HICKEY, Rev. William (
eld. son of Rev. Ambrose Hickey, rector of Murragh, co. Cork 1796 to his death in 1826
).
b.
1787 or 1788; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin 1804–5, B.A. 1809, M.A. 1832; pensioner St. John’s coll. Cam. 7 March 1806, B.A. 1809; C. of Dunleckny, Leighlin 1811; V. of Bannow, Ferns 1820; founded an agricultural soc. on a farm of 40 acres; a founder of South Wexford agricultural soc., the first of its kind in Ireland; R. of Kilcormuick 1826; R. of Wexford 1831; R. of Mulrankin 1834 to death; endeavoured to improve the husbandry of small farms; author of
State of the poor in Ireland
1817; member of R. Dublin soc, gold medallist; civil list pension of £80, 6 Oct. 1853; had pension from R. Literary fund; under the pseudonym of Martin Doyle he wrote
Hints to small farmers
1830,
numerous editions
;
Hints on emigration to Upper Canada
1831,
3 ed.
1834;
Practical gardening
1833,
2 ed.
1836;
A cyclopædia of practical husbandry
1839,
new editions
1844, 1851;
The farmer’s manual
1868; with Edmund Murphy he conducted the
Irish Farmer’s and Gardener’s Magazine
9 vols.
1834–42.
d.
Mulrankin 24 Oct. 1875.
Dublin Univ. Mag., April 1840 pp.
374–6,
portrait
;
Wexford Independent 27 and 30 Oct. 1875
.
HICKLEY, Victor Grant (
son of J. A. Hickley of Purbrook, Hants.
)
b.
1823 or 1824; sub-lieut. R.N. 18 Aug. 1842; captain 1 April 1858, retired 8 June 1868; retired admiral 12 April 1886.
d.
Taunton railway station 27 Jany. 1888.
HICKLIN, John.
b.
England; editor of
Nottingham Journal
, and of
Chester Courant
; author of
Church and state. Historic facts ancient and modern
.
Torquay
1873;
Literary recreations
.
d.
13 Jany. 1877.
HICKS, Agnes Ross (
dau. of J. Boss of Campsie, Stirlingshire
).
b.
1850; ed. under Warwick Jordan, Mus. Bac. organist of St. Stephen’s, Lewisham; soprano singer; first appeared in public at Public hall, Lee, Kent 1875; sang at St. James’ hall, London, her old ballads being in much favor; well known by her singing of Gounod’s ‘Worker.’ (
m.
George Hicks), she
d.
32 Henrietta st. Covent Garden, London 13 March 1886.
bur.
Norwood cemet. 17 March.
The Era, March 1886 p.
13.
HICKS, Edward (
only son of Edward Simpson of Lichfield
).
b.
10 Aug. 1814; ed. at Charterhouse and C.C. coll. Cam., B.A. 1836; student of Inner Temple 1837; assumed surname of Hicks on succeeding his kinsman Rev. James Hicks 1835; sheriff of Cam. 1862; master of harriers; M.P. Cambs. 1879–85; contested Newmarket division 1885.
d.
Wilbraham Temple, Cambridge 13 Jany. 1889.
HICKS, Sir Francis (
youngest son of John Hicks of Southwark, London
).
b.
Southwark 1821; treasurer of St. Thomas’s hospital, London 1865 to death; knighted at St. James’s palace 21 June 1871 on opening of new St. Thomas’s hospital.
d.
Margate 1 Sep. 1877 in 57 year.
Times 4 Sep. 1877 p.
9.
HICKS, George. Entered Bengal army 7 Sep. 1808; col. 70 Bengal N.I. 7 May 1854 to 1869; L.G. 28 Oct. 1868; C.B. 3 April 1846.
d.
24 Oct. 1873.
HICKS, Mary (
dau. of John and Sarah Roden
).
bapt.
Broseley, Salop 14 Nov. 1773; she however said she was dau. of Samuel and Mary Roden and
bapt.
Broseley 15 Feb. 1767. (
m.
at Isleworth, John Hicks who
d.
1848).
d.
Brentford workhouse 24 Nov. 1870 aged 97.
W. J. Thoms’ Longevity
(1879) 236–42.
HICKS, Newton Tree (
son of Cecil Hicks, who d. 15 March 1866
).
b.
