Chapter D (36)
NOTE.—He was the last master in chancery appointed, the office
was abolished in 1852 by 15 & 16 Vict. cap. 80 having been in
existence since 1272.
HUMPHRY, REV. WILLIAM GILSON (_eld. son of Wm. Wood Humphry,
barrister_). _b._ Sudbury, Suffolk 30 Jany. 1815; ed. at
Shrewsbury, captain of the school; entered Trin. coll. Cam. 1833,
Pitt scholar 1835, fellow 1839, senior classic and 27th wrangler
1837, B.A. 1837; proctor of Univ. of Cam. 1845–6, Hulsean lecturer
1849–51, Boyle lecturer 1857–9; exam. chaplain to bishop Blomfield
of London 1847–55; V. of Northolt, Middlesex 1852–5; preb. of St.
Paul’s 1852 to death; V. of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London 1855
to death; one of revisers of New Testament 1870; a treasurer of
S.P.C.K. 30 years; author of _A commentary on the Acts of the
Apostles_ 1847, _2 ed._ 1854; _An historical treatise on the book
of common prayer_ 1853, _6 ed._ 1885; _A commentary on the revised
version of the New Testament for English readers_ 1882, _2 ed._
1888 and 20 other books. _d._ 6 St. Martin’s place, Trafalgar sq.
London 10 Jany. 1886.
HUMPIDGE, THOMAS SAMUEL. _b._ Gloucester 23 July 1853; ed. at Royal
school of mines 1874, Jodrell scholar 1875; B. Sc. London 1875;
Ph.D. Heidelberg 1878; science master Fellenberg instit. Hofwyl
near Berne 1878; prof. of natural science Univ. coll. Aberystwyth,
Sep. 1879 to death; made discoveries in the atomic weight of
beryllium, towards the cost of which the Royal Soc. made grants,
all his apparatus burnt in the college July 1885; sent papers to
_Philos. Trans._ and _Proceedings_; translated H. Kolbe’s _A short
text-book of inorganic chemistry_ 1884. _d._ The college,
Aberystwyth 30 Nov. 1887. _Journal Chemical soc._ (1888) 513–18.
HUNGATE, WILLIAM ANNING. _b._ 7 Sep. 1786; entered navy 10 July
1803, lieut. on h.p. 2 March 1815 to death; claimed to be
descended from and to be entitled to estates of the Hungate family
of Yorkshire, brought actions of ejectment to obtain possession of
estates 1831 and 1832 but failed; assumed title of baronet and was
presented to Wm. iv. as Sir W. A. Hungate, by Earl of Denbigh 27
April 1831. _d._ 18 Feb. 1852.
HUNLOKE, SIR HENRY JOHN JOSEPH, 6 Baronet. _b._ 29 Sep. 1812;
succeeded 19 June 1816; formed a menagerie of rare animals at
Wingeworth hall, Derbyshire, which was sold by auction after his
death. _d._ Grafton st. London 8 Feb. 1856.
HUNNUM, ROBERT (_son of Fenwick Hunnum, purveyor to the Lambton
kennel_). _b._ Durham 1795; second horseman to Mr. Ralph John
Lambton of Merton house, Durham 1809 and known by name of ‘Mr.
Ralph’s Great Coat’; second whip 1818; first whipper-in 1829 till
the Lambton hounds were sold to Lord Suffield; a man of great
courage and endurance; huntsman to Sir Matthew White Ridley in
Northumberland 1843, whose hounds were sold by auction in London
30 June 1845 for £773, after which the hunt was kept up by
subscription. _The Book of Sports, ii_, 42–6 (1843), _portrait_;
_New Sporting Mag. v_, 4–5 (1833), _portrait_.
HUNT, ANDREW. _b._ Erdington near Birmingham 1790; pupil of Samuel
Lines the engraver; landscape painter and teacher of drawing at
Liverpool; member of Liverpool Academy and exhibitor there. _d._
31 Oxford st. 22 July 1861.
HUNT, EDWARD (_son of Thomas Hunt_). _b._ Hammersmith, Middlesex 29
Sep. 1829; ed. at Univ. coll. London, B.A. London 1850; assistant
to Crace Calvert, royal institution laboratory, Manchester 1851;
discovered process for distilling resin without decomposition
1857; took out patent for treatment of resin in making soap 1858;
partner with Samuel Barlow and H. D. Pochin as Samuel Barlow & Co.
in bleaching and dyeing works Stakehill near Middleton, Lancs.
1861 to death; F.C.S. Dec. 1851. _d._ Whalley range, Manchester 12
Aug. 1883. _Gillow’s English Catholics, iii_, 476–7 (1887).
HUNT, ELLEN ST. JOHN. _b._ Norwich 27 Nov. 1837; a contributor to
_The Bible class mag._ and to _The Sunday school teachers’ mag._
under pseudonym of Ion; author of _Thoughts of sunshine in sorrow.
By E.S.J.H._ 1862, _Second series_ 1866. _d._ Norwich 11 March
1864. _Memoir pp. v-xlvii in Thoughts of sunshine_ (1866).
HUNT, FREDERICK KNIGHT. _b._ Buckinghamshire, April 1814; employed
in printing office of _Morning Herald_ 1830; clerk to a barrister
in the Temple 1830; sec. to London Anti-Corn-law league 1836;
studied medicine at Middlesex hospital, M.R.C.S. 13 Nov. 1840;
projected the _Medical Times_ which he edited 28 Sep. 1839;
surgeon of a union in Norfolk; sub-editor of _Illustrated London
News_; sub-editor of _Pictorial Times_; edited Hunt’s _London
Journal_ 1844; assistant editor _Daily News_ Jany. 1846, and
editor 1851 to death; author of _The book of art_ 1846; _The
Rhine, its scenery and associations_ 1845; _The fourth estate,
contributions towards a history of newspapers 2 vols._ 1850. _d._
Forest hill, Sydenham 18 Nov. 1854. _John Francis, publisher of
the Athenæum. By J. C. Francis, i_, 224, 226, 410–13 (1888);
_Diprose’s St. Clements, i_, 245 (1868).
HUNT, REV. GEORGE (_son of Nehemiah Augustus Hunt of Plymouth_).
_b._ 1789; ed. at Trin. coll. Ox., B.A. 1810, M.A. 1813; V. of Egg
Buckland near Plymouth 26 May 1818 to death; F.R.S.; edited
_Specimens of lithography as applied to eastern literature_ 1819;
translated _The book of Job_ 1825; _Himyaric inscriptions of Hisn
Ghoráb_ 1848. _d._ Egg Buckland 20 Feb. 1861.
HUNT, GEORGE WARD (_eld. son of Rev. George Hunt of Buckhurst,
Berks._) _b._ Buckhurst 30 July 1825; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox.,
B.A. 1848, M.A. 1851, D.C.L. 1870; barrister I.T. 21 Nov. 1851,
bencher 23 May 1873; contested Northampton 1852 and 1857; M.P. for
North Northamptonshire 16 Dec. 1857 to death; chairman of quarter
sessions for Northamptonshire, April 1866; financial sec. to
treasury, July 1866 to Feb. 1868; chancellor of the exchequer 29
Feb. to Dec. 1868; P.C. 29 Feb. 1868; first lord of the admiralty
21 Feb. 1874 to death. _d._ Homburg 29 July 1877. _bur._ Homburg
30 July. _C. Brown’s Life of Beaconsfield, ii_, 93, 162 (1882),
_portrait_; _Graphic 4 Aug. 1877 pp._ 99, 113, _portrait_.
HUNT, HENRY. Educ. at St. Bartholomew’s hospital and Paris; M.R.C.P.
1840, F.R.C.P. 1859; fellow of Royal Med. Chir. Soc.; practised at
68 Brook st. Hanover sq. London from 1840; phys. to Dispensary for
Children; author of _On the nature and treatment of
tic-douloureux, sciatica and other neuralgic disorders_ 1844; _On
the severer forms of heartburn and indigestion_ 1854. _d._ 25 May
1877 aged 75.
HUNT, SIR HENRY ARTHUR (_son of James Hunt of Westminster_). _b._
1810; consulting surveyor to H.M. commissioners of works and
buildings 1856–86; receiver-general for dean and chapter of
Westminster to 1886; partner in firm of Hunt, Stephenson and
Jones, surveyors, 45 Parliament st. Westminster; A.I.C.E. 4 March
1851; C.B. 5 Aug. 1871; knighted at Osborne 21 July 1876. _d._ The
Lees, Folkestone 13 Jany. 1889.
