov. 1842; dep. chairman
of board of inland revenue 1856, chairman 15 Aug. 1877, retired
1881 on a pension of £1353; C.B. 1871, K.C.B. 27 Oct. 1880; author
of _Memoir of Rt. Hon. J. C. Herries 2 vols._ 1880. _d._ St.
Julian’s, Sevenoaks 14 March 1883. _Times 16 March 1870 p._ 8.

HERRIES, JOHN CHARLES (_eld. son of Charles Herries of London,
merchant, d. 1819_). _b._ Nov. 1778; ed. at Cheam and at Univ. of
Leipsic; clerk in the treasury 5 July 1798; private sec. to
Nicholas Vansittart when secretary of the treasury 1801–1802, to
Spencer Perceval when prime minister 1810–12; secretary and
registrar to order of the Bath, Jany. 1809, resigned 1822;
comptroller of army accounts 1811; commissary in chief 1 Oct. 1811
to 24 Oct. 1816 when office was abolished and he retired on
pension of £1350; auditor of the civil list 29 Oct. 1816 to 1821;
financial sec. to the treasury 7 Feb. 1823 to 4 Sep. 1827;
chancellor of the exchequer 17 Aug. 1827 to 26 Jany. 1828; P.C. 17
Aug. 1827; master of the mint 12 Feb. 1828 to 14 Dec. 1830;
president of board of trade 2 Feb. 1830 to 22 Nov. 1830; secretary
at war 16 Dec. 1834 to 20 April 1835; president of board of
control 28 Feb. to Dec. 1852; member of the India board 28 Feb.
1852; M.P. for Harwich 1823–41; contested Ipswich 3 July 1841;
M.P. for Stamford 1847–53; translated Frederick Gentz’s work _On
the state of Europe before and after the French revolution_ 1803.
_d._ St. Julian’s, Sevenoaks 24 April 1855. _E. Herries’ Memoir of
J. C. Herries 2 vols._ 1880; _Portraits of eminent conservatives
and statesmen 2 series_ (1846); _I.L.N. xiv_, 269 (1849),
_portrait_.

HERRIES, SIR WILLIAM LEWIS (_brother of the preceding_). _b._
Amiens, France 1785; cornet 19 dragoons 23 Jany. 1801; served in
South America, at Walcheren, at siege of Flushing and in
Peninsula; lost his leg before Bayonne 1814; permanent assistant
quartermaster general 28 July 1814 to 31 July 1817 when placed on
h.p.; chairman of board of comrs. for auditing public accounts;
lieut.-col. on half pay 13 Aug. 1830 to 9 Nov. 1846; a comr. of
Chelsea hospital; col. of 68 foot 17 April 1854 to death; L.G. 20
June 1854; K.C.H. 1826; knighted at Carlton house 29 May 1826;
C.B. 19 July 1831. _d._ 14 Bolton st. Piccadilly, London 3 June
1857.

HERRING, JOHN FREDERICK (_son of Mr. Herring, fringe maker, Newgate
st. London_). _b._ Surrey 1795; coach painter at Doncaster 1814;
driver of the Nelson coach from Wakefield to Lincoln 1814–6, then
of the Doncaster and Halifax coach, and later on of the Highflyer
coach between London and York; painted Filho da Puta the winner of
the St. Leger 1815, and the winners for 32 years in succession;
painted Mameluke the winner of the Derby 1827 and the winners for
18 years following; at Doncaster till 1830, at Six mile bottom,
Newmarket 1830–33, settled at Camberwell 1833; exhibited 22
pictures at R.A., 44 at B.I. and 82 at Suffolk st. 1818–68; member
of Soc. of British Artists 1841–52; animal painter to duchess of
Kent; among his pictures were, A frugal meal, now in National
gallery; A group of ducks, in the Glasgow gallery, and A black
horse drinking from a trough, in National gallery, Dublin; many of
his paintings were engraved, and published by Fores, Fuller and
Graves; he published _The Horse_, 12 _plates_. _d._ Meopham park
near Tunbridge Wells 23 Sep. 1865. _Memoir of J. F. Herring.
Sheffield_ (1848), _portrait_; _Scott and Sebright, By the Druid_
(1862) 88–93; _I.L.N. xlvii_, 360, 361 (1865), _portrait_.