4 Sep. 1811; appeared as Richard 3rd at Royalty theatre, London 1824; played at the Coburg, the New Brunswick and Surrey theatres; in the provinces 6 or 7 years; made the round of metropolitan theatres; known by sobriquet of Bravo or Brayvo Hicks; some of his characters were Fabian in
The Black Doctor
; Monte Christo at the Surrey, June 1848; Sir Thomas Clifford in
The Hunchback
, and Leopold in
The Jewess
; retired from the stage about 1863; lived in Hogarth’s house, Hogarth lane, Chiswick.
d.
21 Feb. 1873.
Theatrical Times, ii
17 (1847),
portrait
,
iii
209 (1848),
portrait
;
Era 2 March 1873 p.
11.
Note.—His brother Cecil Hicks pianist at the Canterbury, Cambridge and Foresters’ music halls,
d.
19 Jany. 1888.
bur.
Ilford cemet. 29 Jany.
HICKS, William.
b.
29 April 1831; ensign 24 Bombay N.I. 3 March 1851; served in India in campaign of 1857–9, with Panjâb movable column, in Rohilkand campaign and under Lord Clyde; captain Bombay Staff Corps 29 Dec. 1861; brigade major in 1 div. in Abyssinian campaign 1867–8; lieut.-col. B.S.C. 29 Dec. 1875 to 1 July 1880; A.A.G. Bombay 3 Dec. 1877 to 1 July 1880; commander of Egyptian army in the Sûdân to suppress the Mahdi’s revolt Feb. 1883 and known as Hicks Pasha, joined his troops at Khartûm, ascended the White Nile to Duem and advanced across the desert to El’Obeyd Sep. 1883, betrayed into an ambuscade and
killed
with most of his troops at the battle of Kashgil 4 Nov. 1883.
J. Colborne’s With Hicks Pasha in the Soudan
(1884),
portrait
;
I.L.N. lxxxiii
, 521 (1883),
portrait
;
Graphic xxviii
, 529 (1883),
portrait
.
HICKS, William Robert (
son of William Hicks, schoolmaster, Bodmin, d. 1833
).
b.
Bodmin 1 April 1808; schoolmaster Bodmin 1832–40; clerk of Bodmin board of guardians 1834; domestic superintendent Cornwall county lunatic asylum 1840–60, with the medical officers introduced a more humane treatment of the patients; mayor of Bodmin 1865; a well known story teller, familiar in London as the Yorick of the West; was a proficient in the Cornish and Devonshire dialects, and in miners’ talk.
d.
Westheath, Bodmin 5 Sep. 1868.
Collier’s W. R. Hicks, a memoir
(1888),
portrait
.
HICKSON, George Blake. Called to the bar in Ireland 1819; Q.C. 1 July 1837.
d.
2 Aug. 1869.
HICKSON, William Edward (
son of William Hickson, boot manufacturer, London
).
b.
7 Jany. 1803; boot maker, partner with his father, retired 1840; a pioneer of national education and of popular musical culture; on the royal commission on condition of handloom weavers 1837, when he visited seats of industry in Great Britain and Ireland; studied national school systems in Holland, Belgium and Germany 1839; editor and proprietor of
Westminster Review
,
vols.
34–45, 1840–52; author of
The singing master, instructions for teaching singing in schools and families
,
3 parts
1836;
Dutch and German schools
1840;
Part singing or vocal harmony for choral societies
,
4 parts
1842;
Time and faith, an enquiry into the data of ecclesiastical history 2 vols.
1857;
A musical gift containing 24 new songs
1859.
d.
Fairseat, Sevenoaks, Kent 22 March 1870.
HIGGIN, Right Rev. William (
4 son of John Higgin of Greenfield, governor of Lancaster castle 1783–1833
).
b.
Lancaster 27 Sep. 1793; ed. at Lancaster gram. sch., Manchester gram. sch., and Trin. coll. Cam., 13 wr. 1817, B.A. 1817; M.A. of Trin. coll. Dublin 1835, D.D. 1849; C. of Clifton 1817–20; chaplain Richmond general penitentiary, Dublin 1820–8; R. of Roscrea 1828–45; vicar general of Killaloe 1828–45; dean of Limerick, instituted 25 Jany. 1845; bishop of Limerick 1849; translated to Derry 7 Dec. 1853, enthroned 20 Dec.; comr. of national education 1853; an ecclesiastical comr. for Ireland 1866; author of
Ministerial fidelity and zeal. A sermon
1839, and other sermons and charges 1849–67.
d.
the Palace, Londonderry 12 July 1867.
bur.
in ground of St. Columba cath.
Manchester school register, iii
, 62–5 (1874).
HIGGINBOTTOM, John (
son of a solicitor
).
b.