HUNT, HOLDSWORTH (_youngest son of Wm. Chollwill Hunt, M.D. of
Dartmouth_). _b._ Dartmouth 1806; ed. at Crediton and in Paris;
barrister I.T. 12 June 1833, bencher 1865 to death, reader 1879,
treasurer 1880; member of council of legal education; member of
French Institute 1851. _d._ 20 Park crescent, Portland place,
London 26 April 1883.
HUNT, JAMES (_son of Thomas Hunt 1802–51_). _b._ Swanage, Dorset
1833; Ph.D. of Giessen 1855 and M.D. 1867; succeeded his father as
a specialist in curing stammering, had a house at Hastings where
he received many patients; member of Ethnological soc. of London
1854, hon. sec. 1859–62, hon. fellow 1862; founded Anthropological
soc. of London 1863, president 1863–8, director 1867; edited
_Anthropological Rev._ 1863; agitated for making Anthropology a
department at British Assoc. meetings which was done in 1883;
F.S.A.; F.R.S.L. 1854; author of _A manual of the philosophy of
voice and speech_ 1859; _Stammering and stuttering, their nature
and treatment_ 1861, _7 ed._ 1870 and 7 other books. _d._ Ore
Court near Hastings 29 Aug. 1869. _Reg. and mag. of biog., ii_,
198–200 (1869).
HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH (_son of Rev. Isaac Hunt, d. 1809 aged 57_).
_b._ Southgate, Middlesex 19 Oct. 1784; ed. at Christ hospital
1792–99; started with his brother John, _The Examiner_ a weekly
paper 1808, editor 1808–21; edited a quarterly mag. called _The
Reflector_ which ran to 4 numbers 1810; tried for a libel in _The
Examiner_ on the prince regent, and imprisoned in Surrey gaol 3
Feb. 1813 to 3 Feb. 1815; great friend of Byron, Shelley, Keats,
C. Lamb, T. Moore, J. Forster and T. Carlyle; edited _The
Indicator_, Oct. 1820 to 1822, 77 numbers; was in Italy 1822–5;
edited _The Liberal_ 1822–3, 2 vols.; _The Literary Examiner_, 27
numbers; _The Companion_ 1828, 28 numbers; _The Chat of the Week_
1830, 13 numbers; _The Tatler_ a daily sheet entirely written by
himself 4 Oct. 1830 to 13 Feb. 1832, 59 numbers; _Leigh Hunt’s
London Journal_ 1834 to 26 Dec. 1835, and _The Monthly Repository_
July 1837 to March 1838; produced _A Legend of Florence_ at Covent
Garden 7 Feb. 1840; civil list pension of £200, 4 Oct. 1847;
published _Leigh Hunt’s Journal_ 1850 to March 1851; author of
_Lord Byron and some of his contemporaries_ 1828; _The Town 2
vols._ 1848; _The autobiography of L. Hunt_ 1850, _3 vols. new
ed._ 1860; _Table talk_ 1851 and very numerous other books. _d._
at res. of Charles W. Reynell, Chatfield house, (now 84) High st.
Putney, Surrey 28 Aug. 1859. _bur._ Kensal Green cemet. Sep.,
monument by Joseph Durham, A.R.A. placed on the spot 19 Oct. 1869.
_The Correspondence of Leigh Hunt 2 vols._ (1862); _Leigh Hunt’s
Lord Byron_, _2 ed._ (1828) 55–408, _portrait_; _W. Howitt’s Homes
and haunts of British poets, ii_, 347–67 (1847); _T. H. Ward’s
English poets_, _2 ed._ (1883) _iv_, 340–7; _J. A. Langford’s
Prison books_ (1861) 316–33, _portrait_; _Maclise Portrait
Gallery_ (1883) 242–56, _portrait_; _L. Hutton’s Literary
landmarks of London_, _4 ed._ (1888) 144–9; _F. E. Baines’
Hampstead_ (1890) 358, _portrait_.
NOTE.—He is drawn in _Bleak House_ 1853 as Harold Skimpole and
in A. W. Pinero’s play _Lady Bountiful_ 1891 as Roderick
Heron. His dau. Julia Trelawney Leigh Hunt was granted civil
list pension of £75, 19 April 1861 and _d._ Hammersmith 3 Feb.
1872.
HUNT, REV. JOHN HIGGS. _b._ 1780; ed. at Charterhouse and Trin.
coll. Cam., B.A. 1801, M.A. 1804; edited _The Critical Review_,
reviewed Byron’s _Hours of Idleness_ in it Sep. 1807; V. of Weedon
Beck, Northamptonshire 20 March 1823 to death; published _Tasso’s
Jerusalem delivered, with notes and occasional illustrations 2
vols._ 1818, reprinted in E. Sanford’s _The works of the British
poets_, vols. 48, 49 (1819); said to have written a work upon
Cosmo the Great. _d._ Weedon Beck 17 Nov. 1859.
HUNT, JOSEPH. Kept a tavern in London; a public singer at Naval
Coffee house, St. Martin’s lane, London; William Probert and John
Thurtell murdered William Weare at Gill’s hill lane near Elstree,
Herts. 24 Oct. 1823, Hunt was found guilty as an accessory before
the murder and sentenced to death 7 Jany. 1824 but eventually
transported for life; court keeper of assize court, Bathurst,
N.S.W. 1839–59; living at Bathurst 1859; father of a famous female
singer living in 1864. _Narrative of murder of Mr. W. Weare, the
confession of Hunt and the execution of Thurtell_ (1824),
_portrait_.
NOTE.—John Thurtell was hanged at Hertford 9 Jany. 1824, Wm.
Probert escaped by turning King’s evidence, but was hanged at
the Old Bailey 20 June 1825 for horse-stealing; Thurtell’s gig
used by him in going to Gill’s hill lane, was exhibited in a
piece called _The Gamblers_ produced at the Surrey theatre,
Jany. 1824.
HUNT, ROBERT (_son of Robert Hunt lost in H.M.S. Mocheron 1807_).
_b._ Plymouth Dock (now Devonport) 6 Sep. 1807; studied medicine
in London; chemist and druggist Chapel st. Penzance 1833–4; sec.
of Royal Cornwall Polytechnic soc. 1840–5, pres. 1859; keeper of
the mining records office 1845 till it was abolished 1883;
lecturer on mechanical science in Royal school of mines 1851–3,
lecturer on experimental physics 1853; F.R.S. 1 June 1854; The
Miners’ Assoc. of Cornwall and Devon was instituted at a meeting
called by him 1859 and opened 1861; a comr. on inquiry on quantity
of coal remaining 1866; made researches on solar rays, electrical
phenomena in mineral veins and photography; edited _Ure’s
Dictionary of arts, manufactures and mines_ 1859, 1867 _and_ 1875,
_three editions_; author of _A popular treatise on the art of
photography_ 1841; _Researches on light_ 1844, _2 ed._ 1854;
_Elementary physics_ 1851, _new ed._ 1855; _Popular romances of
West of England 2 vols._ 1865; _British mining_ 1884, _2 ed._
1887; compiler and editor of annual blue books on Mineral
statistics 1855–84. _d._ 26 St. Leonard’s ter. Chelsea 17 Oct.
1887. _Boase and Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub._ 259–60, 1238; _Athenæum
22 Oct. 1887 pp._ 541–2; _Times 20 Oct. 1887 p._ 5.
HUNT, THOMAS. _b._ Dorset 1802; ed. at Winchester and Trin. coll.
Cam.; invented a method of curing stammering, which he practised
at 224 Regent st. London 1827 to death; Sir John Forbes sent him
pupils 1828–51; his pupils subscribed for his bust in marble which
was modelled by Joseph Durham and exhibited in the R.A. 1849. _d._
Godlingstone near Swanage, Dorset 18 Aug. 1851. _James Hunt’s
Treatise on stammering, with memoir of T. Hunt_ (1854) 27–69,
_portrait_; _Fraser’s Mag. July 1859 pp._ 1–14, _By Charles
Kingsley_.
HUNT, THOMAS NEWMAN. _b._ 1806; merchant of firm of Newman, Hunt &
Co. 12 New Broad st. city of London; a director of Bank of England
1856–83, deputy governor 1866–7, governor 1867–9; chairman of
Public works loan commission. _d._ 79 Portland place, London 17
Jany. 1884.
HUNT, THORNTON LEIGH (_eld. son of J. H. Leigh Hunt 1784–1859_).