HERRING, PAUL, stage name of William Smith. _b._ 20 Sep. 1800; clown
at Richardson’s show playing 12 times a day and also taking part
in the outside parade; acted Bob Logic in the original cast of
_Tom and Jerry_ at the royal amphitheatre 17 Sep. 1821; in H.
Brading’s dramatic co. at Albert saloon, Shepherd fields, London
where he was the hero in _The imp of the devil’s gorge_ 1841;
clown at Victoria theatre under Daniel Webster Osbaldiston; played
clown last time at St. James’ theatre 1859; pantaloon from 1859,
played in _The White Cat_ at Drury Lane 1877. _d._ 32 North st.
Hercules buildings, Lambeth, London 18 Sep. 1878. _bur._ Tooting
cemetery 25 Sep. _The Era 22 and 29 Sep. 1878_; _Illust. S. and D.
News, ii_, 268 (1874); _Tinsley’s Mag., July 1883 pp._ 72–6.

HERRING, RICHARD. _b._ 1829; paper agent and wholesale stationer
Finsbury pavement, London; made a study of telegraphy; author of
_Paper and paper making, ancient and modern_ 1855, _3 ed._ 1863;
_A letter on the collection of rags for paper making_ 1860; _A few
personal recollections of the Rev. George Croly_ 1861; _Mr.
Herring and the telegraphs_ 1874, _4 ed._ 1875 and other books.
_d._ 27 St. Mary’s road, Islington 5 Oct. 1886. _The Bookseller 8
Oct. 1886 p._ 949.

HERSCHEL, SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM, 1 Baronet (_only child of Sir
Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, astronomer 1738–1822_). _b._ Slough,
Bucks. 7 March 1792; ed. at Hitcham, Eton and St. John’s coll.
Cam., senior wrangler, Smith’s prizeman and fellow of his coll.
1813; B.A. 1813, M.A. 1816; F.R.S. 27 May 1813, member of council,
one of secretaries 1824–7, royal medallist 1833, 1836 and 1840; a
founder of R. Astronomical soc. 1820, wrote the inaugural address,
first foreign secretary 1824–7, medallist 1826, 1836, president
1827; discovered 525 new nebulae; discovered double stars; made
researches and discoveries in light, heat and photography, one of
the greatest men since Sir Isaac Newton; K.H. 12 Oct. 1831;
baronet 17 July 1838; lord rector of Marischal college, Aberdeen,
March 1842; master of the mint 13 Dec. 1850, resigned Feb. 1855;
president of British association at Cambridge meeting 1845; one of
the 8 foreign members of Institute of France 23 July 1855; wrote
upwards of 150 scientific papers; author of _Results of
astronomical observations made 1834–8 at Cape of Good Hope being
the completion of a survey of the heavens_ 1847; _A manual of
scientific enquiry, for the use of the navy_ 1849, _5 ed._ 1886;
_Outlines of astronomy_ 1849, _10 ed._ 1869; _Familiar lectures on
scientific subjects_ 1866; _The Iliad of Homer translated into
accentuated hexameters_ 1866. _d._ Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent 11
May 1871. _bur._ Westminster abbey 19 May. _Dunkin’s Obituary
notices of astronomers_ (1879) 47–85; _Martineau’s Biog. sketches_
(1876) 449–67; _Monthly notices R. Astronom. soc. xxxii_, 122–42
(1872); _Illust. News of World, ix_ (1862), _portrait_; _Year book
of facts_ (1846), _portrait_.

