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HOME, JOHN HOME (_son of John Home of Bassenleau, co. Berwick_).
_b._ 1797; ensign 1 foot guards 19 Jany. 1813, lieut. col. 15
April 1845 to 1 April 1849 when placed on h.p.; L.G. 22 Sep. 1858;
colonel 56 foot 17 Oct. 1859 to death. _d._ Pall Mall, London 22
April 1860.

HOME, NORTH DALRYMPLE. _b._ Long Ashton, Aug. 1856; ed. at Bristol
gram. sch. at Montreux and Paris; engaged in London and
Westminster bank 2 years; student R. Acad. of music; tenor singer
in German Reed’s Co.; played in W. S. Gilbert’s _Ages Ago_, and in
_The Friar_ operetta by Comyns Carr 15 Dec. 1886. _d._ Clifton 3
July 1887. _The Era, July 1887 p._

HOME, RICHARD. _b._ 1789; entered Bengal army 1804; colonel 43
Bengal N.I. 7 April 1851 to 1861; colonel 6 Bengal N.I. 1861 to
death; M.G. 28 Nov. 1854. _d._ Brighton 19 April 1862 aged 73.

HOME, ROBERT (_eld. son of James Home, captain 30 foot_). _b._
Antigua 29 Dec. 1837; 1 lieut. R.E. 7 April 1856, major 25 Aug.
1873 to death; deputy assistant Q.M.G. at Aldershot 1865–70;
commander of R.E. on the Ashantee expedition 1873; C.B. 31 March
1874; assistant Q.M.G. at head quarters 1 April 1876; sent to
Turkey to report on defence of Constantinople 1876; British comr.
for delimitation of boundaries of Bulgaria 1877; contributed to
_Quarterly Rev._ and _Macmillan’s Mag._; translated Baron
Stoffel’s _Military Reports_ 1872; author of _The law of
recruiting_ 1872 and _A précis of modern tactics_ 1873 the best
English book on the subject. _d._ 21 Regent’s park terrace, London
29 Jany. 1879; Anne Josephine his widow (_dau. of J. Hunt_)
granted civil list pension of £300, 21 April 1879. _Graphic xix_,
372 (1879), _portrait_; _I.L.N. lxxiv_, 185 (1879), _portrait_.

HOMER, JOHN JAMES. _b._ Wandsworth 1809; educated for a solicitor;
proprietor of Dolphin tavern, Mare st. Hackney; was the means of
abolishing a brewers’ impost known as butt-money 1836; hon.
treasurer of the London Licensed Victuallers’ Protection Soc. 1838
to death; governor of Incorporated Soc. of Licensed victuallers
1850; doubled the size of the _Morning Advertiser_ 1850; common
councilman for ward of Cornhill 1866; contested Hackney 18 Nov.
1868; wine and spirit merchant 2 Royal Exchange buildings, London
1852 to death; author of _A summary of the laws relating to
licensed victuallers_ 1839; _Monarch fire and life insurance co.,
Scenes at the election for a director_ 1852. _d._ at res. of his
son-in-law Dr. William Slimon 4 York place, Bow road, London 3
March 1888. _Licensed Victuallers’ Almanack_ (1862) 95–9,
_portrait_; _Licensed Victuallers’ Year book_ (1875) 70–1,
_portrait_.

HONE, VEN. RICHARD BRINDLEY (_2 son of Joseph Terry Hone of
Faringdon, Berks._) _b._ 1805; ed. at Brasen. coll. Ox., B.A.
1827, M.A. 1831; R. of Halesowen, Worcs. 1836 to death; hon. canon
of Worcester 10 Nov. 1845 to death, archdeacon 7 Nov. 1849 to
death; author of _Lives of eminent Christians 4 vols._ 1834–43, 19
charges and 41 New Year’s addresses. _d._ Halesowen rectory 5 May
1881.

HONEY, GEORGE ALFRED (_mother Mrs. Down d. 27 Nov. 1881 aged 90_).
_b._ 25 May 1823; call-boy Adelphi theatre 1841; made debut in
London at Princess’s theatre Nov. 1848 as Pan in _Midas_; member
of Pyne and Harrison company at Covent Garden 1858 etc.; played in
Macfarren’s opera _Robin Hood_ at Her Majesty’s 1860; played
Eccles in _Caste_ at Prince of Wales’s 1867, 1871 and 1879; Graves
in _Money_ at Holborn 1869 and at Prince of Wales’s 1872, 1875 and
1879; Our Mr. Jenkins in _The Two Roses_ at Vaudeville 1870;
visited U.S. of America 1878; seized with a fit of paralysis while
performing at Prince of Wales’s 1879. _d._ 127 Camden road, London
28 May 1880. _Pascoe’s Dramatic List_ (1880) 183–4; _Illust.
Sport, and Dram. News, x_ 468–9 (1879) _portrait_, _xiii_ 281
(1880), _portrait_, _xvii_ 125 (1882), _view of tomb_; _The Era 30
May 1880 p._ 6, _6 June p._ 7; _Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft On and off
the stage 7th ed._ (1889) 107, 156, 274, 281–3.

HONNER, MARIA (_dau. of Eugene Macarthy, actor, d. Dramatic coll.
1886 aged 78_). _b._ Enniskillen Ireland 21 Dec. 1812; played with
Kean and Macready in Ireland; chief star at Pavilion theatre,
London 1831–2; at Coburg theatre 1833, at Sadler’s Wells 1838–43,
at Surrey theatre 1845, at City of London theatre 1845; excellent
in Shakespearean parts, in Julia, in the Hunchback, and other
roles; (_m._ (1) 21 May 1836 Robert W. Honner 1809–52; _m._ (2)
Frederick Morton, stage manager); she _d._ 4 Jany. 1870. _Actors
by gaslight 4 Aug. 1838 pp._ 121–2, _portrait_; _Theatrical Times
10 Oct. 1846 pp._ 137–8, _portrait_.

HONNER, ROBERT WILLIAM (_youngest son of John Honner of Soho,
London, solicitor, d. about 1817_). _b._ 24 Percy st. Tottenham
court road, London 18 Jany. 1809; apprenticed to Charles Leclercq,
ballet master 1817–20; made his debut at Sans Pareil theatre in a
ballet 1818; actor at Coburg 1825; stage manager at Surrey
1835–38, manager 1842–46; lessee of Sadler’s Wells 1838–41 and of
City of London theatre 1846; stage manager of Standard theatre
1848 to death, _d._ Nichols sq. Hackney road, London 31 Dec. 1852.
_Theatrical Times 27 March 1847 pp._ 89–90, _portrait_.

HONNER, SIR ROBERT WILLIAM. Entered Bombay army 1820; lieut. 4
Bombay N.I. 1 May 1824, lieut. col. 15 Sep. 1855 to 1861;
commander of Nussurabad 6 March 1858 to 24 Oct. 1862; commander of
Scinde division 28 March 1863 to 26 May 1866, C.B. 21 Jany. 1858,
K.C.B. 28 March 1865; M.G. 17 Sep. 1861. _d._ Lower Berkeley st.,
Portman sq., London 8 Nov. 1868.

HONY, VEN. WILLIAM EDWARD (_2 son of Rev. Wm. Hony, V. of Liskeard,
Cornwall 1778–95_). _b._ Liskeard 7 Feb. 1788; fellow of Ex. coll.
Ox. 30 June 1808 to 3 July 1827, B.A. 1811, M.A. 1812, B.D. 1823;
V. of South Newington, Oxon. 24 Oct. 1818 to 1827; R. of
Baverstock 4 June 1827 to death; preb. of Salisbury 29 July 1841;
archdeacon of Salisbury 3 Aug. 1846 to death, and canon
residentiary 1857 to death; F.G.S. 1831; author of _Church Rates_
1859. _d._ The Canonry, Salisbury 7 Jany. 1875. _I.L.N. lxvi_ 403
(1875).

HORNYGOLD, WILLIAM, _b._ 1797; an artist; lived in parish of St.
Clement Danes, London; known for his drawings of theatrical
characters for the toy theatre, to which he added sketches of the
scenery incidental to the pieces performed; his portrait of C.
Kemble as Hen. viii. is No. 55 in Skelt’s portraits: drew the
illustrations for comic songs; fell down intoxicated outside the
‘Fountain,’ 4 Clare Market, London, taken to the Strand union
workhouse, where he _d._ 12 Feb. 1867 aged 69. _J. Diprose’s Some
account of parish of St. Clement Danes i_, 165–6 (1868).

