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Adm. pens. at PETERHOUSE, Apr. 12, 1825. Of Yorkshire. [5th] s. of the Rev. William (1780), R. of Winestead, Yorks. B. Oct. 17, 1805. ' Matric. Lent, 1826; Bell Scholar, 1826; B.A. (Class. Trip., 1st Class) 1829; Members' prize, 1832; M.A. 1832. Fellow, 1831. Classical Lecturer, 1836. Adm. ad eundem at Oxford, June 4, 1856. Ord. deacon (Rochester, Litt. dim. from Ely) June 17, 1832; priest (Carlisle, Litt. dim. from Ely) June 8, 1833; C. of Little Wilbraham, Cambs., 1834-42. R. of Loftus-in-Cleveland, Yorks., 1842-86. Rural Dean of Cleveland, 1850-80. Married, 1861, Octavia, dau. of William Richardson. Died Apr. 10, 1886, at Loftus rectory. Brother of Frederick (1820), etc.; father of the above. The Hildyards were an ancient Yorkshire family of very great military distinction. (T. A. Walker, 423; Crockford; Al. Oxon.; Burke, L.G., 1939; The Guardian, Apr. 14, 1886.)