HARFORD, John Scandrett (1 son of John Scandrett Harford of Blaise castle, Gloucs., banker, d. 1815). b. Bristol 8 Oct. 1785; ed. at Christ’s coll. Cam.; D.C.L. of Ox. univ. 1822; the hero of Hannah More’s Cœlebs in search of a wife 1809; made a collection of pictures at Blaise castle 1815–7; gave the site of the castle of Lampeter for St. David’s coll. 1822 of which he became visitor 1827; F.R.S. 29 May 1823; sheriff of Cardigan 1824; M.P. Cardigan 9 July 1841 to 18 April 1842; author of The life of T. Burgess, bishop of Salisbury 1840; Life of Michael Angelo Buonarotti 2 vols. 1857, 2 ed. 1858 and 8 other books. d. Blaise castle 16 April 1866. Christian Observer, July 1866 pp. 489–98; Waagen’s Treasures of art, iii, 187–95 (1854).
HARFORD, Summers. b. 1795; M.P. for Lewes 30 June 1841, unseated 21 March 1842; contested Brighton 5 May 1842; sheriff of Monmouth 1841. d. Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire 2 June 1873.
HARGOOD, William. b. 22 June 1801; entered navy 19 June 1813, captain 10 Jany. 1837, admiral on h.p. 15 Jany. 1869. d. North lodge, Worthing 8 July 1888.
HARGRAVE, John Fletcher (son of Mr. Hargrave of Greenwich, ironmonger, d. 1851). b. Greenwich 28 Dec. 1815; ed. at King’s coll. London and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840; barrister L.I. 25 Jany. 1841; landed at Sydney, N.S.W. Feb. 1857, a district court judge 1 year, solicitor general Feb. to Oct. 1859, Nov. 1859 to April 1860, Aug. to Oct. 1863 and Feb. to June 1865; M.P. for East Camden 1859, for Wollongong 1859; attorney general 2 April 1860 to 31 July 1863; mem. of legislative council Oct. 1859; a puisne judge of supreme court 1865; primary judge in equity; first judge of divorce court 1873–84; edited vol. i. of 21st ed. of Blackstone’s Commentaries 1843; many of his law lectures at Sydney Univ. were printed; author of Treatise on the Thellusson act, 39 & 40 Geo. iii, c. 98, with practical observations upon trusts for accumulation 1842. d. Rushcutters’ Bay N.S.W. 23 Feb. 1885.
HARGRAVE, William, b. Cork 1795; L.R.C.S. Ireland 1819, fellow 1825, president; M.B. Dublin univ. 1823; surgeon in sch. of college of surgeons, president; surgeon city of Dublin hospital; member of general medical council 10 May 1861, resigned 16 Feb. 1874; contributed to Dublin Medical Press and Dublin Quarterly Journal; author of A system of operative surgery, Dublin 1831. d. 56 Upper Mount st., Merrion sq. east, Dublin 24 Nov. 1874. Medical Times 5 Dec. 1874 p. 649.
HARGREAVE, Charles James. b. Wortley near Leeds, Dec. 1820; ed. at Univ. coll. London; L.L.B. London; professor of jurisprudence Univ. coll. 1843–9; barrister I.T. 7 June 1844, bencher 1851, master of the library 1865 and reader 1866; a commissioner of Incumbered estates court, Ireland 1849–58; judge of Landed estate court 1858 to death; Q.C. 1852; F.R.S. 18 April 1844, gold medallist; LLD. of Dublin univ. 1852; author of An essay on the resolution of algebraic equations, Dublin 1866; wrote many mathematical papers in Philos. Trans. and other scientific periodicals. d. Bray near Dublin 23 April 1866. Law Mag. and Law Rev., Aug. 1866 pp. 220–35.
HARGREAVES, Henry. b. Manchester, Oct. 1807; with Butterworth and Brooks, calico printers, Manchester, and then a traveller for the firm to 1841; backed Alice Hawthorne for the Chester cup 1841, and commenced a racing career which lasted to 1870; won £40,000 on Ellington in Derby of 1856; purchased John Massey Stanley’s stud 1856. d. 6 Cleveland sq. Bayswater, London 3 July 1887. Baily’s Mag., Aug. 1887 pp. 60–62; Sporting Review, xxxix, 298–9 (1858).
HARGROVE, William (youngest son of Ely Hargrove of Knaresborough 1741–1818). b. Knaresborough 16 Oct. 1788; bought the York Herald 1813, edited it 13 July 1813 to 1848; member of common council York 1818, sheriff 1831; first sec. and treasurer Mechanics’ Institute, York 1827; collected Roman and mediæval remains excavated in and near York, gave them to Yorkshire Philos. Soc. about 1852; author of History and description of the ancient city of York 2 vols., York 1818; The York poetical miscellany 1835; author with J. Hargrove of A new guide to the city of York 1842. d. St. Mary’s, Bootham, York 24 Aug. 1862. Effective, Advertiser 1 May 1886 pp. 25–31, portrait.
HARINGTON, Rev. Edward Charles (only son of Rev. Edward Harington of the Isle of Man, d. 1811). b. Clifton 1804; ed. at Worcester coll. Ox., B.A. 1828, M.A. 1833; V. of St. David’s, Exeter 1832–47; preb. of Ex. cath. 1845, chancellor 15 July 1847 to July 1880, canon residentiary 1856 to July 1880, spent £15,000 on repairing the cath.; a founder of Exeter diocesan training college 1840 where he taught for many years; always attended turning of first sod of every new railway in England; author of Brief notes on the church of Scotland 1843; The reconsecration and reconciliation of churches 1850 and 12 other books. d. The Close, Exeter 14 July 1881.
HARINGTON, Sir Henry Byng (eld. son of Henry Hawes Harington of Madras). b. 1808; entered Bengal army 1824, transferred to Bengal civil service 1828; additional member of council, member of supreme council 13 June 1862; lieut. governor of North Western provinces of India 1863 to 1865; K.C.S.I. 24 May 1866. d. 70 Oxford terrace, London 7 Oct. 1871.