HONYMAN, SIR GEORGE ESSEX, 4 Baronet (_eld. son of Sir Ord Honyman,
3 Bart. 1794–1863_). _b._ Strawberry hill, Middlesex 22 Jany.
1819; pupil of Martineau, Malton and Trollope, solicitors, London
1838–40; pupil of Sir Fitzroy Kelly and David O. Gibbons, the
special pleader 1840, etc.; practised as a pleader 1842–9;
barrister M.T. 8 June 1849, bencher Nov. 1866; best commercial
lawyer of his day; Q.C. 23 July 1866; sergeant at law 23 Jany.
1873; judge of court of common pleas 23 Jany. 1873, resigned 21
Feb. 1875. _d._ Tunbridge Wells 16 Sep. 1875. _Law mag. and law
review i_, 122–27 (1875); _I.L.N. lxvii_, 319, 333, 566, (1875),
_portrait_.

HONYWOOD, REV. PHILIP JAMES (_3 son of William Honywood of Siston,
Kent_). _b._ 1809; matric. from Trin. coll. Ox. 29 May 1827 aged
18, B.A. 1831; R. of Markshall, Essex 23 Dec. 1838 to 1866; R. of
Bradwell next Coggeshall, Essex 27 March 1840 to 1845; R. of
Colne-Wake, Essex 1866 to death; kept beagles at Markshall 1851–3
which were always followed on foot, sold his hounds 1853; injured
himself hunting on foot three days a week _d._ Colne-Wake 19 Nov.
1874 aged 65. _Baily’s Mag. xxix_, 150–5 (1877).

HOOD, SIR ALEXANDER, 2 Baronet (_only son of Alexander Hood, capt.
R.N., slain on board his ship the ‘Mars’ 1798_). _b._ Wootton,
Somerset 5 July 1793; ed. at Ex. coll. Ox., M.A. 1814; K.C.B. 22
May 1812 as proxy for his uncle Sir S. Hood; succeeded as 2
baronet 24 Dec. 1814; M.P. West Somerset 1847 to death. _d._ 43
Wimpole st. London 7 March 1851.

HOOD, CHARLES. _b._ 18 Sep. 1825; ed. at Sandhurst; ensign 3 foot 26
June 1844, captain 1851 to 8 Jany. 1856; led the ladder party in
the attack on the Redan 8 Oct. 1855; major 58 foot 28 Jany. 1859,
lieut. col. 23 Nov. 1860 to 23 May 1874 when placed on h.p.;
placed on retired list with hon. rank of L.G. 1 July 1881. _d._ 8
Feb. 1883.

HOOD, CHARLES (_son of William Hood, an ironmaster 18 Earl st.
Blackfriars_). _b._ 1805; ironmaster with his brother in London;
made researches into chemistry of combustion of coal, silver medal
of Soc. of Arts; F.R.S. 7 Dec. 1843; F.R.A.S.; F.S.S.; chairman of
British home for incurables 1861–6; author of _A practical
treatise on warming buildings by hot water, to which are added
Remarks on ventilation_ 1837, _5 ed._ 1879. _d._ 10 Leinster
gardens, Bayswater, London 10 Dec. 1889.

HOOD, REV. EDWIN PAXTON (_son of a sailor in the navy_). _b._ at
house of bishop Porteous 34 Half Moon st. Piccadilly, London 24
Oct. 1820; began to lecture on temperance and peace about 1840;
Congregational minister at North Nibley, Gloucs. 1852–7, at Offord
road, Islington 1857–62 and 1873, at Queen sq. church, Brighton
1862–73, at Cavendish st. Manchester 1877 to 1880, at Falcon sq.
Aldersgate st. London 1882 to death; editor of the _Eclectic and
Congregational Review_, of the _Argonaut_ and _The Preacher’s
Lantern_; author of _Old England_ 1851; _William Wordsworth, a
biography_ 1856; _The Peerage of Poverty 1 series_ 1859, _3 ed._
1859, _2 series_ 1861, _5 ed._ 1870 and 50 other books. _d._
suddenly at Paris 12 June 1885. _Congregational Year-Book_ (1886)
178–82.

HOOD, FRANCIS GROSVENOR (_2 son of lieut. col. Francis Wheler Rood,
killed in action 2 March 1814_). _b._ 4 March 1809; ensign
grenadier guards 30 April 1827, captain 31 Dec. 1841, major of 3
battalion 20 June 1854 to death; leading his battalion gallantly
contributed to defeat of the enemy at battle of the Alma 20 Sep.
1854; _killed_ in the trenches before Sebastopol 18 Oct. 1854.
_Kinglake’s Invasion of the Crimea 6 ed. iii_ 220–2, 239 _et seq.
iv_ 442.

HOOD, PETER. _b._ Gateshead 1808; ed. at St. George’s hospital;
L.S.A. 1831, M.D. St. Andrews 1863; practised in London among the
upper classes; discouraged the practice of blood letting; a keen
sportsman, fly fisher and whist player; treasurer of Fisheries’
preservation soc.; president West Herts. medical assoc.; author of
_Practical observations on diseases fatal to children_ 1845; _The
successful treatment of scarlet fever_ 1857; _A treatise on gout,
rheumatism and the allied affections_ 1871, _3 ed._ 1885. _d._
Watford, Herts. 18 Sep. 1890. _Lancet 27 Sep. 1890 p._ 699.

HOOD, REV. SAMUEL. _b._ Devizes 27 Dec. 1782; received episcopal
ordination at Stirling, May 1826; minister of congregation in
Trinity house, Dundee 1826–37; restored episcopacy at Rothesay and
was minister there 1838, helped to establish seven churches in his
district; dean of diocese of Argyle and the Isles 1847 to death;
D.D. by archbishop of Canterbury 1870. _d._ Rothesay 30 May 1872.
_Norrie’s Dundee celebrities_ (1873) 392.

HOOD, SAMUEL. _b._ Moyle, co. Donegal 1800; emigrated to
Philadelphia 1826, a member of the bar there; author of _Practical
treatise on the laws relating to registers, registers’ courts,
guardians and trustees in Pennsylvania_ 1847; _A practical
treatise on the law of decedents in Pennsylvania_ 1847; _A brief
account of the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick_ 1844.
_d._ Philadelphia 1875.

HOOD, THOMAS (_only son of Thomas Hood the poet 1798–1845_). _b._
Lake house, Wanstead, Essex 19 Jany. 1835; granted a civil list
pension of £50, 4 Oct. 1847; commoner at Pemb. coll. Ox. 1853;
edited the _Liskeard Gazette_ 1858–59; clerk in the war office 11
July 1860 to May 1865; edited a periodical called _Saturday Night_
1862; edited _Fun_, May 1865 to death; _Tom Hood’s Comic Annual_
first issued 1867; author of _Captain Master’s children 3 vols._
1865; _A golden heart 3 vols._ 1868; _Rules of rhyme, a guide to
English versification_ 1869 and many other books. _d._ Gloucester
cottage, Peckham Rye, Surrey 20 Nov. 1874. _Poems by Thomas Hood
the younger, with a memoir by his sister Frances Freeling
Broderip_ 1877; _Cartoon portraits_ (1873) 64–65, _portrait_;
_Illust. sporting news, iv_, 357 (1865), _portrait_.

HOOD, THOMAS H. COCKBURN. _b._ 1820; in Australia and New Zealand to
1877; inherited Walton hall, Kelso from a relative; author of _The
Rutherfords of that ilk_ 188-; _The house of Cockburn, with
anecdotes of the times in which many of them played a part_,
_Edin._ 1888, and of many scientific papers. _d._ Edinburgh 16
Jany. 1889. _The Bookseller 6 March 1889 p._ 228.

HOOD, SIR WILLIAM CHARLES (_only son of Dr. William Chamberlayne
Hood, d. Berners st. hotel, London 16 Dec. 1879 aged 89_). _b._
South Lambeth 1824; ed. at Brighton and Trin. coll. Dublin; M.D.
St. Andrews 1846; F.R.C.P. Edin. 1850; F.R.C.P. London 1863;
treasurer of Bridewell and Bethlehem hospital July 1868 to death;
lord chancellor’s visitor in lunacy to death; knighted at Windsor
castle 7 July 1868. _d._ Bridewell royal hospital, London 4 Jany.
1870.