HERSCHELL, HELEN S. (_dau. of William Mowbray of Edinburgh_). A
Latin, Greek, Hebrew and German scholar; a friend of Rev. Edward
Irving 1834–8. (_m._ 1831 the succeeding); wrote _The Bystander_,
a series of papers in _The Christian Ladies’ magazine_; author of
_The child’s help to self-examination and prayer_ 1835; _The voice
from the fire_ 1839. _d._ Bonn, Germany 31 Dec. 1853. _bur._
Kensal green 12 Jany. 1854. _Far above rubies. Memoir of Helen S.
Herschell_ (1854).

HERSCHELL, REV. RIDLEY HAIM (_son of a Jew_). _b._ Strzelno,
Prussian Poland 7 April 1807; ed. at Berlin univ. 1822; _baptized_
in England by bishop of London 1830; missionary among the Jews; in
charge of Lady Olivia Sparrow’s schools and mission work at Leigh,
Essex and Brampton, Hunts. 1835–8; opened an unsectarian chapel in
London 1838, removed to Trinity chapel, John st. Edgware road
1846; a founder of British soc. for propagating gospel among Jews;
one of first to establish school excursions; a founder of
Evangelical Alliance 1845; author of _A brief sketch of the state
and expectations of the Jews 3 ed._ 1834; _Plain reasons why I a
Jew have become a catholic and not a Roman catholic_ 1842; _A
visit to my fatherland. Notes of a journey to Syria and Palestine_
1844; edited _The voice of Israel conducted by Jews who believe
that Jesus is the Messiah_, _vols._ 1–2, 1845–7, and other books.
_d._ Brighton 14 April 1864.

HERSEE, WILLIAM. _b._ Coldwaltham, Sussex 1786; a ploughman;
bookseller with Cooper at Bunhill row, London 1813; accountant in
Inland revenue office, London 1809–26; edited the _Warwick
Advertiser_ 1831 to March 1852; published _Poems, rural and
domestic. Chichester_ 1810; _The battle of Vittoria, a poem_ 1813;
_The spirit of the orders issued by the board of excise for the
guidance of officers_ 1829 and other books. _d._ Warwick 6 Aug.
1854.

HERSHON, PAUL ISAAC. _b._ Galicia 1817; early converted to
Christianity; a missionary for promoting christianity among the
Jews in England; director of the house of industry for Jews at
Jerusalem, and then of the model farm at Jaffa, retired 1859;
author of _Extracts from the Talmud_ 1860; _The Pentateuch
according to the Talmud. Genesis_ 1878; _A Talmudic miscellany_
1880; _Treasures of the Talmud_ 1882; translated the New Testament
into Judæo-Polish for the use of the Continental Jews. _d._ 9 Park
avenue, Wood Green, Middlesex 14 Oct. 1888. _Times 15 Oct. 1888
p._ 10.

HERTFORD, MARIA SEYMOUR-CONWAY, Marchioness of (_dau. of the
Marchese Fagniani an Italian_). _b._ 1771; known as Mie Mie; lived
with George Selwyn as his adopted dau. at Matson hall, Gloucester
1779–91 when he died leaving her £30,000; a public singer. (_m._
18 May 1798 Francis, Earl of Yarmouth who in 1822 became 3 Marquis
of Hertford 1777–1842); travelled on the continent as the
acknowledged mistress of Marshal Andoche Junot, duc d’Abrantes
1802–4; the 4th Duke of Queensberry (’Old Q’) bequeathed to her by
will in 1810 a sum of £100,000. _d._ 3 Rue Taitbout, Paris, March
1856 aged 85. _P. Fitzgerald’s Kings and Queens of an hour, ii_,
355–70 (1883); _The Croker Papers, By L. J. Jennings, i_, 235–6
(1884).