_b._ London 10 Sep. 1810; studied drawing and painting; sub-editor
of _The Constitutional_, morning paper 15 Sep. 1836 which lasted
to 1 July 1837; edited the _North Cheshire Reformer_ at Chester;
_The Argus_ at Glasgow to 1840; one of chief contributors to
_Spectator_ 1840–60; one of founders of _Leader_ 1850; one of
chief contributors to _Globe_; on the _Daily Telegraph_ as acting
editor 1855–72; author of _The Foster Brother_ 1845; _The
rationale of railway administration_ 1846; _Unity of the iron
network, the argument for the break of gauge_ 1846; edited his
father’s _Autobiography_ 1860, Works 1860, and _Correspondence_
1862. _d._ 41 Victoria road, Kilburn, Middlesex 25 June 1873.
_Athenæum 28 June 1873 p._ 825; _Bourne’s English newspapers, ii_,
98, 235, 241, 267 (1887).
HUNT, VERE DAWSON DE VERE (_son of Vere Hunt_). _b._ 7 July 1829;
captain inland transport corps; author of _The horse and its
master, with hints on breeding, breaking, etc._ 1859; _England’s
horses for peace and war_ 1874. _d._ 9 Dec. 1878.
HUNT, WILLIAM. _b._ 1766; ed. at Rugby and King’s coll. Cam.,
scholar 1784, fellow 1787 to death; B.A. 1789, M.A. 1792;
barrister L.I. 27 June 1794; went Norfolk circuit, leader of it
long time; assessor to the vice chancellor in the university
courts 1805 to death; recorder of Tamworth (the last) 1817–42.
_d._ King’s college, Cambridge 6 Jany. 1852.
HUNT, WILLIAM (_son of Thomas Hunt_). _b._ Bath 1801; in business
with his brother at Bath; a great supporter of Reform 1832; one of
first members of Bath reformed corporation 1836, alderman 1841–7,
1848 to death; mayor of Bath 1840, 47, 54, 67 and 73; presented
with a silver salver and his portrait 16 June 1869; J.P. for Bath
2 Sep. 1847 to death. _d._ 72 Pulteney st. Bath 17 Sep. 1885.
_Keene’s Bath Journal 19 Sep. 1885 p._ 4.
HUNT, VERY REV. WILLIAM. _b._ East Hendred, Berks. 15 June 1803;
ordained priest 1830; professor at St. Edmund’s coll. Ware 1830–2;
missioner at Southampton 1832–41; minister St. James’ chapel,
Spanish place, Manchester sq. London 1842, resigned 1883; provost
of the chapter of Westminster 1865. _d._ 6 Spanish place 9 Jany.
1889.
HUNT, WILLIAM GEORGE LENNON. _b._ 1842; a baritone; before he was 21
he had appeared in 20 different operas in Madrid; musical
composer, dramatist, author; director of Philharmonic soc. of
Madrid; consul at Loanda, South Africa 10 June 1878 to death. _d._
Loanda 30 Aug. 1879. _Illust. sp. and dr. news, xii_, 101, 102
(1879), _portrait_.
HUNT, WILLIAM HENRY (_son of John Hunt, tinplate worker_). _b._ 8
Old Belton st. (now Endell st.), Long Acre, London 28 March 1790;
apprenticed to John Varley, artist 1804–11; painted in oils
1807–24, in water colours 1824–63; associate exhibitor of
Watercolour soc. 1824, member 1826; member of Amsterdam royal
academy 1856; exhibited 14 pictures at R.A., 6 at B.I. and 1 at
Suffolk st. 1807–29; his _Roses in a Jar_ in the Wade collection
1872 sold for five hundred guineas. _d._ 62 Stanhope st. Hampstead
road, London 10 Feb. 1864. _Redgrave’s Century of painters, ii_,
502–9 (1866); _Fraser’s Mag. lxxii_, 525–36 (1865).
HUNTER, ADAM. _b._ Greenock 20 June 1791; ed. at Glasgow and Edin.
univs., M.D. Edin. 1813; physician Edin. 1815 to death; F.R.S.
Edin. 1839; made a report to Scottish national insurance co. on
the lives insured; author of _The fruits of amalgamation exhibited
in the correspondence of a Palladium policy holder with C.
Jellicoe_. _Edin._ 1865. _d._ 18 Abercromby place, Edinburgh 24
June 1870. _Proc. Royal Soc. of Edin. vii_, 240–2 (1872).
HUNTER, SIR CLAUDIUS STEPHEN, 1 Baronet (_younger son of Henry
Hunter of Beech hill, Berks., barrister_ 1739–89). _b._ Beech hill
24 Feb. 1775; student, of the Inner Temple; solicitor in London
1797 to Jany. 1811; alderman of ward of Bassishaw, Sep. 1804 to
1835; alderman of ward of Bridge without 1835 to death; lieut.
col. of Royal east regiment of London militia 1806 and col. of
royal west regt. 10 Jany. 1810 to death; sheriff of London 1808–9,
lord mayor 1811–12 when he revived ancient ceremonies; created
baronet 11 Dec. 1812; hon. D.C.L. Ox. 23 June 1819; president of
London Life association 1835 to death. _d._ Mortimer hill,
Berkshire 20 April 1851. _European Mag. lxii_, 177–84 (1812),
_portrait_; _G.M. xxxvi_, 88–90 (1851); _Thornbury’s London, i_,
116, 329–30, (1872).
HUNTER, SIR CLAUDIUS STEPHEN PAUL, 2 Baronet. _b._ Ghazepore, East
Indies 21 Sep. 1825; ed. at Eton and St. John’s coll. Ox., B.A.
1849, M.A. 1850; student of Inner Temple 1848; succeeded his
grandfather 20 April 1851; captain royal London militia 1846–50;
founder of 1st Berkshire volunteer regt. and capt. commandant 31
March 1860, lieut.-col. 2 Nov. 1872 to Dec. 1885; sheriff of
Berks. 1860. _d._ Mortimer hill near Reading 7 Jany. 1890.
HUNTER, GEORGE. Entered Bengal army 1800; colonel 1 European regt.
of light infantry 1843 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851; C.B. 26 Dec.
1826. _d._ Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire 11 Nov. 1854.
HUNTER, VEN. JAMES (_son of John Hunter_). _b._ Barnstaple 1817;
clerk to Charles Roberts, solicitor, Barnstaple; a master in
Tavistock sch.; ed. at Ch. Miss. coll. Islington to 1843;
archdeacon of Cumberland, Rupert’s Land 1854–67; V. of St.
Matthew, Bayswater, London 1867 to death; M.A. 1855 and D.D. 1876
by Archbishop of Canterbury; author of _The Book of common prayer,
Translated into the language of the Cree Indians_ 1859; _The
gospels of St. Matthew, St. Mark and St. John in Cree_; _The faith
and duty of a Christian in Cree_; with J. Mason and others _The
Bible translated into the language of the Knisteneaux or Cree
North American Indians 2 parts_ 1861–2. _d._ 52 Leinster sq.
London 12 Feb. 1882. _bur._ Highgate cemet. 18 Feb.
HUNTER, JAMES. _b._ Muirkirk, Ayrshire 1818; manager Coltness iron
works 1839 and then a partner (Houldsworth & Co.), retired 1885,
increased the works from 2 to 12 furnaces; the Coltness brand of
iron became known all over the world; D.L. for Ayrshire; A.I.C.E.
4 April 1854. _d._ Newman’s House by Motherwell, Edinburgh 5 Oct.
1886. _Min. of Proc. I.C.E. lxxxix_, 494–5 (1887).
HUNTER, REV. JOHN (_youngest son of Rev. Andrew Hunter, minister of
Tron ch. Edin._, _d._ 1809). _b._ Edin. 1788; presbyterian
minister of Swinton, Berwickshire 1814–32; assistant minister of
Tron ch. Edin. after a contest with the kirk session which was
decided in house of lords Oct. 1832, minister of Tron ch. to
death; D.D. of univ. of Edin. 29 May 1847. _d._ 9 Regent ter.
Edinburgh 21 June 1866. _Crombie’s Modern Athenians_ (1882) 27–8,
_portrait_; _Scott’s Fasti, i part i, p._ 61.
HUNTER, JOHN (_son of professor Andrew Hunter_). In a writer’s
office copying law papers at 3d. a page; a writer to the signet
1826; auditor of court of session to 1866; author of _Miscellanies
in verse. By N.R. i.e. J. Hunter_ 1843. _d._ Craigcrook 3 Dec.
1869. _Journal of jurisprudence, xiv_, 42–5 (1870).
HUNTER, JOHN (_only son of John Hunter, physician_). _b._ Belfast 23
March 1843; ed. at Queen’s coll. Belfast and Queen’s univ., B.A.