Ashton under Lyne 14 June 1788; studied at Edin.; M.R.C.S. 1818, F.R.C.S. 1844; F.R.S. 3 June 1852; practised at Nottingham 1812 to death; temperance advocate, gave no alcohol to his patients; wrote in scientific journals on tritons, tadpoles and frogs 1850–62; author of
An essay on the application of lunar caustic in the case of wounds and ulcers
1826,
3 ed.
1865;
Mothers, doctors and nurses. A dialogue on paralysis and apoplexy
1850.
d.
St. Alban’s villas, Gill st. Nottingham 7 April 1876.
The Lancet 29 April 1876 p.
652.
HIGGINS, Most Rev. Andrew.
b.
Killarney 1834; dean of Kerry; bishop of Kerry 5 Feb. 1882 to death.
d.
The palace, Kerry 1 May 1889.
bur.
in the cathedral 3 May.
Tablet 4 May 1889 p.
702,
11 May p.
736.
HIGGINS, Charles.
b.
1805 or 1806; M.D. Edin. 1825; knight of legion of honour; author of
Observations on climate, diet and medical treatment in France and England
1835;
Notes sur l’emploi des altérants dans les maladies, aigues et chroniques
.
Paris
1859.
d.
212 Rue de Rivoli, Paris 27 July 1866.
HIGGINS, Charles Longuet (
1 son of John Higgins of Turvey abbey, Beds., d. 1846
).
b.
Turvey abbey 30 Nov. 1806; pensioner of Trin. coll. Cam. 14 Nov. 1825; B.A. 1830, M.A. 1834; student of Lincoln’s inn 16 Nov. 1830, withdrew his name 2 Nov. 1847; studied medicine at St. Bartholomew’s 1836–8; in practice at Turvey 1838; visited Egypt and the Holy Land 1848; restored Turvey ch. 1852–4, built schools 1847, a village museum 1852 and better cottages 1849 etc.; projected a hymn book for general use in Ch. of England, and printed
Hymnology, a paper read before the church congress Nottingham
.
Oxford
1871.
d.
Turvey 23 Jany. 1885.
J. W. Burgon’s Lives of twelve good men
(1888)
ii
, 343–422.
HIGGINS, George Gore Ouseley (
2 son of Fitzgerald Higgins of Westport, co. Mayo
).
b.
15 Oct. 1818; ed. at Brussels and Trin. coll. Dublin; in C.S. in Jamaica; M.P. for Mayo 1850 to 1857; lieut.-col. North Mayo militia 5 Feb. 1855 to 1 Oct. 1861.
d.
6 Wilton place, London 8 May 1874.
I.L.N. xvii
, 169 (1850),
portrait
.
HIGGINS, Matthew James (
only son of Matthew Higgins of Benown castle, Westmeath
).
b.
Benown castle 4 Dec. 1810; ed. at Eton; matric. from New coll. Ox. 22 May 1828; went to British Guiana 1838 and 1846 where he owned an estate; contributed an article called ‘Jacob Omnium the Merchant Prince’ to
New Monthly Magazine
, Aug. 1845; agent for the British Association for the relief of the destitute Irish 1847; contested Westbury 31 July 1847; one of chief writers on
Morning Chronicle
1848; contributed to
The Times
on all kinds of questions under pseudonym of Jacob Omnium, J.O., Civilian, Paterfamilias, West Londoner, A Belgravian Mother, Mother of six, A thirsty soul, John Barleycorn, Providus, and many others till 1863; contributed to the
Edinburgh Rev.
, the
Cornhill
and the
Pall Mall Gazette
; author of
Is cheap sugar the triumph of free trade? A letter to Lord J. Russell
1847,
Second Letter
1848,
Third Letter
1848;
Light horse
1855;
The story of the Mhow court-martial
1864 and other books.
d.
Kingston house near Abingdon 14 Aug. 1868.
bur.
in R.C. cemet. Fulham 21 Aug.
Essays on social subjects by M. J. Higgins, with memoir by Sir W. S. Maxwell
(1875);
Cornhill
,
xviii
, 507–12 (1868);
The Mask
(1868), 42
portrait
.
HIGGINS, Thomas Gordon.
b.
1789; Second lieut. R.A. 4 Oct. 1806, col. 20 June 1854 to 24 Jany. 1857, col. commandant 20 Sep. 1865 to death; L.G. 26 Dec. 1865; commandant of garrison of Quebec 5 years, presented with a piece of plate by inhabitants of Quebec 30 April 1853.
d.
83 Sloane st. Chelsea 20 June 1871 aged 82.
I.L.N. xxii
, 341 (1853),
picture of testimonial
.
