HAWTHORN, Robert (eld. son of Robert Hawthorn, engineer of Walbottle colliery near Newcastle 50 years). b. Dewley Burn near Walbottle 13 June 1796; machine maker at Forth Banks, Newcastle 1817 to death; invented a new slide rule for engineers 1832 which was generally adopted; applied fixed eccentrics in a locomotive engine 1835 which invention was much used; M.I.C.E. 13 Feb. 1839; description of the first class express engine made by R. and W. Hawthorn, Newcastle, see Tredgold’s Principles and practice of machinery of locomotive engines 1850, Ninth Paper pp. 1–16 with 4 plates. d. 26 June 1867. bur. ch. yard of Newburn near Walbottle 2 July. Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxvii, 590–92 (1868).
HAWTREY, Rev. Edward Craven (only son of Rev. Edward Hawtrey, V. of Burnham near Eton, d. 1803). b. Burnham 7 May 1789; ed. at Eton 1799–1807; scholar of King’s coll. Cam. 1807, fellow 1810; assistant master at Eton 1814–34, head master 1834–53, provost 12 Jany. 1853 to death, raised number of boys from 444 in 1835 to 777 in 1846, suppressed the Eton Montem 1847; R. of Ewhurst, Sussex 1835–53; R. of Eton 1853–4; V. of Mapledurham, Oxon. 1854 to death; a great linguist, known as the English Mezzofanti; printed privately Il Trifoglio ovvero Scherzi Metrici d’ un Inglese 1839 and other poems. d. the Lodge, Eton college 27 Jany. 1862 the last person buried in Eton college chapel, monument erected in chapel 1878. Lyte’s History of Eton College (1875) 404–73, portrait; I.L.N. xl, 202, 204 (1862), portrait.
HAWTREY, Rev. Stephen Thomas. b. 1808; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1832, M.A. 1835; M.A. Oxford 1846; head math. master Eton coll. 1836–71; P.C. of Holy Trin. Windsor 1844–51; founded St. Mark’s sch. Windsor 1851, warden 1871 to death; author of St. Mark’s school by the seaside in 1861, 1861; Reminiscences of a French Eton 1867; Introduction to the elements of Euclid 1874, 4 ed. 1884 and other books. d. Church house, Windsor 29 Oct. 1886 in 79 year.
HAY, Sir Adam, 7 Baronet. b. 14 Dec. 1795; M.P. for Lanark burghs 1820–30; succeeded 1 Nov. 1838. d. Cannes, France 18 Jany. 1867.
HAY, Sir Andrew Leith (eld. son of general Alexander Leith Hay 1758–1838). b. Aberdeen 17 Feb. 1785; ensign 72 foot 8 Jany. 1806, served through Peninsular war 1808–14, served in the West Indies 1816–30; captain 2 foot 1817 to 30 Sep. 1819 when placed on h.p.; M.P. for the Elgin burghs 1832–38 and 1841–47; contested Elgin burghs 1847 and city of Aberdeen 1852; clerk of the Ordnance 19 June 1834 to 22 Dec. 1834 and 18 April 1835 to 21 March 1838; K.H. 1834; governor of Bermuda 6 Feb. 1838 to 1 Nov. 1839 but never went to Bermuda; published A narrative of the Peninsular war 2 vols. 1831; The castellated architecture of Aberdeenshire 1849. d. Leith hall, Aberdeenshire 13 Oct. 1862.
HAY, Charles Crawford. b. 1809; ensign 19 foot 27 June 1824, lieut.-col. 30 Aug. 1842 to 14 April 1854 when placed on h.p.; commandant and inspector general of school of musketry at Hythe 13 April 1860 to 16 Oct. 1867; colonel of 58 foot 25 Nov. 1864, of 93 foot 29 Aug. 1868 to death; L.G. 20 Jany. 1867. d. Freshwater, Isle of Wight 27 Sep. 1873.
HAY, Charles Murray. b. 1802; ensign Coldstream guards 1 Nov. 1821, major 25 April 1848 to 20 June 1854; col. 91 foot 9 March 1861 to death; L.G. 24 Aug. 1861. d. Lower Belgrave st. London 3 July 1864.
HAY, David Ramsay. b. Edinburgh, March 1798; a house decorator in Edin. about 1818 to death; decorated Abbotsford for Sir Walter Scott 1824, and hall of Soc. of Arts, London about 1846; F.R.S. Edin.; a founder of the Æsthetic Society, Edin. 1851; author of The laws of harmonious colouring adapted to house painting 1828, 6 ed. 1847; The natural principles and analogy of the harmony of form 1842; The geometric beauty of the human figure defined 1851 and 12 other books. d. Jordan Bank, Edinburgh 10 Sep. 1866.
HAY, Sir Edward Hay Drummond (eld. son of Edward Wm. Auriol Drummond Hay 1785–1845, consul general for Morocco). b. 4 March 1815; entered colonial office 1834; governor of Virgin islands 1839–50; lieut. governor of St. Kitts 1850–54; governor of St. Helena 1854–63; knighted by patent 22 Aug. 1859; retired on a pension of £500, 1865. d. Lymington, Hants. 24 Jany. 1884.
HAY, George (eld. son of 8 Marquis of Tweeddale 1787–1876). b. Yester house, co. Haddington 26 April 1822; ed. at Trin. hall, Cam., M.A. 1845; M.P. for Totnes 5 Nov. 1855 to death; styled Earl of Gifford 1822–62. d. Dufferin lodge, Highgate, London 22 Dec. 1862.