HALLIWELL, Richard Bissett. b. Fitzroy st. Fitzroy sq. London 30 Nov. 1842; an engineer in London; amateur cricketer; a hard hitter and excellent wicket keeper; played in the Middlesex eleven and in the Gentlemen v. the Players; generally played under name of Bissett. d. 9 Nov. 1881.
HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS, James Orchard (3 son of Thomas Halliwell). b. Sloane st. Chelsea 21 June 1820; matric. from Trin. coll. Cam. 1837, removed to Jesus coll. 1838; LLD. of Edin. univ. 1883; F.S.A. 14 Feb. 1839; F.R.S. 30 May 1839; projected Cambridge Antiquarian soc. and was the sec. 1840; settled with his father in London 1840; became connected with Shakespeare soc. 1840; accused of taking MSS. from library of Trin. coll. Cam. 1844; forbidden to enter Br. Museum library 10 Feb. 1845; presented his Shakespearian library to Univ. of Edin. Feb. 1872; bought theatre Stratford on Avon, March 1872; was the means of buying Shakespeare’s residence New place, Stratford 1863, conveyed it to the corporation of Stratford by deed dated 8 April 1876; author of Dictionary of archaic and provincial words 1846, 10 ed. 1881; Life of William Shakespeare 1848; Shakespeare 16 vols. 1853–63; Lithographed facsimiles of the Shakespearean quartos 48 vols. 1862–71 of which there are only 15 complete sets. (m. 9 Aug. 1842 Henrietta E. M. eld. dau. of Sir Thomas Phillipps, baronet, she d. 25 March 1879); discontinued name of Halliwell and assumed name of Phillips by r.l. 29 Feb. 1872, prefixed former name of Halliwell to name of Phillips by deed inrolled in chancery 28 May 1879. d. Hollingbury Copse near Brighton 3 Jany. 1889. I.L.N. 12 Jany. 1889 p. 36, portrait.
HALLOWES, John. Entered navy July 1803; captain 5 Dec. 1842; R.A. on half pay 20 May 1862; admiral on half pay 30 July 1875. d. Milton house near Portsmouth 11 Jany. 1883 aged 91.
HALLYBURTON, John Frederick Gordon- (3 son of 9th Marquis of Huntly, d. 1853). b. 15 Aug. 1799; entered navy Feb. 1813, captain 4 Aug. 1836; G.C.H. 22 Aug. 1836; known as Lord J. F. Gordon from 1838; admiral on half pay 8 April 1868; assumed name of Hallyburton 1843; M.P. for Forfar 1841–52. d. Hallyburton house, Coupar Angus 29 Sep. 1878.
HALPIN, Rev. Robert Crawford. Boy volunteer in Canadian rebellion 1839; ensign 14 foot 1840; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1843, M.A. 1868; chaplain in army 1849; served in Crimean campaign, medal, 4 clasps and Turkish medal; in China war 1860; chaplain to household brigade 1863, retired 1 July 1880; reward for distinguished service 1 April 1875; chaplain hospital for women Soho, London 1880. d. 22 Belsize sq. London 19 March 1889.
HALPINE, Charles Graham (son of Rev. Nicholas John Halpine 1790–1850, editor of the Dublin Evening Mail). b. Oldcastle, co. Meath, Nov. 1829; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin to 1846; emigrated to U.S. America 1851; assist. editor Boston Post 1852; editor New York Leader 1857; served in Federal army April 1861 to 1864; assist. adjutant general and colonel 1862; editor of New York Citizen 1864; registrar of the county of New York 1867; author under name of Miles O’Reilly of Life and adventures of Private Miles O’Reilly 1864; Baked meats of the funeral by Private Miles O’Reilly 1866. d. from taking undiluted chloroform at New York city 3 Aug. 1868. Poetical works of C. G. Halpine (1869), portrait.
HALSEY, Thomas Plumer (1 son of Joseph T. W. Halsey of Gaddesden park, Herts. d. 1818). b. 26 Jany. 1815; M.P. for co. Hertford, Jany. 1846 to death; lost in the ‘Ercolano’ steamer off Villa Franca on her way from Genoa to Marseilles 24 April 1854. G.M. xli, 649 (1854); A.R. 1854 pp. 68, 292.
HALSTED, Francis. Printseller Bond st., then at 13 Rathbone place, Oxford st. London; great authority on Turner before Ruskin’s era commenced; formed the collection of Liber Studiorum prints which Mr. Stokes bequeathed to Miss Mary Constance Clark; formed similar collections for J. L. Taylor proprietor of Manchester Guardian, and Sir John Hippesley. d. St. John’s Wood, Aug. 1879 aged 72.
HALY, Right Rev. Francis. b. Doonane parish, Queen’s county 1781; ed. at Maynooth 1807–12; C. of Rathvilly 1812–3; administrator of Mountrath 1813–22; parish priest of Kilcock 1822; bp. of Kildare and Leighlin, consecrated 25 March 1838; visited Rome 1844. d. Carlow 19 Aug. 1855 aged 74, left his library to Carlow coll. Comerford’s Collections (1883) 140–50, portrait.
HALY, Sir William O’Grady (son of Aylmer Haly of Wadhurst castle, Sussex). b. 1810; ensign 4 foot 17 June 1828; lieut. col. 38 foot 4 Feb. 1859 to 12 Jany. 1865; colonel of 106 foot 17 May 1874, of 47 foot 2 Nov. 1875 to death; served Eastern campaign of 1854–55; commanded forces in Canada 6 May 1873 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 29 May 1875. d. Halifax, Nova Scotia 19 March 1878.