HIGGINSON, Rev. Edward (
eld. son of Rev. Edward Higginson, unitarian minister, d. 1832
).
b.
Heaton Norris, Lancs. 9 Jany. 1807; ed. at Manchester coll. York 1823–8; unitarian minister Bowl alley lane chapel, Hull 1828–46, at Westgate chapel, Wakefield 1846–58, and at High st. chapel, Swansea 1858–76; president Royal Institution, South Wales 1877–9; author of
Orthodoxy and unbelief
1832;
The sacrifice of Christ
1833,
2 ed.
1848;
The spirit of the Bible 2 vols.
1853–5,
2 ed.
1863;
Ecce Messias
1871; with his wife Emily dau. of George Thomas he wrote
The fine arts in Italy
1859.
d.
2 Glanmore ter. Swansea 12 Feb. 1880.
Autobiographical sketch in Christian Reformer
(1856) 192, (1857) 528;
Christian Life 21 Feb. 1880 pp.
86–7,
portrait
.
HIGGINSON, George Powell.
b.
1787; ensign 1 foot guards 6 Nov. 1805, captain 26 Oct. 1820 to 11 April 1834 when placed on h.p.; col. 94 foot 29 Jany. 1855 to death; general 9 Nov. 1862.
d.
Cannes 19 April 1866 aged 79.
HIGGINSON, Sir James Macaulay (
son of James Higginson, major 10 foot
).
b.
1805; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; entered Bengal army 1824; private sec. to Lord Metcalfe in India, Jamaica and Canada 1835–46; governor of Antigua and the Leeward island 1846–50; governor of Mauritius 1 Oct. 1850 to 11 Sep. 1857; C.B. 1 March 1851, K.C.B. 2 Jany. 1857.
d.
Tulfaris, co. Wicklow 28 June 1885.
HIGGS, William Alpheus (
3 son of William Higgs of Tiverton, Somerset
).
b.
Luckington near Frome 1838; head of firms of W. A. Higgs & Co. and Barber & Co. tea merchants, London; sheriff of London and Middlesex 1887–8; accompanied Lord mayor Polydore de Keyser to Belgium on his visit to his native country 1888; F.R.G.S.; of Willenhall park, New Barnet; a breeder of prize stock.
d.
suddenly at Hotel Victoria, Northumberland avenue, London when starting to attend lord mayor’s ball 23 Dec. 1889.
City Press 28 Dec. 1889 p.
5.
HIGHTON, Edward.
b.
Leicester 13 Aug. 1817; resident engineer of Taff Vale dock and railway 1845; telegraphic engineer to London and North Western railway co. 1846; A.I.C.E. 1847; received large gold medal of Society of Arts for his inventions in electric telegraphy 1849; author of
The electric telegraph, its history and progress
1852;
Highton’s Mathematical arrangement of code for telegraph purposes
1857.
d.
5 Gloucester road, Regent’s park, London 13 Nov. 1859.
HIGHTON, Rev. Henry (
1 son of Henry Highton
).
b.
Leicester 19 Jany. 1816; ed. at Rugby and Queen’s coll. Ox., B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840; Mitchel fell. of his coll. 1840–1; assistant master of Rugby 1841–56; principal of Cheltenham coll. March 1859 to 1862; silver medallist of Soc. of Arts for paper on Telegraphy without insulation 1 May 1872; patented 4 improvements in galvanic batteries 1871–2 and 3 improvements in electric telegraphs 1873–4; invented artificial stone much used for paving and building; author of
A letter to Sir M. Montefiore on address presented by 1500 continental Jews
1842;
A catechism of the Second Advent
1851;
A revised translation of the New Testament
1862;
Letter on repeal of the Act of uniformity
1863;
Dean Stanley and Saint Socrates, the ethics of the philosopher and the philosophy of the divine
1873.
d.
The Cedars, Putney 23 Dec. 1874.
HIGMAN, Rev. John Philips.
b.
1793; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., 3rd wrangler 1816; B.A. 1816, M.A. 1819; fellow and tutor of his coll.; R. of Fakenham, Norfolk 1834 to death; F.R.S. 23 May 1820; F.R.A.S.; author of
A syllabus of the differential and integral calculus
1826.
d.
Cambridge ter. Hyde park, London 7 Aug. 1855.
HIGSON, John (
eld. son of Daniel Higson
).
b.