HOOF, WILLIAM. _b._ 1788; a railway contractor. _d._ Madeley house,
Kensington 11 Aug. 1855, leaving property exceeding half a
million.

HOOK, ANNA DELICIA (_dau. of John Johnson, physician, Birmingham_).
_b._ 1812; author of _Some Meditations for every day in the year_
1864; _The Cross of Christ_ 1855 which was edited by her husband;
(_m._ June 1829 Rev. Walter Farquhar Hook 1798–1875). _d._ 5 May
1871 aged 59 _bur._ churchyard of Mid Lavant near Chichester 11
May.

HOOK, VERY REV. WALTER FARQUHAR (_eld. child of Very Rev. James Hook
1771–1828, dean of Worcester_). _b._ Conduit st. London 13 March
1798; ed. at Hertford, Tiverton, Winchester, and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A.
1821, M.A. 1824, B.D. and D.D. 1837, student of Ch. Ch. 1817; C.
of Whippingham, Isle of Wight 1821–25; P.C. of Moseley near
Birmingham 1826–31; chaplain in ord. to the sovereign 1827 to
death; V. of Holy Trin. Coventry 1828 to 1837; preb. of Linc.
cath. 1832 to 1859; select preacher univ. of Ox. 1833–34 and
1858–59; V. of Leeds 1837 to 1859; preached his famous sermon
_Hear the Church_ before the Queen 17 June 1838, 31 ed. 1841,
circulated 100,000 copies; dean of Chichester 24 Feb. 1859 to
death, installed 19 March 1859; F.R.S. 5 June 1862; author of _A
Church Dictionary_ 1842, _14 ed._ 1887; _An ecclesiastical
biography 8 vols._ 1845–52; _Lives of the archbishops of
Canterbury 12 vols._ 1860–76 and about 70 other books. _d._ the
deanery, Chichester 20 Oct. 1875, memorial church at Leeds
consecrated 29 Jany. 1880. _Life and letters of W. F. Hook By W.
R. W. Stephens 2 vols._ 1878; _Illust. news of the world, iii_,
(1859), _portrait_; _Dent’s Birmingham_ (1880) 427, _portrait_;
_Graphic xii_, 447, 448 (1875), _portrait_.

HOOKER, SIR WILLIAM JACKSON (_son of Joseph Hooker of Exeter_). _b._
Norwich 6 July 1785; ed. at Norwich gram. sch.; travelled for
scientific purposes 1806–14; F.L.S. 1806; F.R.S. 9 Jany. 1812;
lived at Halesworth, Suffolk 1815–20; regius prof. of botany
Glasgow 1820–41; K.H. 1836; knighted at St. James’ palace 20 April
1836; director of royal gardens, Kew 1841 to death, chief agent in
building the palm house and the temperate house, and a founder of
the museum of economic botany; LLD. of Glasgow; D.C.L. of Ox.
1845; author of _Exotic flora_, _3 vols._ 1823–7; _Icones
plantarum 10 vols._ 1827–54; _The Botanical Mag. 38 vols._
1827–65; _British flora 2 vols._ 1830–1, many editions; _Species
filicum 5 vols._ 1846–64 and 35 other books and many papers. _d._
Kew 12 Aug. 1865. _Proc. of R. Soc. xv_, 25–30 (1867); _Proc. Med.
and Chir. Soc. v_, 150, 162 (1867); _Jerdan’s National Portrait
gallery_ (1834) _v_, _portrait_; _Taylor’s National Portrait
gallery ii_, 95, _portrait_.

HOOLE, ELIJAH (_son of Holland Hoole, shoe maker_). _b._ Manchester
3 Feb. 1798; ed. at Manchester gr. sch. 1809–13; Wesleyan
methodist missionary in Madras 1820–8 during which time he
published a number of translations in Tamil; a superintendent of
schools in Ireland 1829–34; assistant sec. in London of Wesleyan
Missionary Soc. 1834, one of the general secretaries 1836 to
death; author of _Personal narrative of a mission to the south of
India from 1820–8_, 1829, _2 ed._ 1844; _The year-book of
missions_ 1847. _d._ 30 Russell sq. London 17 June 1872. _T. F.
Smith’s Manchester School Reg. iii, pt._ 1, _pp._ 45, 290.

HOOPER, EDWARD. _b._ 1795; officer in navy; first appeared at Drury
Lane as Colonel Briton, Sep. 1826; acting manager at Olympic 1832;
lessee of St. James’s 1839; manager of Strand 1848; proprietor of
Cambridge theatre to death. (_m._ Miss Brothers, she was _b._
1800, first appeared at Drury Lane as Mrs. Haller 19 Feb. 1827 and
was a well-known actress at St. James’s theatre). _d._ Cambridge
27 Jany. 1865 aged 70.

HOOPER, EDWARD. _b._ London 24 May 1829; ed. in London; member of
firm of Bobbett and Hooper, wood engravers 1850 to death; an
originator of the American water colour soc.; exhibited water
colours at the Academy of design; engraved illustrations for
_Festivals of song, By F. Saunders_ 1866. _d._ Brooklyn, New York
13 Dec. 1870.

HOOPER, FREDERIC EDWARD EDEN. _b._ 1842; clerk in the Admiralty,
London; wrote many verses on Christmas and other cards; author of
_The Indian revolt. A poem, part i_, 1858. _d._ 12 Feb. 1886.

HOOPER, GEORGE. _b._ Oxford 1824; a journalist in London 1848–86;
helped to start _The Leader_ weekly paper 1850; wrote for _The
Globe_ and _The Spectator_; edited _Bombay Gazette_ at Bombay
1868–71; on staff of _Daily Telegraph_, London 1872–86; author of
_The Italian campaigns of general Bonaparte_ 1859; _Waterloo, the
downfall of the first Napoleon_ 1862, _new ed._ 1890; _The
campaign of Sedan_ 1887; _Wellington, a memoir_ 1889. _d._
Southsea 15 May 1890. _I.L.N. 31 May 1890 p._ 680, _portrait_;
_Pictorial World 29 May 1890 p._ 697, _portrait_.

HOOPER, JOHN. _b._ Oxford 1802; went to U.S. of America 1839 and
devoted himself to natural science; made collection of marine algæ
which he left to Long island historical soc. _d._ Brooklyn, New
York 26 April 1869. _Appleton’s American Biog. iii_, 252 (1887).

HOOPER, JOHN KINNERSLEY (_3 son of Richard Hooper of Queenhithe and
Limpsfield, Surrey_). _b._ 1791; wine merchant as Richard Hooper
and Sons, 20 Queenhithe, London to death; alderman of Queenhithe
ward 1840 to death, sheriff 1842–43, lord mayor 1847–48; received
the French national guard at the mansion house 23 Oct. 1848; pres.
of St. Bartholomew’s hospital. _d._ St. Leonards-on-Sea 17 April
1854. _I.L.N. xi_, 309 (1847), _portrait_.

HOOPER, WILLIAM. _b._ 1819; a chemist; manufacturer of india-rubber
goods 7 Pall Mall East, London and at Mitcham, Surrey 1857–78;
inventor and manufacturer of india rubber insulated telegraph
cables which he patented 19 March 1868; founder of Hooper’s
Telegraph Co. in London 1870. _d._ Beechwood, Clapham common,
Surrey 25 Sep. 1878. _Journal Soc. of Arts 1 Nov. 1878 p._ 964.

HOOPER, WILLIAM HULME. _b._ 1827; mate of the Plover, R.N. Nov. 1847
and lieut. 12 May 1849, in the expedition to search for Sir John
Franklin, sailed from Plymouth 30 Jany. 1848, reached Port
Providence 16 Oct. 1848, led a party along the coast as far as
Cape Atcheen, learned the language of the natives, returned to
England Oct. 1851; author of _Ten months among the tents of the
Tuski, with incidents of an Arctic boat expedition in search of
Sir John Franklin_ 1853. _d._ Brompton, London 19 May 1854.

HOPE, ADRIAN (_6 son of 4 Earl of Hopetown 1765–1823_). _b._
Hopetown house, Linlithgowshire 3 March 1821; 2 lieut. 60 rifles
23 Nov. 1838, served in Kafir war 1851–3; major 1855; lieut. col.
93 Highlanders 25 Jany. 1856 to death; commanded brigade in Crimea
1854–5; C.B. 24 March 1858; _killed_ in attack on fort at Rowas 14
April 1858. _Martin’s Indian empire, ii_, 493 (1876), _portrait_.