1863, M.A. 1864; assistant professor of chemistry Queen’s coll.
1865–70; professor of mathematics and natural philosophy King’s
coll. Windsor, Nova Scotia 1870–1; accompanied the Deep Sea
dredging expedition in H.M.S. Porcupine 1869; made researches on
the absorption of gases by charcoal, the absorption of mixed
vapours, pressure of absorption and the composition of sea water.
_d._ Enniscrone, Mayo 13 Sep. 1872. _Proc. of royal soc. of Edin.
viii_, 322–4 (1875).
HUNTER, JOHN (2 _son of John Hunter_, _d._ _3 Dec. 1869_). Advocate
1857; sheriff substitute of Peebleshire 1868 to death; member of
Speculative soc. _d._ Kingsmuir, Peebles 29 Sep. 1872. _Journal of
Jurisprudence, xvi_, 603–5 (1872).
HUNTER, JOHN CHARLES. _b._ 20 Aug. 1799; L.S.A. 1821; M.R.C.S. 1821;
L.R.C.P. 1863; inspector National Vaccine establishment; author of
63rd vol. of the Family library _Sketches of imposture, deception
and credulity_ 1837. _d._ 30 Wilton place, Belgrave sq. London 19
Dec. 1871.
HUNTER, JOHN KELSO. _b._ Dunkeith, Ayrshire 15 Dec. 1802; a herd
boy; shoemaker at Kilmarnock; removed to Glasgow; painted and
exhibited portrait of himself at R.A. London 1847; author of _The
retrospect of an artist’s life_ 1868; _Life studies of character_
1871, containing facts about Robert Burns; _Memorials of west
country men and manners_. _d._ Pollokshields near Glasgow 3 Feb.
1873. _Times 6 Feb. 1873 p._ 7.
HUNTER, REV. JOSEPH (_son of Michael Hunter of Sheffield, cutler
1759–1831_). _b._ Sheffield 6 Feb. 1783; minister of a
Presbyterian congregation at Bath 1809–33; a sub-comr. of public
records in London 1833, an assistant keeper of the first class
1838 to death; F.S.A., mem. of council and vice pres. 1855; author
of _Hallamshire. The history of the parish of Sheffield_ 1819,
_new ed. by Rev. A. Gatty_ 1869; _South Yorkshire. The history of
the deanery of Doncaster 2 vols._ 1828–31; _The diary of Ralph
Thoresby, F.R.S. 2 vols._ 1830 and 30 other books; his library was
sold at Sothebys, Dec. 1861 for £1105; his MS. collections were
purchased by Br. Museum 1862. _d._ 30 Torrington sq. London 9 May
1861. _bur._ Ecclesfield near Sheffield 15 May. _A brief memoir_
[_by Sylvester Hunter_] 1861, _privately printed_; _Proc. of Soc.
of Antiquaries, ii_, 106–8 (1861).
HUNTER, JOSEPH. _b._ Scarborough 21 Oct. 1857; became known in the
match County Eleven _v._ Surrey at Sheffield 15 July 1878; member
of Yorkshire Eleven 1881; played against Australian team in 1883;
member of Shaw’s English team in Australia 1884; had no superior
as a wicket keeper; wicket keeper to the Yorkshire Eleven to 1889.
_d._ at his residence the Wheat Sheaf hotel, Rotherham 4 Jany.
1891. _Illust. S. and D. News, xxiii_, 661, 662 (1885),
_portrait_.
HUNTER, ROBERT (_only child of an East India merchant_, _d._ 1793).
_b._ near Edinburgh 8 July 1791; ed. at High sch. Edin. to 1804
and at Edin. univ.; member of Scottish bar 1814; sheriff of
Buteshire 1837 to death; sheriff of Dumbartonshire 1853 to death;
author of _A treatise on the law of landlord and tenant_. _Edin._
1833, _4 ed. 2 vols._ 1876. _d._ 67 Northumberland st. Edinburgh
23 Dec. 1871. _Crombie’s Modern Athenians_ (1882) 16, _portrait_;
_Journal of Jurisprudence, xvi_, 93–6 (1872).
HUNTER, ROBERT HOPE ALSTON (_3 son of Rev. William Hunter_). _b._
1805; hospital assistant in army 10 Jany. 1827; surgeon of 57
regt. at Madras 1843–47; surgeon major 30 July 1847; placed on
h.p. 10 Feb. 1852; author of _Statistical review of the climate of
the principal stations for European troops in the Bombay
presidency_; _The medical history of the queen’s royal regiment
during the campaign in Afghanistan_. _d._ Dollar 22 June 1867.
_Medical Times 3 Aug. 1867 pp._ 135–6.
HUNTER, ROWLAND, _b._ 1774; extensive bookseller at 72 St. Paul’s
churchyard (where he succeeded his uncle Joseph Johnson) 1815–36.
_d._ the Charterhouse 18 Jany. 1864.
HUNTER, WALTER. _b._ parish of Newbattle near Edin. 1772; worked as
a millwright under Watt and Rennie; adapted steam power to move
dredging buckets and ladders; partner with Wm. English as
millwrights and engineers at 28 High st. south, Bow, London 1807
or 1808 to death; M.I.C.E. 1827. _d._ Bow 8 Feb. 1852. _Minutes of
proc. of Instit. of C.E. xii_, 161 (1853).
HUNTER, WILLIAM (_son of Andrew Hunter of Bury St. Edmunds_). _b._
Bury St. Edmunds; of 76 Coleman st. City of London; member of ward
of Coleman st. London 1823 and alderman 1843 to death, sheriff
1844–5, lord mayor 1851–52. _d._ 13 Westbourne terrace, Hyde park,
London 22 Sep. 1856 aged 75. _I.L.N. xix_, 605 (1851), _portrait_.
HUNTER, WILLIAM FREDERICK. _b._ 1841; ed. at Edin. univ., M.A.,
LL.B.; at Heidelberg and Berlin univ., D.C.L.; examiner in law,
Edin. univ.; advocate in Scotland 1865; barrister L.I. 30 April
1875; inherited Hafton estate, Argyleshire on death of his
brother; wrote article on _Canon Law_ in Encyclop. Brit. v. 15–22
(1876). _d._ Madeira 28 April 1880. _Journal of Jurisprudence,
xxiv_, 320–1 (1880).
HUNTER-BLAIR, SIR DAVID, 3 Baronet. _b._ Edinburgh 1777; midshipman
H.M.S. Hyacinth; succeeded his brother 24 May 1800; col. of
Ayrshire militia during the war; convener of Ayrshire 1822 to
1855; vice lieut. of Ayrshire 1822 to death. _d._ Blairquhan, Ayr
26 Dec. 1857.
HUNTER-BLAIR, JAMES (_1 son of preceding_). _b._ Milton, Ayrshire 22
March 1817; ensign Scots fusilier guards 24 April 1835, captain 31
March 1848 to death; M.P. Ayrshire 22 July 1852 to death; _killed_
when commanding his battalion at Inkerman 5 Nov. 1854.
HUNTINGDON, FRANCIS POWER PLANTAGENET HASTINGS, 13 Earl of (_eld.
child of 12 Earl of Huntingdon 1808–75_). _b._ Gaultier cottage,
Waterford 4 Dec. 1841; styled Lord Hastings 1841–75; matric. from
Ch. Ch. Ox. 20 Jany. 1860; succeeded 13 Sep. 1875; master of
harriers at Whitechurch, Waterford 1867–8, of fox hounds 1868–71;
master of the Ormond and King’s county hunt 1872–5 and of the
King’s county alone from 1875, the Land League ultimately mobbed
his hounds and he sold the pack to a Canadian; speculated in land
in Florida and visited that country. _d._ Shanavogue, King’s
county 20 May 1885. _Baily’s Mag. xxxi_, 63–4 (1878), _portrait_,
_xliv_, 295 (1885).
HUNTINGFORD, REV. HENRY (_son of Rev. Thomas Huntingford, master of
Warminster school, Wilts._) _b._ Warminster 19 Sep. 1787; ed. at
Winchester and New coll. Ox., fellow 1807–14; fellow of Winchester
5 April 1814 to his death; B.C.L. 1814; prebendary of Colwall in
Hereford cath. Dec. 1817; R. of Hampton Bishop, Herefordshire 1822
to death; canon residentiary of Hereford cath. 1822 to death;
master of Ledbury hospital, Hereford 1867; published _Pindari
Carmina juxta examplar Heynianum...et Lexicon Pindaricum ex
integro Dammii opere etymologico excerptum_ 1814, _another ed._
1821; translated _Romanist Conversations_ [_By B. Pictet_] 1826.