Whiteley Farm, Gorton, Lancs. 25 July 1825; ed. at Ardwick and Gorton old sch.; cashier of Victoria mills, Droylsden; cashier of Springhead spinning co. Droylsden; author of
The Gorton historical recorder or a history of the Mesne manor and its inhabitants
1852;
A history of Droylsden
1859;
Explosions in coal mines
1878; commenced a newspaper at Droylsden which was a failure; contributed to
Ashton Reporter
under signature of H.
d.
Birch cottage, Lees near Oldham 13 Dec. 1871.
bur.
Droylsden ch. yard.
Procter’s Manchester streets
(1874) 288–91;
Ashton Reporter 16 Dec. 1871
.
HILDIGE, James Graham. Ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1852; L.K.Q.C.P.I. 1853; F.R.C.S.I. 1859; lecturer on ophthalmic surgery Carmichael sch. of medicine; author of
Medical sketches in Austria, Prussia and Italy, with remarks on the Campagna and the conquered provinces in Italy and Hungary
.
Dublin
1859; writer of papers in medical journals.
d.
7 Upper Merrion st. Dublin 14 May 1871.
HILDITCH, Sir Edward (
son of John Frederick Hilditch of Hammersmith
).
b.
1805; studied at St. George’s hospital; M.R.C.S. 1826; M.D. Aberdeen 1859; entered navy 1826, on West India station 1830–55; inspector general of hospitals and fleets 6 Feb. 1854 to 13 Jany. 1870 when he retired; in charge of Royal hospital, Plymouth 1855–61, of Greenwich hospital 1861–65; knighted at Windsor castle 20 Nov. 1865; hon. physician to the Queen 1868 to death.
d.
18 Arundel gardens, Bayswater, London 24 Aug. 1876.
HILDYARD, Rev. James (
8 son of Rev. Wm. Hildyard 1762–1842, R. of Winstead in Holderness, Yorkshire
).
b.
Winstead 11 April 1809; ed. at Shrewsbury 1820–29, was head of the sch. from 1826, headed a rebellion in the sch. known as the Beef Row, April 1829; pensioner at Ch. coll. Cam. Oct. 1829, Tancred divinity student 1829, sen. opt. in mathematics, second in the first class of the class. tripos and chancellor’s medallist Jany. 1833; B.A. 1833, M.A. 1836, B.D. 1846; fellow of his coll. 1833 and classical lecturer and tutor; Cambridge preacher at Chapel royal, Whitehall 1843, 1844; senior proctor 1843; R. of Ingoldsby, Lincoln, June 1846 to death; author of
M. A. Plauti Menæchmi cum notis
1836;
Five sermons on the parable of the rich man and Lazarus
1841;
The university system of private tuition examined
1844;
Reply to the bishops in convocation, on Lord Ebury’s motion for a revision of the liturgy
.
Signed Ingoldsby
1858,
4 ed. 2 vols.
1879.
d.
Ingoldsby 27 Aug. 1887.
The Biograph, May 1881 pp.
472–77;
William Smith’s Old Yorkshire
(1883)
pp.
142–46,
portrait
;
Church portrait journal, April 1877
, 49–50,
portrait
.
HILDYARD, John (
brother of the preceding
).
b.
1796 or 1797; ed. at Shrewsbury, head boy there; went to St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1818, M.A. 1821; barrister L.I. 10 July 1821; recorder of Stamford, Grantham and Leicester 1835–54; judge of county courts, circuit 20 (Leicestershire), March 1847 to death.
d.
the King’s hotel, Loughborough 13 Feb. 1855.
bur.
in Townshend vault, All Saints’ church, Hertford 21 Feb.
Note.—His father lived to see 9 sons masters of arts in Cambridge university, and 6 of them fellows of their respective colleges.
HILDYARD, Robert Charles (
brother of the preceding
).
b.
Winstead 1800; ed. at Oakham sch. and Cath. hall, Cam., B.A. 1823, M.A. 1826, fellow of his coll.; barrister L.I. 25 May 1827; admitted ad eundem at I.T. 1833, bencher 1844, reader 1857; counsel to duchy of Lancaster to 1846; Q.C. 1845; M.P. for Whitehaven 28 July 1847 to death.
d.
24 Lowndes st. London 7 Dec. 1857.
HILDYARD, Thomas Blackborne Thoroton- (
son of colonel Thomas B. Thoroton-Hildyard of Flintham hall, Notts., d. 1830
).
b.
8 April 1821; ed. at Eton; matric. from Ch. Ch. Ox. 16 Oct. 1839; sheriff of Notts. 1862; M.P. South Notts. 1846–52 and 1866–85; chairman Notts. quarter sessions 6 April 1874.
d.