HOPE, ALEXANDER JAMES BERESFORD BERESFORD- (_youngest son of Thomas
Hope of Deepdene, Surrey 1770–1831_). _b._ 25 Jany. 1820; ed. at
Harrow and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1841, M.A. 1844, D.C.L. 1848,
hon. LLD. 1864; LLD. Washington and Tennessee 1879, LLD. Dublin
1881; M.P. for Maidstone 1841–52 and 1857–65; contested Univ. of
Cam. 1859 and Stoke-upon-Trent 1862; M.P. for Stoke 1865–8, M.P.
for Univ. of Cam. 1868 to death; bought St. Augustine’s abbey,
Canterbury as a college for missionary clergy 1844; built All
Saints’ church, Margaret st. London 1849; joint owner of _Saturday
Review_ with John Douglas Cook 1855; took additional surname of
Beresford 30 May 1854; P.C. 20 April 1880; possessed a collection
of pictures and objects of art at 1 Connaught place, London;
author of _Poems_ 1843; _Essays_ 1844; _The English cathedral of
the nineteenth century_ 1861; _A popular view of the American
civil war_ 1861, _3 ed._ 1861; _Worship in the Church of England_
1874, _2 ed._ 1875; _Strictly tied up 3 vols._ 1880, a novel,
anon. 3 ed. 1881; _The Brandreths 3 vols._ 1882, a novel, and 24
other books. _d._ Bedgebury park, Cranbrook, Kent 20 Oct. 1887.
_C. Brown’s Life of Beaconsfield_ (1882) _i_, 194, _portrait_;
_Waagen’s Galleries of art_ (1857) 189–92; _I.L.N. 16 May 1857
pp._ 477, 479, _portrait_.

HOPE, ANNE (_2 dau. of John Williamson Fulton of Calcutta,
merchant_). _b._ Calcutta 1809. (_m._ 10 March 1831 James Hope,
physician 1801–41); joined Church of Rome, Nov. 1850; author of
_The acts of the early martyrs_ 1855; _The lives of the early
martyrs_ 1857; _Life of St. Philip Neri_ 1859; _Conversion of the
Teutonic race 2 vols._ 1872; _Franciscan martyrs in England_ 1878;
wrote many articles in _Dublin Review_ 1872–9. _d._ St.
Marychurch, Torquay 2 Feb. 1887. _Gillow’s English Catholics iii_,
375.

HOPE, CHARLES, Lord Granton (_eld. son of John Hope of London,
merchant 1739–85_). _b._ 29 June 1763; admitted advocate 11 Dec.
1784; a depute advocate 1786; sheriff of Orkney 5 June 1792; lord
advocate June 1801 to Nov. 1804; M.P. for Dumfries district
1802–3, for city of Edin. 1803–4; a lord of session and lord
justice clerk 20 Nov. 1804, assumed title of lord Granton; lord
pres. of court of session 12 Nov. 1811 to 1841; P.C. Scotland 17
Aug. 1822, lord justice general Dec. 1836 to 1841; lieut. general
of royal archers of Scotland; author of _Notes by the lord
president on the subject of hearing counsel in the Inner House_
1826. _d._ Moray place, Edinburgh 30 Oct. 1851. _Omond’s Lord
Advocates of Scotland ii_, 205–23; _Kay’s Original Portraits ii_,
246–55 (1885), 3 _portraits_; _Lockhart’s Peter’s Letters to his
kinsfolk, ii_, 102–8 (1819).

HOPE, CHARLES WEBLEY. _b._ 21 April 1829; entered navy 1842; captain
15 May 1861; A.D.C. to the Queen 12 Feb. 1873 to 1 Aug. 1877; R.A.
1 Aug. 1877; superintendent of Devonport dockyard 1 Feb. 1879 to
death; F.R.G.S.; author of _The education and training of naval
officers_ 1869. _d._ Devonport dockyard 13 Feb. 1880.

HOPE, REV. FREDERICK WILLIAM (_2 son of John Thomas Hope of Netley,
Salop 1761–1854_). _b._ 37 Upper Seymour st. Portman sq. London 3
Jany. 1797; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1820, M.A. 1823, hon. D.C.L.
1855; C. of Frodesley, Salop 1823; F.R.S. to 1851 when he
withdrew; F.L.S. 5 March 1822; one of founders of Zoological Soc.
1826, of Entomological Soc. 1833, president 1835–37; resided at
Naples and Nice 1840–62; executed in 1849 a deed of gift giving
his collection of fishes, crustacea, birds, shells, books and
230,000 engravings to Univ. of Oxford, his fishes, etc. were
removed to the New Museum and his engravings to Radcliffe library
1861; founded and endowed a professorship of zoology in the Univ.
of Ox. 1861; author of _Buprestidae_ 1835; _The Coleopterist’s
Manual 3 parts_ 1837–40 and of about 60 papers on entomological
subjects. _d._ 37 Upper Seymour st. London 15 April 1862. _Journal
British Archæol. Assoc. xix_, 157–62 (1863); _Proc. Linnæan
society_ (1862) 90–93; _J. O. Westwood’s Thesaurus Entomologicus
Oxon._ (1874) _pp. xvii-xxiv_.

HOPE, GEORGE (_2 son of Robert Hope, tenant farmer_). _b._ Fenton,
East Lothian 2 Jany. 1811; farmer at Fenton Barns to 1875; did
much to improve the agriculture of East Lothian, his farm was
well-known in America and on the continent; gained a prize of £30
offered by the Anti-Corn-law league for an essay on _Agriculture
and the corn laws_ 1842; contributed _Hindrances to agriculture
from a tenant farmer’s point of view to Recess Studies, Edited by
Sir A. Grant, Edinburgh_ 1870; contested Haddingtonshire 1865 and
East Aberdeenshire 1875. _d._ Broadlands, Berwickshire 1 Dec.
1876. _Memoir of George Hope, By His Daughter_ (1881).

HOPE, GEORGE WILLIAM (_2 son of general the hon. Sir Alexander Hope
1769–1837_). _b._ Blackheath 4 July 1808; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A.
1828, M.A. 1830; barrister L.I. 28 Jany. 1831; M.P. for Weymouth
1837 to 1841 when unseated on petition; M.P. for Southampton
1842–6; M.P. for New Windsor 1859 to death; under sec. of state
for the colonies 8 Sep. 1841 to 8 Jany. 1846. _d._ Luffness,
Haddingtonshire 18 Oct. 1863. _I.L.N. vi_, 184 (1845), _portrait_.

HOPE, SIR HENRY (_eld. child of Charles Hope, captain R.N., d. 10
Sep. 1808_). _b._ 1787; entered navy 2 April 1798, captain 24 May
1808, captain of the Endymion May 1813, captured the American
frigate President 15 Jany. 1815; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C.B. 5 July
1855; A.D.C. to the sovereign 1831–46; admiral 20 Jany. 1858. _d._
Holly hill, Hants. 23 Sep. 1863.

HOPE, HENRY THOMAS (_eldest bro. of Alexander J. B. Hope 1820–87_).
_b._ 1808; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1829; M.P. East Looe
1830–2; M.P. Gloucester 1833–41 and 1847–52; a great patron of
architectural art; erected a residence 116 Piccadilly, now known
as the Junior Athenæum club; sold Trenant park, Cornwall and
purchased Castle Blaney, Ireland; possessed a collection of marble
statues, vases and Italian and Dutch pictures. _d._ 116
Piccadilly, London 4 Dec. 1862, personalty sworn under £300,000,
17 Jany. 1863. _Waagen’s Treasures of Art, ii_, 112–24 (1854);
_I.L.N. xxxii_, 352 (1858).

HOPE, SIR JAMES (_only son of Sir George Hope, K.C.B. 1767–1818_).
_b._ 3 March 1808; entered royal naval college 1 Aug. 1820;
captain 28 June 1838; commander in chief East Indies 25 Jany. 1859
to 8 Feb. 1862, in North America and West Indies 7 Jany. 1864 to
10 Jany. 1867, and at Portsmouth 25 Feb. 1869 to 1 March 1872;
admiral 21 Jany. 1870, retired March 1878, admiral of the fleet 15
June 1879; principal naval A.D.C. to the Queen 8 Feb. 1873; C.B. 3
April 1846, K.C.B. 9 Nov. 1860, G.C.B. 28 March 1865; grand cross
of legion of honour 1861. _d._ Carriden house, Bowness,
Linlithgowshire 9 June 1881, portrait by Sydney Hodges in painted
hall at Greenwich. _D. C. Boulger’s History of China, vol. iii_,
_passim_ (1884).

