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Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, Apr. 21, 1813. Of Surrey. [S. of Duncan, Esq., of 4, New Palace Yard, London. B. 1796, at Westminster. School, Twickenham.] ' Matric. Michs. 1813; Scholar, 1816; B.A. (3rd Wrangler) 1817; M.A. 1820; B.D. 1827. Fellow, 1817-36; Tutor, 1827-36. ‘Few men during the years of his residence at the University were better known’; ‘the very model of a College Tutor.’ Ord. deacon (Ely) Oct. 28, 1821; priest, Nov. 3, 1822. R. of Layham, Suffolk, 1836-84. Chairman of Hadleigh bench of magistrates. Died Sept. 4, 1884, at Layham rectory. Gave £1000 to found the Hughes prize at St John's, 1876, and bequeathed 300 of his best books to the College Library. Brother of John H. (1813) and George H. (1818). (Foster, Index Eccles.; Boase, v. 721; Eagle, XIII. 208.)