11 Moreton gardens, South Kensington 19 March 1888.
Note.—His fellow member for South Notts. 1874–85 George Storer
d.
Thornton hall, Notts, the same day 19 March.
HILDYARD, Rev. William (
son of Rev. John Hildyard of Monk’s Eleigh, Suffolk
). Matric. from Trin. coll. Ox. 24 May 1808 aged 17, scholar 1812–5, B.A. 1812, M.A. 1817; assist. P.C. Beverley minster 1820; R. of Hameringham cum Scrayfield, Lincoln 1837–66; author of
Thoughts on Sunday schools
.
Beverley
1827;
Specimens of composition
1832;
A manual of ancient geography for the use of schools
1835;
A letter to the Rev. A. J. Carr respecting a sermon preached by him in St. John’s chapel
,
Beverley
1843.
d.
Market Deeping, Lincs. 11 Feb. 1875.
I.L.N. lxvi
, 211 (1875).
HILES, John.
b.
1810; organist at Shrewsbury 1835–53, at Portsmouth 1853–60, and at Brighton 1860–74; organist Christ church, Gipsy hill, London 1874–81; author of
A catechism for the pianoforte student
1871,
18 ed.
1882, circulated 65,000 copies;
A complete dictionary of 12,500 musical terms
1871,
7 ed.
1882;
Short Voluntaries for the organ 4 series
1854–75;
Catechism of the organ
1876; revised
The Amateur organist
.
By E. Travis
1872, and composed many pieces of music.
d.
51 Elsham road, Kennington, London 4 Feb. 1882.
Musical Directory
(1883)
p. xviii
.
HILL, Rowland Hill, 2 Viscount (
eld. son of John Hill 1769–1814, colonel in the army
).
b.
10 May 1800; ed. at Oriel coll. Ox., M.A. 1820; cornet royal horse guards 1820–24; M.P. for Shropshire 1821–32, for North Shropshire 1832–42; succeeded his grandfather as 4 baronet 21 May 1824, and his uncle as 2 viscount 10 Dec. 1842; lieut.-col. North Salop yeomanry cavalry 18 Aug. 1824; lord lieut. of Shropshire 20 Nov. 1845 to death; col. Shropshire militia 8 June 1849 to Aug. 1852.
d.
Hawkstone park, Salop 2 Jany. 1875.
I.L.N. iv
, 65 (1811),
portrait
.
HILL, Rev. Alexander (
son of George Hill, D.D. 1750–1819, principal of St. Andrews univ.
)
b.
St. Andrews 19 July 1785; ed. at St. Andrews, B.A. 1804, D.D. 1828; licensed as a presbyterian preacher Sep. 1806; minister of Colmonell, Ayrshire 1815–16 and of Dailly 1816–40; professor of divinity Glasgow univ. 1840–62; moderator of the general assembly 1845; author of
The practice in the judicatories of the church of Scotland
2 ed.
1830,
5 ed.
1851;
Practical hints to young ministers
;
Counsels regarding the pastoral office
.
d.
24. Wellington sq. Ayr 27 Jany. 1867.
John Smith’s Our Scottish Clergy 3rd series
(1851) 364–9;
Scott’s Fasti ii, part i, p.
108.
HILL, David Octavius (
son of Thomas Hill, bookseller, Perth
).
b.
Perth 1802; studied under Andrew Wilson, Edin.; landscape painter; sec. Soc. of Arts, Edin. 1830, which became R. Scottish academy, sec. 1838–70; R.S.A.; the first to apply photography to portraiture and to use calotype; a commissioner of the board of manufacturers 1850; originated Art Union of Edin. 183-, the first institution of the kind; exhibited 4 pictures at R.A., 1 at B.I. and 2 at Suffolk st. 1832–68 and many at R.S.A.; commenced in 1843 his picture, Signing the deed of demission, which contains 500 portraits, finished 1865, now in Free Ch. assembly hall, Edin.; published 60 pictures of the Scenery of the Land of Burns 1841.
d.
Edinburgh 17 May 1870.
Redgrave’s Dictionary of Artists
(1878) 211;
Edinburgh Evening Courant 18 May 1870 p.
8.
HILL, Sir Dudley St. Leger (
eld. son of Dudley Hill
).
b.
co. Carlow 1790; ensign 82 foot 27 Aug. 1804; captain royal West India rangers 1810–14; major attached to Portuguese and Spanish army 1814 to 25 Dec. 1816 when placed on h.p.; major 95 foot 1823 to 19 Jany. 1826 when placed on h.p.; served in South America 1806–8 and in the Peninsula 1808–14, being wounded 7 times; K.T.S. 20 Nov. 1816; knighted 25 Nov. 1816; governor of St. Lucia 15 April 1834 to 21 Dec. 1847; general on staff in Bengal 10 April 1848 to death; colonel of 50 regt. 28 March 1849 to death; M.G. 23 Nov. 1841; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C.B. 2 March 1848.
d.