HOPE, JAMES. _b._ 28 May 1803; writer to the signet 1828; deputy
keeper of the signet 1828 to death. _d._ Avenel, Edinburgh 14 Feb.
1882. _Law Times, lxxii_, 305 (1882).

HOPE, SIR JAMES ARCHIBALD (_son of lieut.-col. Erskine Hope_). _b._
1785; ensign 26 foot 12 Jany. 1800, captain 1805–14; captain 3
foot guards 25 July 1814, major 10 Jany. 1837 to 1 Nov. 1839, when
placed on h.p.; M.G. on the staff in Lower Canada 1841–7; colonel
9 foot 18 Feb. 1848 to death; general 12 June 1859; K.C.B. 2 Jany.
1815, G.C.B. 28 June 1861. _d._ Balgowan house, Cheltenham 30 Dec.
1871.

HOPE, SIR JOHN, 11 Baronet. _b._ Pinkie house, Midlothian 13 April
1781; succeeded 26 June 1801; M.P. for Midlothian 1845 to death.
_d._ 104 Gloucester terrace, Hyde park, London 5 June 1853. _bur._
Inveresk churchyard 11 June.

HOPE, JOHN (_eld. son of Charles Hope of Granton 1763–1851_). _b._
Edinburgh 26 May 1794; admitted advocate 23 Nov. 1816; solicitor
general for Scotland Nov. 1822 to 1830; dean of faculty of
advocates 17 Dec. 1830 to 1841; lord justice clerk 1841 to death;
P.C. 17 April 1844; author of _A letter to Francis Jeffery, Esq.,
editor of the Edinburgh Review, By an Anti-Reformist_ 1811 and two
other letters. _d._ 20 Moray place, Edinburgh 15 June 1858, _bur._
at Ormiston near Tranent; portraits in national gallery of
Scotland, in the Parliament house and in Scottish national
portrait gallery. _Crombie’s Modern Athenians_ (1882) 73–4,
_portrait_.

HOPE, SACKETT. Entered navy 2 Nov. 1814; present at bombardment of
St. Jean d’Acre 1840; captain 4 Nov. 1840; V.A. on half pay 2
April 1866; granted pension for wounds 7 Nov. 1843. _d._ 9 Widcomb
crescent, Bath 25 May 1868.

HOPE, WILLIAM WILLIAMS (_youngest child of John Williams Hope of
Amsterdam, banker 1757–1813_). _b._ 1802; reassumed name of
Williams before that of Hope by r.l. 14 July 1826; purchased
Rushton hall near Kettering for £140,000 in 1828, sold it for
£165,000 Sep. 1854; sheriff of Northamptonshire 1832; lived
latterly in Paris, built a large house at 131 Rue St. Dominique,
Faubourg St. Germain, played a prominent part in Parisian society,
noted for his eccentricity and his collection of diamonds; _found
dead_ in his bed at 131 Rue St. Dominique, Paris 21 Jany. 1855.
_Gronow’s Last Recollections_ (1866) 129–33; _Boase’s Collect.
Cornub._ (1890) 1262–4.

HOPE-JOHNSTONE, JOHN JAMES (_1 son of Sir William Hope-Johnstone,
G.C.B. 1766–1831_). _b._ 29 Nov. 1796; M.P. for co. Dumfries
1830–47, and 1857–65; keeper of Lockmaben; claimed dormant earldom
of Annandale. _d._ Raehills, Dumfriesshire 11 July 1876.

HOPE-SCOTT, JAMES ROBERT (_3 son of general the hon. Sir Alexander
Hope, G.C.B. 1769–1837_). _b._ Great Marlow, Bucks. 15 July 1812;
ed. at Eton 1825–28 and at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1832, B.C.L. 1838,
D.C.L. 1842; fellow of Merton 13 April 1833; commenced a
friendship with W. E. Gladstone 1837 and corresponded with him on
“The State in its relation with the Church” 1838; barrister I.T.
26 Jany. 1838, reader 1862; a promoter of Glenalmond college,
Perthshire 1841; chancellor of diocese of Salisbury 1840 to 10
Feb. 1845; Q.C. April 1849; paid fees of £20,000 by London and
north western railway for 25 bills 1860; received into R.C. church
at Farm st. London 6 April 1851; lived at Abbotsford 1853 to
death; assumed additional name of Scott 1853; spent winters of
1863–70 at the Villa Madonna Hyères which he bought 1859; visited
by Queen Victoria at Abbotsford 22 Aug. 1867; built church of Our
Lady and St. Andrew at Galashiels at cost of £10,000, opened 2
Feb. 1858; purchased estate of Lochshiel for £24,000, 1855; author
of _The bishopric of the United Church of England and Ireland at
Jerusalem_ 1841, _2 ed._ 1842. _d._ 7 Hyde park place, London 29
April 1873. _bur._ in the vaults of St. Margaret’s convent,
Bruntsfield, Edin. 7 May. _Memoirs of J. R. Hope-Scott, By Robert
Ornsby 2 vols._ 1884.

HOPETOUN, JOHN ALEXANDER HOPE, 6 Earl of (_only son of 5 earl of
Hopetoun 1803–43_). _b._ Edinburgh 22 March 1831; ed. at Harrow;
cornet and sub-lieut. 1 life guards 1851–2; succeeded 8 April
1843; lord lieut. of Linlithgowshire 30 Sep. 1863 to death. _d._
Florence 1 April 1873. _Baily’s Mag. xvi_, 159–61 (1869),
_portrait_.

HOPKINS, SIR FRANCIS, 2 Baronet (_only son of Sir F. J. Hopkins,
M.P._) _b._ Athboy, co. Meath 28 May 1813; succeeded 19 Sep. 1814;
ed. at Eton, matric. from Ch. Ch. Ox. 27 June 1830; knight of the
Burning Tower at the Eglinton tournament 28–30 Aug. 1839; sheriff
of Westmeath 1855. _d._ Madeira 11 May 1860. _J. H. Nixon’s
Eglinton tournament p. 6 and plate xiv_ (1843).

HOPKINS, REV. GERARD MANLEY (_1 son of Manley Hopkins of Stratford,
Essex_). _b._ Essex 1845; ed. at Ball. coll. Ox., exhibitioner
1863–8, B.A. 1868; fellow of royal univ. of Ireland 1885 (which
was created by letters patent 22 April 1880), professor of
classical literature there 1885 to death; member of Society of
Jesus about 1868. _d._ of typhoid fever at University college,
Stephen’s Green, Dublin 8 June 1889. _bur._ Glasnevin cemet. 11
June. _Freeman’s Journal 10 June 1889 p._ 5.

HOPKINS, JOHN BAKER. _b._ London 10 April 1830; began his career as
a journalist 1858; editor of _Atlas_ paper; joint editor with
Henry Hotze of _The Index_, English organ of Confederate States,
No. i. 1 May 1862, at the end of the war the paper ceased; London
correspondent to _Paris Correspondence Havas_ 1864–8; on
_Standard_ paper Sep. 1865 to 1868; on _Law Journal_ 1867;
contributed to _Morning Post_ and _Vanity Fair_ under pseudonym of
Esse quam videri; chief leader writer on _London Figaro_, July
1870; author of _The Yogi’s daughter, a tragedy_ 1854; _Elviré, a
reminiscence of Paris_ 1855; _Not at all nervous, a farce_ 1860;
_Making the worst of it, a novel 2 vols._ 1874; _Jack Oakum, a
play_ 1877; _The true history of Nihilism, a novel_ 1880. _d._ 14
Russell road, Holloway 20 Dec. 1888. _Cartoon portraits_ (1873)
140–43, _portrait_.

HOPKINS, RIGHT REV. JOHN HENRY. _b._ Dublin 30 Jany. 1792; emigrated
to U.S. of A. 1801, an iron manufacturer in Pennsylvania 1810–17
when he failed; admitted to Pittsburgh bar 1817, practised to
1823; R. of Trinity ch. Pittsburgh 1824–31; assistant minister
Trinity ch. Boston 1831; professor of divinity in theol. seminary
of Massachusetts 1831; first bishop of Vermont 31 Oct. 1832; R. of
St. Paul’s, Burlington 1832–56; seventh presiding bishop of ch. in
U.S. 1865, attended Lambeth conference 1867; D.C.L. Ox. 3 Dec.
1867; author of _Christianity vindicated_ 1833; _Essay on Gothic
architecture_ 1836; _Twelve canzonets, words and music_ 1839; _The
history of the confessional_ 1850, and 30 other books. _d._ Rock
Point, Vermont 9 Jany. 1868. _A sketch book of American
episcopate. By K. G. Batterson_ (1878) 104–106; _Appleton’s
American Biog. iii_, 254–6 (1887).