_d._ Goodrest, Great Malvern 2 Nov. 1867. _bur._ Hampton Bishop.
_F. T. Havergal’s Fasti Herefordenses_ (1869) 61.
HUNTLY, GEORGE GORDON, 9 Marquis of (_only son of 4 Earl of Aboyne
1726–94_). _b._ Edinburgh 28 June 1761; ensign 1 foot guards;
lieut. col. 35 foot April 1789 to 15 June 1789; captain Coldstream
guards 15 June 1789 to 1792 when he sold out; col. of
Aberdeenshire militia 1798 to death; succeeded his father as 5
Earl of Aboyne 28 Dec. 1794; a representative peer of Scotland
1796–1815; cr. baron Meldrum of Morven, co. Aberdeen in peerage of
the U.K. 11 Aug. 1815; K.T. 10 May 1827; succeeded as 9 marquis of
Huntly by decision of House of Lords 22 June 1838 on death of his
kinsman the 8 Marquis 28 May 1836. _d._ 24 Chapel st. Grosvenor
sq. London 17 June 1853.
HUNTLY, CHARLES GORDON, 10 Marquis of (_eld. child of the
preceding_). _b._ Orton near Peterborough 11 Jany. 1792; styled
Lord Strathaven 1792–1853; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., M.A.
1812; M.P. East Grinstead 1818–30; M.P. Hunts. 1830–31, contested
Hunts. 1831; lord lieut. of Aberdeenshire 14 Feb. 1861 to death.
_d._ Orton Longueville near Peterborough 17 Sep. 1863.
HUNTLEY, SIR HENRY VERE (_3 son of Rev. Richard Huntley of Boxwell
court, Gloucs. 1776–1831_). _b._ 1795; entered navy 10 March 1809;
accompanied Napoleon to St. Helena in the Northumberland 8 Aug. to
15 Oct. 1815; employed in suppressing slave trade 1826–37;
commander 28 June 1838; lieut. gov. of settlements on river Gambia
23 Dec. 1839; lieut. gov. of Prince Edward’s Island 20 Aug. 1841
to 26 Oct. 1847; knighted by patent 9 Oct. 1841; consul at Loanda,
Aug. 1858; consul at Santos, Brazil, May 1862 to death; author of
_Peregrine scramble, or thirty years’ adventures of a bluejacket 2
vols._ 1849; _Observation on free trade policy in connection with
the Sugar act_ 1846; _Seven years’ service on the Slave coast_ _2
vols._ 1850; _California, its gold and its inhabitants 2 vols._
1856. _d._ Santos, Brazil 7 May 1864.
HUNTLEY, JOHN. _b._ London 25 March 1805; a packer of bale goods;
went to U.S. America 1832; prompter Richmond hill theatre, New
York; acted in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Richmond, Cincinnati and
Pittsburg, when he first undertook old men characters; stage
manager for Ludlow and Smith at St. Louis 1848–53; travelled in
America as an actor, prompter and manager 1853–63. _Brown’s
American stage_ (1870) 190.
HUNTLEY, REV. RICHARD WEBSTER (_brother of Sir H. V. Huntley_). _b._
1793; ed. at Oriel coll. Ox., B.A. 1815, M.A. 1819; fellow of All
Souls 1815–31, proctor 1824; V. of Alderbury, Salop 20 Jany. 1829
to death; R. of Boxwell and Leighterton 3 Dec. 1831 to death; one
of the 3 priests who opposed Dr. R. D. Hampden’s election to
bishopric of Hereford, both in Bow ch. 11 Jany. 1848 and in the
queen’s bench 1 Feb.; rural dean of Hawkesbury and Bitton 1840–51;
author of _A letter to the archbishop of Canterbury on the
ecclesiastical commission and the suppression of a bishoprick in
North Wales_ 1843; _A glossary of the Cotswold dialect illustrated
by examples from ancient authors_. _Gloucester_ 1868. _d._ Boxwell
court, Gloucs. 4 April 1857. _The Year of the Church. By R. W.
Huntley_ (1860). _Memoir pp. vii-xviii._
HURDIS, JAMES HENRY (_elder son of James Hurdis, poet 1763–1801_).
_b._ 1800 probably at Bishopston, Berks.; ed. at Southampton;
spent a few years in France; articled to Charles Heath the
engraver; lived at Newick near Lewes; etched many portraits of
local notabilities and views of buildings in Sussex, some of which
are in the Sussex Archæological Society’s collections; a friend of
George Cruikshank. _d._ Southampton 30 Nov. 1857. _M. A. Lower’s
Worthies of Sussex_ (1865) 170.
HURDLE, SIR THOMAS (_son of James Hurdle_). _b._ 1797; 2 lieut. R.M.
24 April 1812, lieut. col. 15 Aug. 1853; served at Navarino 1827,
in Greece 1828, commanded brigade of R.M. in Crimea 1854–6;
aide-de-camp to the queen 1855–7; col. commandant 20 Feb. 1857;
retired on full pay 17 Nov. 1859; hon. major general 2 Dec. 1859;
C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 2 June 1877. _d._ Porchester, Fareham, 7
June 1889.
HURLSTONE, EDWIN TYRRELL. _b._ 1806; barrister I.T. 31 Jany. 1834,
went South-Eastern circuit; a revising barrister to death; author
with John Gordon of _Exchequer Reports 1854–56_, _2 vols._
1855–56; with J. P. Norman of _Reports of cases in the courts of
Exchequer and Exchequer Chamber 1856–62_, _7 vols._ 1857–62; with
F. J. Coltman of _Reports of cases in the Courts of Exchequer and
Exchequer Chamber 1862–65, 3 vols. 1863–66_ and other Reports.
_d._ Thanet place, Temple, London 29 Sep. 1881.
HURLSTONE, FREDERICK YEATES (_1 son of Thomas Yeates Hurlstone a
proprietor of the Morning Chronicle_). _b._ London 1800 or 1801;
pupil of Sir W. Beechey and Sir T. Lawrence; student of the R.A.
1820, silver medallist 1822, gold medallist 1823; exhibited 37
pictures at R.A., 19 at B.I. and 326 at Suffolk st. 1821–70;
member of Society of British artists 1831, president 1835 and 1840
to death; awarded a gold medal at Paris exhibition 1855; 11 of his
best works were re-exhibited at Soc. of British Artists 1870;
author with others of _Protest against the Report from the
committee of the National gallery_ 1855; (_m._ 1836 Jane Coral an
artist, who exhibited 6 pictures at R.A. and 23 at Suffolk st.
1846–56 and _d._ 2 Oct. 1858); he _d._ 9 Chester st. Belgrave sq.
London 10 June 1869.
HURMAN, WILLIAM. Studied at Univ. coll. London; pupil of Robert
Liston; M.R.C.S. 1846; house surgeon Univ. coll. hospital; in
practice at Windsor, Brighton and London; surgeon to 3rd Middlesex
militia 11 Aug. 1865 to death; one of the best known men in the
hunting, coaching and racing world; originator of the Badminton
club, 100 Piccadilly, London 1876. _d._ 83 Grand parade, Brighton,
Dec. 1883. _Baily’s Mag. Jany. 1884 pp._ 429–30.
HURST, REV. BLYTHE. _b._ Winlaton, Durham 6 July 1801; a blacksmith
at Winlaton; ordained by Bishop Maltby at Auckland castle, July
1842; C. of Alston, Cumberland 1844–6; V. of Collierley near
Newcastle 1854 to death; taught himself French, Latin, Greek,
Hebrew, Syriac and Arabic; published _Four sermons, Christianity
no priestcraft_ 1840. _d._ Collierley 24 June 1882. _Newcastle
Weekly Chronicle 1 July 1882 p._ 7 _col._ 5; _I.L.N. lxxxi_, 56
(1882), _portrait_.
HURST, DANIEL, _b._ 1802 or 1803; publisher with Henry Blackett at
13 Great Marlborough st. London 1854 to death. _d._ Mitcham,
Surrey 6 July 1870.