HERTFORD, RICHARD SEYMOUR-CONWAY, 4 Marquis of (_elder son of 3
Marquis of Hertford 1777–1842_). _b._ 22 Feb. 1800; styled
viscount Beauchamp 1800–22, earl of Yarmouth 1822–42; attaché of
embassy at Paris 1817; cornet 2 dragoons 24 Feb. 1820, captain 25
March to 17 April 1823 when placed on h.p.; M.P. co. Antrim
1821–26; captain of Cape corps of cavalry 1823; attaché of embassy
at Constantinople 1829; succeeded his father 1 March 1842; K.G. 19
Jany. 1846; commander of Legion of Honour for encouragement given
to the arts 14 Nov. 1855; known by the nickname of Bagatelle. _d._
6 Rue Lafitte, Paris 25 Aug. 1870. _bur._ Père Lachaise cemetery,
personalty sworn under £500,000, 8 July 1871. _Irish Reports.
Common Law series, vi_, 196–220, 343–410 (1873); _Some
professional recollections_ [_By C. R. Williams_] (1883) 75–92;
_Waagen’s Treasures of art, ii_, 154–61 (1854); _Waagen’s
Galleries of art_ (1857) 79–92; _Lippincott’s Mag. xiii_, 191–6
(1874).

HERTFORD, FRANCIS HUGH GEORGE SEYMOUR, 5 Marquis of (_son of Sir
George Francis Seymour, G.C.B. 1787–1870_). _b._ 11 Feb. 1812;
ensign 3 foot guards 12 July 1827, captain 28 Nov. 1845 to 10 Dec.
1847; groom of the robes to the Queen 1837–70; state steward to
lord lieut. of Ireland 1843–46; equerry to Prince Albert 1846–58,
to the Queen 1858–70; deputy ranger of Windsor great park 1850–70;
succeeded his cousin 25 Aug. 1870; lord chamberlain of the
household 21 Feb. 1874 to 7 May 1879; P.C. 2 March 1874; general
10 Feb. 1876; G.C.B. 24 Jany. 1879. _d._ Ragley hall near
Alcester, Warws. 25 Jany. 1884. _Graphic_, _xxix_, 100 (1884),
_portrait_; _I.L.N. lxxxiv_, 97 (1884), _portrait_.

HERTSLET, LEWIS. _b._ Nov. 1787; sub-librarian in foreign office,
London 5 Feb. 1801, librarian and keeper of the papers 6 Jany.
1810 to 20 Nov. 1857 when he retired on pension; superintendent of
queen’s messengers and comptroller of their accounts for three
secretaries of state offices 30 June 1824 to 30 June 1854 when
office abolished; author of _A complete collection of the treaties
between Great Britain and foreign powers and of the laws
concerning the same 11 vols._ 1827–66. _d._ 16 Great college st.
Westminster, London 15 March 1870.

HERTZEN or GERTSEN, ALEKSANDR IVANOVICH (_son of Mr. Yakovlef, d.
1846_). _b._ Moscow 1812; ed. at Moscow univ.; imprisoned in 1835,
in Siberia 1835–7; editor of _Vladimir gazette_ 1837; in office of
minister of interior, Moscow 1840; in France, Switzerland and
Italy 1846; came to England 1848, established a printing office in
Paternoster row, edited the _Free Russian Press_; _The Polar
Star_; _Kolokol_ [_The Bell_], _ed. by Iskander_, 196 numbers
1857–63, it was afterwards published at Geneva; lost his influence
by taking the side of the Polish insurgents; author of _Imprimerie
Russe á Londres_ 1855; _La France ou l’Angleterre. Par Iscander_
1858; _Le monde Russe et la Révolution 2 parts_ 1860–62 and many
other works in French, Russian and Polish. _d._ Paris 21 Jany.
1870. _Temple Bar, April 1870 pp._ 44–58, _by W. R. S. Ralston_;
_A. Hertzen’s My exile to Siberia 2 vols._ (1855).

HERVEY, ALFRED (_youngest son of 1 marquis of Bristol 1769–1859_).
_b._ St. James’ sq. London 25 June 1816; ed. at Eton and Trin.
coll. Cam., M.A. 1837, LLD. 1864; barrister I.T. 27 Jany. 1843;
M.P. for Brighton 1842–57, for Bury St. Edmunds 1859–65; a lord of
the treasury Dec. 1852 to Feb. 1855; keeper of privy seal to
Prince of Wales 4 Feb. 1853 to 1855; receiver general of inland
revenue 1871 to death. _d._ Lowndes st. London 15 April 1875.
_I.L.N. lxvi_, 402 (1875).