HOPKINS, JOHN LARKIN. _b._ Westminster 25 Nov. 1819; chorister boy
in the abbey; organist of Rochester cathedral 1841–56; Mus. Bac.
Cam. 1842, Mus. Doc. 1857; organist of Trin. coll. Cam. 1856 to
death; composed _Five glees and a madrigal_ 1842, and _Cathedral
Services in C flat and E flat_ 1857; author of _A new vocal tutor_
1855. _d._ Ventnor, Isle of Wight 25 April 1873.

HOPKINS, SIR JOHN PAUL (_eld. son of Capt. John Hopkins, killed on
board the “Bellerophon” in the battle of the Nile_). Ensign 43
foot 1804; served in the Peninsula and in campaign of 1815; major
98 foot 25 June 1829, retired 18 Oct. 1831; K.H. 1836; governor of
military knights of Windsor 1865 to death; knighted at Windsor
castle 11 Dec. 1867. _d._ Windsor 9 March 1875.

HOPKINS, WILLIAM (_only son of William Hopkins of Kingston,
Derbyshire, farmer_). _b._ Kingston 2 Feb. 1793; farmed, without
success near Bury St. Edmunds; entered at Peterhouse, Cam. 1822, 7
wrangler 1827, B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830; a private tutor at Cam. from
1827 and known as the senior wrangler maker; esquire bedel of
Univ. of Cam. 1827 to death; F.G.S. 18—, Wollaston medallist 1850,
president 1851–3; pres. of British Assoc. at Hull 1853; F.R.S. 1
June 1837; author of _Elements of trigonometry_ 1833; _An abstract
of a memoir on physical geology_ 1836. _d._ Parker’s Piece,
Cambridge 13 Oct. 1866, portrait in hall of Peterhouse. _Quarterly
Journal of Geol. Soc. xxiii, pp. xxix-xxxii_ (1867); _I.L.N.
xxiii_, 225 (1853), _portrait_.

HOPKINS, REV. WILLIAM BONNER. Ed. at Gonville and Caius coll. Cam.,
second wrangler, second Smith’s prizeman and B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847,
B.D. 1854; fellow and tutor of St. Cath. hall 1848–54; V. of St.
Peter, Wisbech 1854–66; V. of Littleport near Ely 1866 to death;
hon. canon of Ely 1865 to death, rural dean 1868; Dean Stanley
said he was “the incarnation of sound common sense”; author of
_Apostolic missions. Five sermons preached before the university_
1853; _The words spoken by Christ upon the Cross. Seven sermons_
1866; _The position and duty of non-abstainers_ 1874, _2 ed._
1875. _d._ Littleport vicarage 24 March 1890.

HOPKINSON, SIR CHARLES (_son of B. Hopkinson of Highbury park,
Middlesex_). _b._ Grantham 1784; ed. at Woolwich; lieut. R.A.
1799; served in Mahratta war 1803; commanded the artillery against
the Poligars and at Hyderabad; lieut.-col. 1824; commanded Madras
artillery; served in war in Ava 1825; retired through deafness
1829; C.B. 1826; knighted by Wm. iv. at St. James’s palace 26
April 1837; author of _Hints to cadets and others proceeding to
India_ 1850. _d._ 2a King st. St. James’s sq. London 17 Dec. 1864.

HOPKINSON, WILLIAM (_son of Rev. Samuel Edmund Hopkinson, R. of
Morton-cum-Haconby_). _b._ 1784; coroner for the Soke of
Peterborough; solicitor at Bourn and Stamford; purchased Little
Gidding manor, Hunts. 700 acres 1853 and restored the church to
the Caroline style in which it had been left by Nicholas Ferrar in
1637. _d._ Stamford 1 Sep. 1865. _Rivington’s Ecclesiastical
Year-book_ (1866) 334.

HOPLEY, EDWARD WILLIAM JOHN. _b._ 1816; painter of domestic subjects
and portraits; exhibited 15 pictures at R.A., 26 at B.I. and 7 at
Suffolk st. 1844–69; his picture, The birth of a pyramid, shown
1859; invented a trigonometrical system of facial measurement for
the use of artists. _d._ 14 South Bank, Regent’s Park, London 30
April 1869.

HOPPER, VEN. AUGUSTUS MACDONALD (_son of Walter Carles Hopper of
Walworth, co. Durham_). _b._ 11 Aug. 1816; ed. at Shrewsbury and
Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1839, M.A. 1842, fellow of St. John’s
1841–5; R. of Starston, Norfolk 1845 to death; hon. canon of
Norwich 1854–72; archdeacon of Norwich 1868 to death; author of
_Two Charges_ 1869 and 1870. _d._ Starston rectory 7 Jany. 1878.

HOPPER, CLARENCE (_son of Thomas Hopper of Reading, surgeon d.
1856_). _b._ Granthan, Wilts 17 May 1817; ed. at Reading gram.
sch.; palæographer of British Archæol. Assoc. 1862; an expert in
deciphering ancient writings; employed in Record office; edited
_London Chronicle of Hen. VII. and Hen. VIII._ 1859, and _Sir F.
Drake’s service against the Spaniards_ 1863, in _vols._ 4 and 5 of
Camden Miscellany; author of _A descriptive account of
churchwardens’ presentments Stratford-on-Avon_ 1867; _A catalogue
of books illustrative of Shakespeare_ 1868. _d._ Brighton 10 June
1868. _Journal of B.A. Assoc. xxv_, 316 (1869).

HOPPER, THOMAS (_son of Mr. Hopper of Rochester, surveyor_). _b._
Rochester 6 July 1776; architect and surveyor 40 Connaught ter.
London; made alterations at Carlton House, London 1807; surveyor
of Essex 40 years; built Arthur’s club, St. James’s st., Atlas
fire office, Cheapside and St. Mary’s hospital, Paddington 1843;
competed for erection of General Post Office 1820, for rebuilding
of Royal Exchange 1839, and for Houses of parliament 1840;
published _A letter to viscount Duncannon on competitors for
building houses of parliament_ 1837; _Designs for the houses of
parliament_ 1842. _d._ 1 Bayswater Hill, London 11 Aug. 1856.

HOPPUS, REV. JOHN (_only son of Rev. John Hoppus, independent
minister, Yardley, Hastings_). _b._ London 1789; ed. at Rotherham
and Univs. of Edin. and Glasgow, M.A. Glasgow 1823, LLD. 1839;
minister of independent chapel, Carter lane, London 1823–5;
professor of the philosophy of mind and logic in London Univ.
1829–66; F.R.S. 20 May 1841; author of _An account of Lord Bacon’s
Novum Organum Scientiarum_ 1827; _Sketches on the Continent in
1835 2 vols._ 1836; _The crisis of popular education_ 1847 and 12
other books. _d._ 26 Camden st. Camden town, London 29 Jany. 1875.
_Congregational Year-book_ (1876) 341–3.

HORAN, EDWARD JOHN. _b._ Quebec, Canada 1817; ed. in the Seminary of
Quebec, priest 1842, a director of the Seminary; principal of the
normal sch. Quebec; bishop of Kingston 1858, resigned; assistant
of the pontifical throne; present at Vatican council 1870. _d._
Canada 16 Feb. 1875. _Appleton’s American Biog. iii_, 262 (1887).

HORAN, MARY AUSTIN. _b._ Ireland 1820; entered the Convent of Mercy,
Dublin; assisted in founding the Institution of Mercy, New York
1846; first mistress of novices in St. Catherine’s convent, New
York and trainer of the early members; built St. Joseph’s
Industrial institute for children. _d._ New York city 14 June
1874. _Appleton’s American Biog. iii_, 262 (1887).