Umballa, Bengal 21 Feb. 1851.
I.L.N. xviii
, 329 (1851).
HILL, Edward Rowley (
2 son of Hugh Hill 1770–1850, colonel battle axe guards, Dublin castle
).
b.
29 Dec. 1795; ensign 43 foot 23 Feb. 1813; lieut. col. 1 West India regiment 1 Jany. 1847 to 7 Sep. 1855; lieut. col. 68 foot 7 Sep. 1855 to 10 Sep. 1858 when placed on h.p.; col. 5 foot 21 Feb. 1868 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877.
d.
Brighton 10 Sep. 1878.
HILL, Edwin (
2 child of Thomas Wright Hill of Birmingham 1763–1851
).
b.
Birmingham 25 Nov. 1793; manager Fazeley st. rolling mills, Birmingham to 1827; with his bro. Sir Rowland Hill kept a school at Bruce castle, Tottenham 1827; supervisor of the stamps department, Somerset house 1840, remodelled the machinery in use, thus effecting a saving of many thousands a year; with W. De la Rue invented machine for folding envelopes 1840; author of
Principles of currency. Means of ensuring uniformity of value and adequacy of supply
1856;
Criminal capitalists, pamphlets
1870–2.
d.
1 St. Mark’s sq. Regent’s park, London 6 Nov. 1876.
G. B. Hill’s Life of Sir Rowland Hill
(1880)
i
, 37, ii, 99, 503.
HILL, Ellen (
dau. of Mr. Shaw
).
b.
1803; an actress of some note at the minor theatres; played leading business at the Royalty, the Marylebone and the City of London theatres; acted in a drama with the young Roscius, W. H. Betty and Charles Kean; retired from stage 1840. (
m.
William John Hill, leader and composer
d.
Dublin, Jany. 1851).
d.
London 9 Dec. 1866 aged 63.
Era 23 Dec. 1866 p.
12.
HILL, George.
b.
co. Wexford 1809; printer; contributed articles on the scenery and antiquities of Wexford and Kilkenny to
Dublin Penny Journal
, illustrated by his own drawings; reporter to the
Waterford Mail
,
Wexford Independent
,
Drogheda Conservative
,
Liverpool Herald
,
Rochdale Pilot
and the
Bacup and Rossendale News
.
d.
Bacup, Lancs. 8 July 1869.
Newspaper Press 2 Aug. 1869 p.
181.
HILL, George Augusta (
5 son of 2 marquis of Downshire 1753–1801
).
b.
9 Dec. 1801; lieut. royal horse guards 20 July 1820; captain 8 hussars 1825 to 6 July 1830 when placed on h.p.; M.P. for Carrickfergus 1831–2; sheriff of Donegal 1845; author of
Facts from Gweedore with useful hints to Donegal tourists
.
Dublin 2 parts
1845,
3 ed.
1854.
d.
Ballyane house near Ramelton, co. Donegal 6 April 1879.
HILL, Henry.
b.
Manchester 1807; first betted at Newmarket 1829; in partnership with John Gully; factotum for Lord George Bentinck for many years; cleared some thousands on Bloomsbury winning the Derby 1839; discovered the Running Rein fraud 1844; kept race horses; won heavily on Pyrrhus the First, winner of Derby 1846; won the Two Thousand with Pitsford 1850; with Rogerthorpe won Goodwood cup 1856; the largest better on the Derby except W. E. Davies the Leviathan; lost £40,000 in one year on the Stock Exchange; purchased Ackworth near Pomfret from John Gully.
d.
52 Queen’s gate ter. Kensington 1 Feb. 1881 aged 74.
Sporting Rev., April 1858 pp.
295–8;
W. Day’s Reminiscences
(1886) 63–76.
HILL, Rev. Henry Thomas.
b.
1815; ed. at C.C. coll. Cam., B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840; P.C. of Lye, Worcs. 1839–43; C. of Wolverley 1843–51; R. of Felton 1851 to death; V. of Preston Wynne, Hereford 1858–76; diocesan inspector of schools 1870–72; preb. of Nonnington in Hereford cath. 1870 to death; author of
Church restoration, What is it? Whence is it?
1864;
Thoughts on churches and church yards
1856,
3 ed.