HERVEY, ANDREW. Entered Bengal army 1805; col. 52 Bengal N.I. 8
March 1849 to death; L.G. 23 July 1861; C.B. 9 June 1849. _d._
England 14 June 1862.

HERVEY, AUGUSTUS HENRY CHARLES (_2 son of 2 marquis of Bristol
1800–64_). _b._ Ickworth park, Bury St. Edmunds 2 Aug. 1837; ed.
at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1859; attaché at St. Petersburg
31 July 1862, at Dresden 19 Feb. 1863, resigned 24 Jany. 1865;
M.P. West Suffolk 8 Dec. 1864 to death. _d._ at res. of his
brother 6 St. James’ sq. London 28 May 1875.

HERVEY, THOMAS KIBBLE (_son of James Hervey of Manchester,
drysalter_). _b._ Paisley 4 Feb. 1799; ed. at Manchester free gr.
sch.; articled to Sharp, Eccles & Co. solicitors, Manchester;
studied for the bar; at Trin. coll. Cam. 1818–20; edited the
_Friendship’s Offering_ 1826–7; migrated to Paris 1827 but soon
returned to London; edited _The Amaranth_ 1839; a leading
contributor to the _Athenæum_ from 1828, editor 23 May 1846,
resigned Dec. 1853; contributed to the _Art Journal_ 1855–9. (_m._
17 Oct. 1843 Eleanor Louisa dau. of George Conway Montagu, she is
an author and poetess); author of _Australia with other poems_
1824; _The poetical sketch book_ 1829; _The book of Christmas_
1837; _The English Helicon_ 1841. _d._ Kentish town, London 27
Feb. 1859. _bur._ Highgate cemet. _The poems of T. K. Hervey, Ed.
by Mrs. Hervey with a memoir_ (1866), _portrait_; _Manchester sch.
register, iii_, 284 (1874).

HERZ, JAMES. _b._ 1807; founder of the Cheque Bank opened Pall Mall
east, London 23 July 1873, the payment of all cheques drawn being
guaranteed by the Bank. _d._ Coburg hotel 14 Charles st. Grosvenor
sq. London 23 Feb. 1880. _Times 1 April 1873 p._ 10, _25 Sep. p._
5, _26 Sep. p._ 4; _Banker’s Mag. xxxiii_, 651, 930 (1873).

HESKETH, SIR THOMAS GEORGE FERMOR, 5 Baronet. _b._ Rufford hall near
Ormskirk, Lancs. 11 Jany. 1825; succeeded 10 Feb. 1843; sheriff of
Lancs. 1848; lieut. col. commandant 2 royal Lancashire militia 1
March 1852 to 25 Sep. 1872; M.P. for Preston 4 April 1862 to
death; assumed name of Fermor by royal license 8 Nov. 1867. _d._
Rufford hall 20 Aug. 1872. _I.L.N. lxi_, 215, 571 (1872).

HESKETH-FLEETWOOD, SIR PETER, 1 Baronet (_3 son of Robert Hesketh of
Rossall, Lancs. 1764–1824_). _b._ Wennington hall near Lancaster 9
May 1801; ed. at Trin. coll. Ox., B.A. 1823, M.A. 1826; sheriff of
Lancashire 1830; assumed by r.l. additional name of Fleetwood,
March 1831; M.P. for Preston 10 Dec. 1832 to July 1847; cr. a
Baronet 20 July 1838; projected and commenced building town of
Fleetwood, Lancashire on his estate at Rossall at mouth of river
Wyre 1836; published a translation of Victor Hugo’s _Last days of
a condemned_, to which he prefixed _Observations on capital
punishment_ 1840. _d._ 127 Piccadilly, London 12 April 1866. _G.M.
i_, 908 (1866); _I.L.N. xlviii_, 426 (1866); _Herald and
genealogist, iv_, 371 (1866–7).