HORDERN, REV. JOSEPH (_son of Rev. Joseph Hordern of Prestwich,
Lancs._) _b._ 1794; ed. at Brasenose coll. Ox., B.A. 1816, M.A.
1820; V. of Rostherne, Cheshire 1821–54; R. of Burton Agnes with
Harpham, Yorks. 1854 to death; author of _Plain directions for
reading to the sick_ 1826, _4 ed._ 1830; _Sermons_ 1830; _The
armour of light, sermons_ 1851. _d._ Knutsford, Cheshire 12 Aug.
1876. _F. Ross’ Celebrities of the Wolds_ (1878) 76.

HORMAN, GEORGE HELIER (_son of Philip Horman of St. Saviour’s,
Jersey_). _b._ 1817; practised as a solicitor in Jersey, one of
the six advocates of the royal court there 1848; Her Majesty’s
advocate general for Jersey 23 July 1866 to death; chairman of the
Channel islands bank 1858–74. _d._ The Terrace, St. Heliers,
Jersey 29 May 1879.

HORN, HENRY (_son of Frederick Jacob Horn of Mansfield,
Nottinghamshire_). _b._ 23 Sep. 1806; ed. at M.T. school and St.
John’s coll. Ox., B.A. 1829, M.A. 1832; fellow of Magdalen coll.
1831–4; barrister M.T. 11 Jany. 1833; recorder of Hereford 1847 to
death; edited _Woodfall’s Practical treatise on law of landlord
and tenant_, _7 ed._ 1856; with E. T. Hurlstone published _Reports
in court of exchequer upon writs of error to exchequer chamber 2
vols._ 1840; while attending the corpse of his father in law J. S.
Gowland _shot himself in the head_ at Cagebrook near Hereford 29
Nov. 1857. _Hereford Journal 2 Dec. 1857 p._ 5.

HORN, MARION (_dau. of Mr. Horton, manufacturer of silver plate
ware_). _b._ Birmingham 1811; sang small parts in English operas
and served as a substitute for Emma Romer; studied under Marco
Bordogni in Paris; had a mezzo soprano voice; appeared as
Cinderella at Old Park theatre, New York 16 Sep. 1836 and then as
Rosina, Amina, and Susanna; sang in operas throughout United
States; (_m._ 1839 Charles Edward Horn 1786–1849, the writer of
Cherry Ripe 1825, and I know a bank 1830); taught in New York many
of best known American singers. _d._ Morrisania co. Winchester,
New York, Jany. 1887. _Ireland’s New York Stage, ii_, 176 (1867).

HORN, ROBERT (_youngest son of William Horn, farmer_). _b._ Bridge
of Allan, Stirlingshire 24 May 1810; ed. at Glasgow univ.; passed
at Scotch bar 1834; hon. memb. Speculative Soc. Edin.; a
commissioner of the board of manufacturers 1866; vice dean of
Faculty of Advocates 1874 and dean 1876; helped in preparing
_Catalogue of Faculty of Advocate’s Library_ 1873. _d._ 7 Randolph
crescent, Edinburgh 2 Jany. 1878. _Journ. of Jurisprudence, xxii_,
93–7 (1878).

HORNBLOWER, JANE ELIZABETH (_dau. of William Roscoe 1753–1831
historian_). _b._ Liverpool 1797; (_m._ Francis Hornblower);
author of _Poems_ 1820; _Poems_ 1821; _Poems_ 1843. _d._ Liverpool
2 Aug. 1853.

HORNBY, EDMUND (_eld. son of Rev. Geoffry Hornby, R. of Winwick,
Lancs. d. 1812_). _b._ 16 June 1773; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A.
1794, M.A. 1797; barrister I.T. 22 June 1798; chairman of
Lancaster court of quarter sessions many years; M.P. for Preston
1812–26; sheriff of Westmoreland 1828. _d._ Dalton hall near
Burton, Westmoreland 18 Nov. 1857.

HORNBY, EDMUND GEORGE (_son of the preceding_). _b._ 6 Nov. 1799;
ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1820; M.P. for Warrington
1832–5; constable of Lancaster castle. _d._ Dalton hall 26 or 27
Feb. 1865.

HORNBY, LOUISA (_sister of Edmund Hornby 1773–1857_). _b._ Winwick 5
April 1788; author of _Bible Stories_; _Universal Reform_; _The
Full Loom_ and other books. _d._ Winwick 6 Jany. 1873.

HORNBY, SIR PHIPPS (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Winwick 27
April 1785; ed. at Sunbury; entered navy 19 May 1797, captain 16
Feb. 1810; as commander of the Volage took part in action off
Lissa 1811, gold medal; superintendent of royal naval hospital and
victualling yard at Plymouth 1832 to 6 Jany. 1838; superintendent
of Woolwich dockyard 6 Jany. 1838 to 16 Dec. 1841; controller
general of the coastguard 16 Dec. 1841 to Nov. 1846; commander in
chief in the Pacific 1847–50; a lord of the admiralty 28 Feb. to
30 Dec. 1852; admiral 25 June 1858; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C.B. 6
April 1852, G.C.B. 28 June 1861. _d._ Little Green near
Petersfield 19 March 1867.

HORNBY, ROBERT VERNON ATHERTON. _b._ Atherton 6 Nov. 1805; author of
_Statistical account of Winwick_ 1837; _Vale: a poem_ 1854. _d._
Wansfell, Windermere 25 Aug. 1857.

HORNBY, WILLIAM HENRY (_3 son of John Hornby of Blackburn_). _b._
Blackburn 2 July 1805; founded the Brookhouse cotton mills,
Blackburn 1828; first mayor of Blackburn 1851; M.P. Blackburn
1857–69 when he was unseated. _d._ Pool hall, Nantwich, Cheshire 5
Sep. 1884. _Puseley’s Commercial Companion_ (1858) 114–5.

HORNCASTLE, JAMES HENRY. _b._ London 26 May 1801; appeared as first
witch in Macbeth at Drury Lane 1820; first appeared at Chestnut
street theatre, Philadelphia 28 Jany. 1839; at National theatre,
New York with Louisa Pyne’s troupe 1854 and at Broadway theatre
1855; attached to Princess’ theatre, London; musician, actor,
author and composer; an annuitant on General theatrical fund. _d._
West Malvern 6 May 1869. _Ireland’s New York stage, ii_, 231, 629
(1867).

HORNE, JAMES. _b._ 1790; experimented on steam locomotives on roads;
F.R.S. 6 Feb. 1834; A.I.C.E. 20 Feb. 1835, auditor 1840; applied
warming and ventilating apparatus to halls of the City companies.
_d._ London 26 Oct. 1856. _Min. of Proc. Instit. of C.E. xvii_,
102 (1858).

HORNE, LENOX (_younger brother of the succeeding_). Baritone singer
at Surrey theatre under name of Mr. Lennox 1849–51; lecturer at
the Polytechnic Institution London; wrote _Two heads are better
than one, A farce_, produced at Lyceum theatre Dec. 1854; _The
baronet abroad_; _The tale of a comet_. _d._ Clapham road,
Kennington 20 Nov. 1874.

HORNE, RICHARD HENRY or HENGIST. _b._ London 31 Dec. 1802; ed. at
Sandhurst; midshipman in Mexican navy, served in war against Spain
1829; edited the _Monthly Repository_ July 1836 to June 1837;
sub.-comr. to report on employment of children in mines 1843; went
with Wm. Howitt to Australia 1852; commander of the gold escort
between Ballarat and Melbourne 1852; comr. of crown lands for the
gold fields 1853–4; territorial magistrate 1855 &c.; took name of
Hengist instead of Henry 1864; returned to England 1869; granted
civil list pension of £50, 19 June 1874, and another of £50, 28
April 1880; author of _Cosmo de Medici_ 1837, _a tragedy_; _The
death of Marlowe_ 1837, _a tragedy_; _The history of Napoleon 2
vols._ 1841, _new ed._ 1879; _Orion, an epic poem_ 1843, _10 ed._
1874, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd eds. were issued at a farthing; _A new
spirit of the age 2 vols._ 1844; _The poor artist_ 1850, _2 ed._
1871; _Sithron the Star-stricken_ 1883, and 15 other books. _d._
Margate 13 March 1884. _R. H. Horne’s Australian facts and
prospects_ (1859) 1–44; _H. B. Forman’s Our living poets_ (1871)
427–46; _Athenæum 22 March 1884 pp._ 374–5; _I.L.N. lxxxiv_, 301
(1884), _portrait_.