HURST, SAMUEL, _b._ Stalybridge, Lancashire 1832; champion wrestler
of Lancashire; known as “The Stalybridge Infant”; 6 feet 2½ inches
high and 15 stone in weight; matched with J. C. Heenan 1860 but
engagement fell through; fought Tom Paddock for £200 a side near
Aldermaston, Berkshire 5 Nov. 1860 when Hurst won in 5 rounds and
obtained the champion belt; broke his leg by a fall 19 Nov. 1860;
fought James Mace for £200 a side on one of the islands up the
river Medway 18 June 1861 when Mace won in 8 rounds lasting 50
minutes and obtained the belt; kept the Wilton Arms tavern 4 Mayes
st. Manchester about 1861–5, the Glass House tavern, Oldham road,
Manchester about 1865–70. _d._ Mayfield cottage, Manchester 22 May
1882. _Illust. sporting news_ (1862) 249, _portrait_; _F. W. J.
Henning’s Some recollections of the prize ring_ (1888) 140–9.
HURST, REV. THOMAS (_son of Joseph Hurst_). _b._ Lancashire about
1775; ordained a priest at Lisbon; priest in the English coll. at
Lisbon when used for secular education 1807, professor 1813,
procurator of the restored college 1834 to death; a minister in
the British and Portuguese hospitals in Lisbon 1807–14; confessor
to the Bridgettine nuns at Lisbon. _d._ Lisbon 31 March 1855.
_Gillow’s English Catholics iii_, 490–1 (1887).
HUSBAND, WILLIAM (_eld. son of James Husband, surveyor for Lloyd’s
Register at Falmouth d. 1857_). _b._ Mylor near Falmouth 13 Oct.
1822; apprenticed to Harvey & Co. of Hayle, Cornwall, engineers
1839–43; mechanical engineer in charge of steam machinery on
drainage works Haarlem lake, Holland 1845–9, planned and erected
the half-weg engine, the lake when drained added 47,000 acres of
rich soil to Holland; manager of business of firm of Harvey & Co.
in London 1852–4, and at Hayle 1854–63, a partner 1863 to death;
patented balance valve for water-work purposes, four-beat pump
valve, Husband’s oscillating cylinder stamps, &c.; M.I.C.E. 1 May
1866; originated 8th Cornwall artillery volunteers 1860, captain 2
April 1860 to 6 May 1865. _d._ 26 Sion hill, Clifton 10 April
1887. _bur._ St. Erth, Cornwall 16 April. _Min. of proc. of
Instit. of C.E._ (1887) _lxxxix_ 470–3.
HUSENBETH, REV. FREDERICK CHARLES (_son of Frederick Charles
Husenbeth of Bristol, wine-merchant_). _b._ Bristol 30 May 1796;
ed. at Sedgly Park sch. Staffs. and St. Mary’s coll. Oscott;
ordained R.C. priest 25 Feb. 1820; chaplain at Cossey hall,
Norfolk 7 July 1820; missioner of St. Walstan’s chapel, Cossey
1841 to death; grand vicar of the Midland district 1827; created
D.D. by Pius ix. 7 July 1850; provost of the chapter and
vicar-general of diocese of Northampton 24 June 1852; wrote 1305
articles under initials of F.C.H. in _Notes and Queries_ 4 Feb.
1854 to 2 Nov. 1872; published _Breviarium Romanum suis locis
interpositis officiis sanctorum Angliæ 4 vols._ 1830; _The Missal
for the use of the laity_ 1837; _Emblems of Saints by which they
are distinguished in works of art_ 1850, _3 ed._ 1882; _The Holy
Bible translated from the Latin Vulgate 2 vols._ 1853 and 50 other
books. _d._ the presbytery adjoining St. Walstan’s chapel at
Cossey 31 Oct. 1872. _Gillow’s English Catholics_ (1887) _iii_,
492–507.
HUSK, WILLIAM HENRY. _b._ London 4 Nov. 1814; clerk to Manning and
Dalston and their successors, solicitors, London 1833–86; member
of Sacred Harmonic Soc. Oct. 1834, hon. librarian 1853–82 when
society was dissolved, wrote prefaces to word-books of Oratorios
performed at Society’s concerts; author of _Catalogue of library
of Sacred Harmonic Society_ 1862, _new ed._ 1872; _Account of the
musical celebrations on St. Cecilia’s day in the 16th, 17th, and
18th centuries_ 1857; edited _Songs of the Nativity_ [1866]; wrote
many articles in _Grove’s Dictionary of Music_. _d._ 20
Westmoreland place, Pimlico, London 12 Aug. 1887.
HUSKISSON, SAMUEL (_3 son of Wm. Huskisson of Oxley, Staffs_). _b._
1773; cornet 29 light dragoons 17 May 1799; served in Bengal
1799–1803; major 8 foot 4 July 1805; lieut.-col. 1 West India reg.
28 May 1807; lieut.-col. 9 garrison batallion 25 Sep. 1807 to May
1808; lieut.-col. 67 foot 16 June 1808 to 8 July 1824; general 11
Nov. 1851. _d._ 10 Mount st. Grosvenor sq. London 30 Dec. 1854.
HUSSEY, REV. JAMES MC.CONNELL (_5 son of William Hussey of
Glasgow_). _b._ 1819 or 1820; ed. at Exeter coll. Ox., B.A. 1843,
M.A. 1857; C. of Atherstone, Warwickshire 1846–8; P.C. of St.
James, Kennington, London 1848–54; afternoon preacher at the
Foundling hospital 1854–61; V. of Ch. Ch. North Brixton 1855 to
death; hon. canon of Rochester Jany. 1878 to death; rural dean of
Kennington 1879–87 and 1889 to death; D.D. by archbp. of
Canterbury Jany. 1881; author of _Joy for the sorrowful or comfort
in sickness_ 1855, _2 ed._ 1856; _Home. An essay_ 1878; _Scandal
and scandal-mongers_ 1879. _d._ Ch. Ch. vicarage, Cancel road,
Vassal road, Brixton 19 May 1891. _Daily Graphic 22 May 1891 p._
9, _portrait_.
HUSSEY, REV. ROBERT (_4 son of Rev. Wm. Hussey, R. of Sandhurst,
Kent_). _b._ 7 Oct. 1801; ed. at Westminster (King’s scholar 1816)
and Ch. Ch. Ox., student 1821–46; double first class 1824, B.A.
1825, M.A. 1827, B.D. 1837; Greek reader 1832, censor and
librarian 1835, catechist 1836, select preacher 1831 and 1846,
proctor 1836, Whitehall preacher 1841–3; regius prof. of
ecclesiastical history in univ. of Ox. 23 April 1842 to death;
P.C. of Binsey near Oxford 1845 to death; author of _An essay on
the ancient weights and money_ 1836; _An account of the Roman road
from Alchester to Dorchester_ 1841; _Sermons, mostly academical_
1849; edited the histories of _Socrates_ 1844, _Evagrius_ 1844,
_Bæda_ 1846 and _Sozomen_ _3 vols._ 1860 and 15 other works. _d._
Beaumont st. Oxford 2 Dec. 1856. _bur._ Sandford on Thames. _The
Rise of the Papal power. Ed. by Jacob Ley_ (1863), _Memoir pp.
viii-xxvii_.
HUTCHESON, CHARLES. _b._ Scotland 1792; taught music in Glasgow;
published _Christian Vespers_, _Glasgow_ 1832, containing Hymn
tunes harmonised in 3 and 4 parts, and An essay on church music.
_d._ Glasgow 1856.
HUTCHESON, FRANCIS DEANE. _b._ 1800; entered navy 13 Oct. 1813;
captain 23 Nov. 1841; retired admiral 30 July 1875. _d._ 76
Shaftesbury road, West Hammersmith 21 Dec. 1875.
HUTCHESSON, THOMAS. _b._ 1781; 2 lieut. R.A. 1 Dec. 1797; colonel 1
batt. R.A. 23 Nov. 1841 to 30 Aug. 1854; col. commandant 30 Aug.
1854 to death; L.G. 14 June 1856. _d._ Clarence lawn, Dover 28
Aug. 1857.
HUTCHINS, EDWARD JOHN (_eld. son of Edward Hutchins of Briton Ferry,
co. Glamorgan_). _b._ 1809; ed. at Charterhouse and St. John’s
coll. Cam.; M.P. Penryn 23 Jany. 1840 to 23 June 1841; M.P.
Lymington 30 April 1850 to 20 March 1857; contested Southampton 2
July 1841 and Poole 31 July 1847. _d._ Hastings 11 Feb. 1876.
_I.L.N. lxviii_, 215 (1876).
HUTCHINSON, CHARLES HENRY. Second lieut. Madras artillery 13 June
1834 and colonel 9 June 1868 to 5 Feb. 1870 when he retired on
full pay; M.G. 5 Feb. 1870. _d._ 20 Westbourne park, London 27
Oct. 1873.