1862.
d.
Felton 11 Jany. 1882.
HILL, Sir Hugh (
2 son of James Hill of Graig, co. Cork 1771–1850
).
b.
Graig 1802; entered Trin. coll. Dublin, Nov. 1816, B.A. 1821; at King’s Inns, Dublin; practised in London as a special pleader below the bar 1827–41; barrister M.T. 29 Jany. 1841, bencher Dec. 1851; Q.C. July 1851; serjeant at law May 1858; judge of court of Queen’s Bench 29 May 1858 to 3 Dec. 1861; knighted at Buckingham palace 18 April 1859.
d.
Royal crescent hotel, Brighton 12 Oct. 1871.
HILL, Sir James (
eld. son of James Haylock Hill of Newbold Firs, Leamington
).
bapt.
at St. Thomas, Winchester 6 Feb. 1814; ed. at Winchester and New coll. Ox., B.A. 1836, M.A. 1840; fellow of his coll.; barrister I.T. 3 May 1839; second charity estate comr. 24 Oct. 1853, chief charity estate comr. 7 Dec. 1872 to death; knighted at Windsor castle 5 May 1873; published
A practical treatise on the law relating to trustees, their powers, duties, privileges and abilities
1845.
d.
Folkestone 23 Oct. 1875.
Law Times, lx
, 60 (1875);
I.L.N. lxvii
, 447 (1875),
lxviii
, 22 (1876).
HILL, James Frederick.
b.
Norwich 1817; conductor; composer of
Old Friends met together, part song
, printed in J. P. Hullah’s
The Singer’s Library
1859.
d.
St. Giles ter. Bethel st. Norwich 9 March 1877.
HILL, James John (
son of Daniel Hill of Birmingham
).
b.
Broad st. Birmingham 1810; ed. at Hazlewood sch.; pupil of John Vincent Barber of Birmingham, artist; a portrait painter in Birmingham to 1839; moved to London 1839; member of Society of British artists 1842; exhibited 10 pictures at R.A., 5 at B.I. and 109 at Suffolk st. 1842–80.
d.
Sutton house, West Hill, Highgate 27 Jany. 1882.
Birmingham Weekly Post 4 Feb. 1882.
HILL, Sir John.
b.
1774; entered navy 25 Sep. 1781, present in battle of the Nile; an agent for transports 24 March 1813–1819; captain 28 Oct. 1815; captain superintendent of victualling yard at Deptford 1820–1838; superintendent of dockyard at Sheerness 9 March 1838–41, at Deptford 11 Dec. 1841 to 16 April 1851; rear admiral 2 April 1851; knighted at St. James’s palace 31 Aug. 1831.
d.
Walmer lodge, Deal 20 Jany. 1855 aged 81.
HILL, Rev. John (
son of John Hill of London
).
b.
1787; ed. at St. Edmund hall, Ox., B.A. 1809, M.A. 1812, B.D. 1844; vice principal of his hall 1812–51; city lecturer at Oxford 1851; R. of Wyke Regis, Dorset 1851 to death; editor of
Artis Logicæ Rudimenta by H. Aldrich
.
With observations
1849; author of a few sermons.
d.
Wyke Regis 22 Feb. 1855.
bur.
St. Peter’s in the East, Oxford.
HILL, Rev. John Harwood (
son of Robert Hill of Leamington
).
b.
Louth, Lincs. 1809; pensioner Peter house, Cam. 30 June 1830, B.A. 1834; R. of Cranoe, Leics. 1837 to death, and V. of Welham 1841 to death; F.S.A. 12 Jany. 1871; local sec. Leicestershire Architect, and Archæol. Soc. and a contributor to its transactions; author of
The chronicle of the christian ages or records of events ecclesiastical, civil and military
.
Uppingham 2 vols.
1859;
The history of the parish of Langton. Leicester
1867;
The history of Market Harborough. Leicester
1875.
d.
Cranoe rectory 3 Dec. 1886.
Proc. Soc. of Antiquaries, xi
, 371 (1885–7);
Academy 18 Dec. 1886 p.
411.
HILL, Ven. Justly (
youngest son of colonel William Hill of St. Boniface, Isle of Wight
).
bapt.
Bonchurch, I. of W. 16 Dec. 1781; ed. at Winchester and New coll. Ox., scholar, B.A. 1805, M.A. 1808; fellow of his coll. 1802–20; R. of Shanklin and Bonchurch, Isle of Wight 1809 to death; R. of Tingewick, Bucks. 1818 to death; archdeacon and commissary of Buckingham 1825; a