HORNE, REV. THOMAS HARTWELL (_son of William Horne of London,
barrister’s clerk_). _b._ Chancery lane, London 20 Oct. 1780; ed.
at Christ’s hospital 1789–95; barrister’s clerk 1796–1806; sec. to
Joseph Butterworth, M.P. 1806–9; sub-librarian to Surrey
institution 1809–23; C. of Ch. Ch. Newgate st. London 1819–25;
senior assist. librarian British museum 1824–60; assist. minister
at Welbeck chapel, London 1825–33; F.S.A. 1828; F.R.S.L.; B.D.
Cambridge 1829, D.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania; preb. of St. Paul’s
1831 to death; R. of St. Edmund the King with St. Nicholas Acons,
Lombard st. 25 Nov. 1833 to death; author of _An introduction to
the critical study and knowledge of the Holy Scriptures 3 vols._
1818, _11 ed._ 1860; _Outlines for the classification of a library
submitted to the trustees of the British museum_ 1825; _A
compendious introduction to the study of the Bible_ 1827, _10 ed._
1862; _Manual of parochial psalmody_ 1829, _41 ed._ 1861 and about
50 other books. _d._ 47 Bloomsbury sq. London 27 Jany. 1862. _G.
M. Turpin’s The Rev. T. H. Horne_ (1862), _portrait_;
_Reminiscences of T. H. Horne, by his daughter S. A. Cheyne_
(1862); _Cowtan’s Memories of British Museum_ (1872) 105–9.

HORNE, SIR WILLIAM (_2 son of Rev. Thomas Horne, schoolmaster at
Chiswick_). _b._ 1774; barrister L.I. 23 June 1798, bencher 6 Nov.
1818; comr. of bankrupts 1806–18; K.C. Nov. 1818; attorney general
to queen Adelaide 24 July 1830; solicitor general 26 Nov. 1830 to
23 Nov. 1832, attorney general 26 Nov. 1832 to Feb. 1834;
appointed a baron of the Exchequer but declined the office 1834;
master in chancery 23 July 1839, resigned 1853; M.P. for Helston
1812–18, for Bletchingley 1831, for Newton, Isle of Wight 1831–2,
for Marylebone 12 Dec. 1832 to 29 Dec. 1834; knighted by Wm. IV.
at St. James’s palace 24 Nov. 1830. _d._ 49 Upper Harley st.
London 13 July 1860. _Mrs. Hardcastle’s Life of Lord Campbell_
(1881) _ii_, 18–41; _Lord Brougham’s Life and times, iii_, 341–54,
426–9.

HORNEGOLD or HORNIGOLD, WILLIAM 1797–1867, artist. _See_ Hornygold,
W. _ante col._ 1523.

HORNER, LEONARD (_youngest son of John Horner of Edinburgh, linen
merchant_). _b._ Edinburgh 17 Jany. 1785; ed. at high sch. and
univ. of Edin.; partner in a branch of his father’s business in
London 1804–17; F.G.S. 1808, sec. 1810, pres. 1846 and 1860;
F.R.S. 1813, vice pres. 1857; warden of London Univ. 1827–31;
inspector under the Factories act 1833–60; published _Works of
Francis Horner_ 1843; _Memoirs of Francis Horner_ 1848, _2 ed. 2
vols._ 1853; a translation of Villari’s _History of Savonarola_
1863. _d._ 60 Montague sq. London 5 March 1864. _Quarterly Journal
of Geol. soc. xxi_, 30–40 (1865); _Proc. of Royal soc. xiv_, 5–10
(1865); _Macmillan’s Mag. x_, 319–26 (1864).

HORRABIN, REV. RICHARD. _b._ Garstang near Preston; ed. at Old Hall
Green coll.; chaplain Virginia st. chapel, Ratcliffe highway,
London 1815–39, and 1841–54; chaplain St. Mary, Moor fields
1839–41; gave evidence before house of commons on education of
lower orders 1816; published _The New Testament, ed. by Marlow J.
F. Sidney and revised by the Rev. R. Horrabin_ 1818. _d._
Houndsditch, London 13 Dec. 1859. _Gillow’s English Catholics
iii_, 403–4 (1887).

HORSBURGH, JOHN. _b._ Prestonpans near Edinburgh 1791; apprenticed
to Robert Scott the engraver 1805; engraved several plates after
J. M. W. Turner for _Scott’s Poetical_ and _Prose Works_ and other
publications; engraved several single plates including Prince
Charlie reading a despatch and 2 portraits of Sir Walter Scott;
undertook gratuitously duties of pastor in Scottish Baptist
church. _d._ 16 Buccleuch place, Edinburgh 24 Sep. 1869. _Pastoral
addresses of J. Horsburgh with memoir_ 1869.

HORSEY, GEORGE (_4 son of Charles Horsey of St. John st., London_).
_b._ 29 Sep. 1819; barrister G.I. 22 May 1850; equity draughtsman
and conveyancer; author of _A practical analysis of the Trustees
Act_ 1850; _The probate and administration act_ 1858; _The court
of Probate acts 3 ed._ 1859; _Law of property and trustees relief
act_ 1860. _d._ Colne villa, New Southgate, Middlesex 16 Sep.
1889.

HORSFALL, THOMAS BERRY. _b._ Liverpool 1805; a merchant in
Liverpool, mayor of Liverpool 1847–48; M.P. Derby 8 July 1852,
unseated 9 March 1853; M.P. Liverpool 9 July 1853 to Nov. 1868;
president Liverpool chamber of commerce on its foundation 1849.
_d._ Torquay 22 Dec. 1878.

HORSFIELD, THOMAS. _b._ Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 12 May 1773; ed.
Univ. of Pennsylvania, M.D. 1798; studied natural history in Java
1799–1819; in service of Dutch government in Java and Sumatra to
1811 and of H.E.I.Co. 1811–20; keeper of museum, India House,
London 1820 to death; F.L.S. 1820; F.R.S. 1828; author of
_Zoological Researches in Java_ 1824; _Descriptive catalogue of
Lepidoptera in the H.E.I.C. museum, 2 parts_ 1828–9 and other
books. _d._ Chalcott villas, Camden town, London 24 July 1859.
_Proc. of Royal Society x_, 19–21 (1860); _Proc. Linnean Soc._
(1859–60) 25–6.

HORSFORD, SIR ALFRED HASTINGS (_son of general George Horsford, d.
1840_). _b._ Bath 3 April 1818; 2 lieut. rifle brigade 12 July
1833, lieut.-col. 9 March 1855 to 1 Jany. 1868, col. commandant 2
battalion 21 Nov. 1880 to death; served in Kaffir wars 1847–8 and
1852–3, Crimean war 1854–5 and Indian mutiny 1857–8; D.A.G. at
horse guards 1860–6; brigadier general at Aldershot 1866–9;
military sec. at Horse Guards 1874–80; col. 79 foot 17 March 1876,
col. 14 foot 1 Jany. 1879 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877; placed on
retired list 3 April 1883; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 8 May 1860,
G.C.B. 29 May 1875. _d._ Munlochy near Inverness 13 Sep. 1885.
_bur._ Kensal Green cemetery 19 Sep.

HORSFORD, SIR ROBERT MARSH (_eld. son of Paul Horsford, chief
justice of Antigua, d. 1850_). _b._ Boswell court, Lincoln’s inn,
London 1798; ed. at Winchester; matric. from Ex. coll. Ox. 7 Dec.
1816; barrister M.T. 17 May 1822; settled in island of Antigua,
solicitor general there 1825–46, attorney general 1846 to Nov.
1847, chief justice 19 Nov. 1847, retired Aug. 1856; knighted at
Buckingham palace 25 Jany. 1841; C.B. 15 Nov. 1852. _d._ 11
Delamere terrace, Westbourne park, London 23 May 1875.

HORSLEY, CHARLES EDWARD (_son of the succeeding_). _b._ 24 Queen’s
buildings, Knightsbridge, London 16 Dec. 1822; pupil of Moscheles,
Hauptmann, Spohr and Mendelssohn; teacher of music in London 1846;
organist of St. John’s, Notting hill 19 Sep. 1853 to June 1857;
went to Melbourne 1868, then to New York 1872, choir master St.
John’s chapel 1872 to death; composed for Liverpool Philharmonic
Soc. two oratorios _David_ 1849 and _Joseph_ 1852; wrote the
cantata _Comus_ 1854; produced oratorio _Gideon_ at Glasgow
musical festival 1860; wrote an ode _Euterpe_ for opening of
Melbourne town hall 1870, and about 35 other pieces; author of _A
text book of harmony_ 1876. _d._ New York city 28 Feb. 1876.