HUTCHINSON, CHARLES WATERLOO, _b._ 18 June 1824; 2 lieut. Bengal
engineers 9 June 1843; col. R.E. 1 April 1874, col. commandant 17
Dec. 1881 to death; general 28 Nov. 1885; placed on unemployed
supernumerary list 16 Sep. 1886; author of _Specimens of various
vernacular characters passing through the post office in India,
photozincographed_. _Calcutta_ 1877. _d._ 13 Kildare gardens,
Bayswater, London 27 March 1890.
HUTCHINSON, GEORGE ROWAN. Second lieut. R.E. 29 May 1832, captain 13
Dec. 1847 to death; superintendent of new harbour works at
Holyhead, _killed_ by explosion of powder there 25 Feb. 1851
though half a mile from where it took place. _A.R._ (1864) 14.
HUTCHINSON, JOHN. _b._ Newcastle 1811; ed. at London univ.;
assistant phys. to Hospital for consumption, Brompton; author of
_The spirometer and stethoscope and scale-balance, their use in
discriminating diseases of the chest and their value in
life-offices_ 1852. _d._ Fiji, Sandwich islands, July 1861.
HUTCHINSON, JOHN DYSON. _b._ Halifax, Yorkshire 6 July 1822; ed. at
Hipperholme gram. sch.; in business at Halifax, retired 1870;
mayor of Halifax 1868 and 1871; M.P. Halifax 21 Feb. 1877,
accepted the Chiltern hundreds Aug. 1882. _d._ 25 Redcliffe sq.
South Kensington, London 25 Aug. 1882.
HUTCHINSON, WILLIAM EVANS, _b._ 1806; superintendent of Midland
counties line to July 1840; a director of Midland railway 1837 and
chairman 1864–70; presented with a testimonial at a complimentary
dinner 20 Dec. 1870. _d._ Oadby hall, Leicester 6 Dec. 1882. _F.
S. Williams’ Midland railway_ (1888) 181–4, 195, 236, 243.
HUTCHISON, REV. ÆNEAS BARKLY (_eld. son of Robert Hutchison of
London, merchant_). _b._ London 1819; ed. at Queen’s coll. Cam.,
B.D. 1855, B.D. Oxford 1856; P.C. of St. James, Devonport 21 Aug.
1850 to death; author of _Memorials of the abbey of Dundrennan_,
_Galloway_ 1857; _A monograph of the history of St. Mary_,
_Callington_ 1861. _d._ Harrogate 25 Dec. 1866.
HUTCHISON, REV. WILLIAM [ANTONY] (_son of George Hutchison, a
cashier in Bank of England, who d. 1833_). _b._ London 27 Sep.
1822; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam. 1843–5; received into R.C. church at
Birmingham 21 Dec. 1845, confirmed by bishop Walsh, receiving name
of Antony 29 Dec. 1845; ordained priest 15 Aug. 1847; a member of
the Oratory, London, to the institution of which he largely
contributed 1849 to death; established ragged schools and other
charities; author of _Loreto and Nazareth: two lectures containing
the result of personal investigation of the two sanctuaries_ 1863.
_d._ The Oratory, Brompton 12 July 1863. _Gillow’s English
Catholics, iii_, 511–4 (1887).
NOTE.—He left by his will dated 7 July 1860 all his property
to the Brompton oratory, will disputed by his brother in law
Dr. Alfred Smee but its validity affirmed in case of Knox _v._
Smee, Court of Probate 1864. _Annual Register_ (1864) 232–41.
HUTCHISON, REV. WILLIAM CORSTON (_2 son of Robert Hutchison of
Fincham, Norfolk_). Matric. from Worcester coll. Ox. 6 May 1841
aged 19; Curate of St. Mary’s, Devonport 1848–50; Curate of St.
Endellion, Cornwall 1850–1; joined Church of Rome Aug. 1851; lived
chiefly abroad rest of his life; tutor to Prince Imperial of
France; a member of the third order of St. Francis; a chevalier of
Holy Cross of Jerusalem; private chamberlain to Pius ix. and Leo
xiii.; had a great share in production of Dr. Fan di Bruno’s
_Catholic Belief_. _d._ Holly Place, Hampstead 9 Sep. 1883 aged
63. _bur._ Leytonstone cemet. _Gillow’s English Catholics, iii_,
514–5 (1887).
HUTH, FREDERICK. _b._ Hanover 1777; settled at Corunna, landed in
England 1809, naturalized by act 59 Geo. iii. cap. 90 (1819);
founded house of F. Huth and Co. merchants, City of London 1816;
one of most eminent merchants of City of London; had order of
Charles iii. of Spain. _d._ 33 Upper Harley st. London 14 Jany.
1864, personalty sworn under £500,000, 5 March.
HUTH, HENRY (_3 son of the preceding_). _b._ London 1815; ed. at
Rusden’s sch. Leith hill, Surrey to 1833; travelled in Germany,
France and the U.S. of A. 1836–9; joined a firm in Mexico 1840; in
a firm at Hamburg 1844–9; merchant in London 1849 to death;
purchased books at all the important sales, also daily at chief
booksellers; with the single exception of Lord Spencer had finest
private library then known; member of Philobiblon Society 1863, of
Roxburgh club 1866; treasurer and pres. of royal hospital for
incurables 1861; printed _Ancient ballads and broadsides_ 1867;
_Inedited poetical miscellanies 1584–1700._ 1870; _Fugitive Tracts
1493–1700. 2 vols._ 1875 and other books. _d._ 30 Prince’s gate,
London 10 Dec. 1878. _bur._ Bolney ch. yard, Sussex. _Times 14
Dec. 1878 p._ 9; _Athenæum 21 Dec. 1878 p._ 803; _Academy 21 Dec.
1878 p._ 583; _The Huth library. A catalogue of books,
manuscripts, letters and engravings, collected by H. Huth 5 vols._
(1880).
HUTHERSAL, REV. CORT (_son of John Huthersal of Ardwick green,
Manchester, schoolmaster_). Ed. at Manchester school and St.
John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1818, M.A. 1821; C. of St. Mary’s,
Manchester; C. of All Saints, Leamington to about 1837, lived at
Leamington rest of his life; author of _Synopsis of the various
administrations for the government of England from the year 1756
to 1842._ _London_ 1842, anon. _d._ Leamington 14 Sep. 1859.
HUTHWAITE, SIR EDWARD (_eld. son of William Huthwaite, draper,
Nottingham_). _bapt._ St. Peter’s, Nottingham 24 June 1793; ed. at
military academy Woolwich; second lieut. Bengal artillery 12 Nov.
1810, lieut.-col. 3 July 1845, col. commandant 23 Jany. 1854 to
death; L.G. 6 March 1868; C.B. 3 April 1846, K.C.B. 2 June 1869;
served in India 1810 to his death, and was present at Sobraon,
Chillianwalla and Goojrat. _d._ Sherwood, Nynee Tal, India 5 April
1873. _I.L.N. lxii_, 475 (1873).
HUTHWAITE, HENRY. _b._ 1769; entered Bengal army 1795; colonel 15
Bengal N.I. 1837–52; colonel 42 Bengal N.I. 1852 to death; L.G. 11
Nov. 1851. _d._ Hoveringham, Notts. 5 Dec. 1853.
HUTT, SIR GEORGE (_son of Richard Hutt of Appley Towers, Ryde, Isle
of Wight_). _b._ 1809; lieut. Bombay artillery 28 Sep. 1827, major
12 Sep. 1855 to 9 Nov. 1858 when he retired; served during Scinde
and Afghan campaigns 1839–44, in Persia 1857, and Indian mutiny
1857–8; M.G. 18 Jany. 1859; sec. to comrs. of Chelsea hospital 6
March 1865 to 13 March 1885; C.B. 26 Feb. 1846, K.C.B. 21 June
1887; edited _Papers illustrative of the history of the royal
hospital at Chelsea_ 1872. _d._ Appley Towers, Ryde, Isle of Wight
27 Sep. 1889. _Times 31 Oct. 1889 p._ 10.
HUTT, RICHARD. _b._ 1803; assistant to George Cawthorne of the
circulating library 24 Cockspur st., London May 1825, managed the
business for the widow 1833–50, and was partner with her son
1850–74 when the latter retired. _d._ 24 Cockspur st. 8 Nov. 1876
aged 73. _Bookseller Dec. 1876 p._ 1143; _Publisher’s Circular
Dec. 1876 p._ 920.
