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Adm. at CLARE, 1828. [S. of Thomas, mathematician and geographer. B. Sept. 20, 1811, at Blackheath. Educated by his father.] ' Matric. Michs. 1829; Hulsean prize, 1830; B.A. 1833; Crosse Scholar, 1833; Tyrwhitt Hebrew Scholar, 1836; M.A. 1836. Fellow, 1833-9. Adm. ad eundem, at Oxford, June 25, 1847. Ord. deacon 1835; C. of Ancaster, Lincs., 1835-8. P.C. of St John's, Keswick, Cumberland, 1838-51. Married (1) 1839, Fanny, youngest dau. of J. C. Lucas Calcraft; (2) 1842, Susan Harriet, youngest dau. of John Marshall, Esq., M.P., of Hallsteads, Cumberland, and had issue. Author, Catholic Thoughts (in four books); Lectures on Great Men, etc. Died July 20, 1851, at Clifton. Father of Frederic W. H. (1860) and Arthur T. (1868). (Al. Oxon.; D.N.B.; G. Mag., 1851, II. 327.)