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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.