NOTE.—This was the first circulating library in London, it was
commenced at 132 Strand in 1740 by Wright, who was succeeded
by Batho. John Bell next became the proprietor of the business
and was followed by G. Cawthorne who removed to Cockspur st.
in 1807.
HUTT, _Sir William_ (_brother of Sir George Hutt_, 1809–89). _b._ 2
Chester place, Lambeth, Surrey 6 Oct. 1801; ed. at St. Mary’s
hall, Ox. Feb. to Aug. 1820 and at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1827,
M.A. 1831; M.P. Hull 1832–41; M.P. Gateshead 1841–74; V.P. of
board of trade and paymaster general 22 Feb. 1860 to Nov. 1865;
P.C. 22 Feb. 1860; negotiated a treaty of commerce between Great
Britain and Austria 27 Feb. 1865 etc.; member of mixed commission
at Vienna to examine into Austrian Tariff 1 March 1865; K.C.B. 27
Nov. 1865. _d._ Appley Towers, Ryde, Isle of Wight 24 Nov. 1882.
HUTTON, EDWARD. _b._ 1797; L.R.C.S. Ireland 1819, F.R.C.S. 1824,
president 1852, sec. June 1853 to June 1865; M.B. Dublin 1822,
M.D. 1842; president of pathological society of Dublin; M.R.I.A.;
contributed to _Dublin medical journal_ and other periodicals.
_d._ 5 Merrion square south, Dublin 24 Nov. 1865.
HUTTON, FREDERICK. _b._ 1801; entered navy 28 Jany. 1813; captain 3
July 1844; governor of Ascension 12 Nov. 1846; R.A. 1 April 1863.
_d._ Tunbridge Wells 6 March 1866.
HUTTON, GEORGE. Entered Madras army 1811; colonel 22 Madras N.I.
1860 to death; M.G. 4 July 1856. _d._ Vizianagram, Madras 28 Aug.
1861.
HUTTON, HENRY. Called to the bar in Ireland 1822, Q.C. 7 Feb. 1849;
chairman of quarter sessions, co. Roscommon to death. _d._ 1859.
HUTTON, REV. HENRY (_son of lieut. general Henry Hutton, d. 1827_).
_b._ Moate, Westmeath 1808; ed. at Wad. coll. Ox., B.A. 1830, M.A.
1833; C. of Lidlington, Beds. 1832; P.C. of Woburn, Beds. 1834–49;
chaplain to duke of Bedford 1839; R. of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden,
London 1849 to death; author of _Lectures, doctrinal, explanatory
and practical on the English liturgy_. _Woburn_ 1848; _An account
of the charitable institutions in parish of Saint Paul, Covent
Garden_ 1858. _d._ 7 Henrietta st. Covent Garden 23 June 1863.
_Sermons on the Lord’s Prayer. By H. Hutton_ (1863), _Memoir pp.
i-xlviii_.
HUTTON, JAMES FREDERICK (_son of Wm. M. Hutton_). _b._ London 1826;
an African merchant and manufacturer of cotton goods at
Manchester; Belgian consul at Manchester 11 Aug. 1887 to death;
pres. of Manchester chamber of commerce; F.R.G.S.; M.P. for North
division of Manchester 1885 to 1886. _d._ Cairo 1 March 1890.
HUTTON, REV. PETER. _b._ Holbeck near Leeds 29 June 1811; ed. at
Benedictine college, Ampleforth; studied at Univ. of Louvain
1836–9; ordained priest 24 Sep. 1839; pres. of St. Peter’s
college, Prior Park near Bath, and professor of Latin and Greek
there Sep. 1839 to July 1841; entered the Order of Charity at
Loughborough, Leics. 5 July 1841; rector of the college of Order
of Charity near village of Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreak near Leicester
23 Nov. 1844, vice pres. 2 July 1850, pres. 1 Nov. 1851 to death;
translated all the Latin and Greek authors read in the schools at
Ratcliffe. _d._ Ratcliffe college 2 Sep. 1880. _J. Hirst’s Brief
memoir of Father Hutton. Market Weighton_, _St. William’s press_
(1886); _Gillow’s English Catholics, iii_, 517–21 (1887).
HUTTON, ROBERT HOWARD (_son of Robert Hutton_). _b._ Soulby,
Westmoreland 26 July 1840; farmer Milnthorpe 1863–9; bone setter
at 74 Gloucester place, Portman sq. London 1871–9, at 36 Queen
Anne st. Cavendish sq. 1879 to death; had an extensive practice
and made much money; a well known huntsman at Melton Mowbray. _d._
University coll. hospital, London from taking laudanum in error
for a black draught 16 July 1887.
NOTE.—His uncle Richard Hutton was a bone setter at Wyndham
place, Crawford st. London for many years and _d._ Gilling
lodge, Watford 6 Jany. 1871 aged 70. Among his successful
cures were the Hon. Spencer Ponsonby in 1865 and George Moore
the philanthropist in 1869.
HUTTON, REV. WYNDHAM MADDEN (_son of Rev. John Hutton of Granby,
Notts._) Matric. from St. Edmund hall, Ox. 7 July 1849 aged 18; at
St. Bees 1854; V. of St. Paul, Tipton, Staffs. 1861–9; V. of
Kirk-Christ-Lezayre, Isle of Man 1869–77; V. of Twyford with
Hungarton and Thorpe-Satchville, Leics. 1877 to death; author of
_Poems. By A member of the university of Oxford_. _Oxford_ 1851;
_Gottfried’s pilgrimage: an allegory_ 1866, _3 ed._ 1868;
_Bertha’s Dream and other tales. Frome Selwood_ 1868; _The
unconquered island_. _Ramsay_ 1873. _d._ Hungarton vicarage 18
Jany. 1882.
HUY, JOHN. Acting manager of Court theatre, London under Marie
Litton, Jany. 1871 to March 1875 and under John Hare, March 1875
to 19 July 1879; acting manager of St. James’s theatre, London
under John Hare and W. H. Kendall 4 Oct. 1879 to 21 July 1888;
ruptured his liver by falling on the stone stairs at his residence
3 Langham place, Regent st. London 29 Nov. 1891. _d._ 30 Nov. 1891
aged 57. _The Era 5 Dec. 1891 p._ 9 _col._ 4.
HUYSHE, ALFRED (_youngest son of Rev. John Huyshe of Exeter
1772–1851_). _b._ 1811; ed. at Addiscombe; 2 lieut. Bengal
artillery 13 Dec. 1827; col. R.A. 29 April 1861 to 31 Oct. 1867;
inspector general of artillery in India 1867–73; general 1 Oct.
1877; C.B. 2 June 1877. _d._ 46 Onslow sq. London 25 Feb. 1880 in
69 year. _Graphic xxii_, 196 (1880), _portrait_.
HUYSHE, GEORGE (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 1804; ensign 13
Bengal N.I. 22 March 1820; col. Bengal infantry 15 Nov. 1853;
general 19 Feb. 1872; C.B. 27 Sep. 1843. _d._ Guernsey 6 Oct.
1881.
HUYSHE, GEORGE LIGHTFOOT (_2 son of the preceding_). _b._ 1839;
ensign rifle brigade 18 April 1856, capt. 19 Dec. 1862; served
with 83 regt. in Indian mutiny 1857–9, in pursuit of Tantia Topee
1858–9, medal; on Sir G. Wolseley’s staff on Red river expedition
1870; D.A.A.G. on Sir Garnet Wolseley’s staff; author of _The Red
river expedition_ 1871; with H. Brackenbury of _Fanti and Ashanti_
1873. _d._ Prah-su, Ashantee 18 Jany. 1874. _Graphic_, _ix_, 218,
229 (1874), _portrait_.
HYDE, EDGAR (_youngest son of Rev. Henry Woodd Cock Hyde of
Camberwell, Surrey_). _b._ 27 May 1829; ed. at St. Paul’s sch. and
C.C. coll. Ox., junior math. scholar 1847–57, fellow 1857–68; B.A.
1851, M.A. 1854; barrister I.T. 11 June 1862; practised at
Calcutta 1862–71; edited _Reports of cases in Court of judicature
at Fort William_, _Calcutta_ 1864; author of _The Indian
succession act, with introduction and synopsis_ 1865. _d._
Folkestone 27 Jany. 1891.
HYDE, GEORGE HOOTON (_son of Rev. George Hooton Hyde, R. of Wareham,
Dorset_). _b._ 1798; 2 lieut. R.A. 7 July 1817, captain 18 Aug.
1843 to 14 Jany. 1852 when he retired on full pay; general 1 Oct.
1877. _d._ 13 Albert place, Victoria road, Kensington, London 8
March 1879.
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