Note.—He is one of the characters in Edward Jenkins’s novel Lisa Lena 2 vols. 1880. A poem entitled “The Combat of Sayerius and Heenanus, a lay of ancient London” appeared in Punch, April 28, 1860; the poem is a paraphrase of Lord Macaulay’s lay “Horatius” in the “Lays of Ancient Rome”; the author of it was said to be William Makepeace Thackeray.
HEGINBOTHAM, Henry. Mayor of Stockport, Cheshire twice; author of Stockport, ancient and modern 1877. d. Stockport 26 April 1891.
HEINKE, John William (son of a Pole, a coppersmith). b. London 1816; established himself as a submarine engineer at 79 Great Portland st. London 1845; invented an improved diving dress and air pump, obtained medal at Great Exhibition of 1851; removed the vessels sunk in Sebastopol harbour 1856; reported on the possible raising of the Lutine frigate from off Terschelling 1858; recovered the watches stolen from Walker’s shop, 63 Cornhill, and thrown over Blackfriar’s bridge Feb. 1865; A.I.C.E. 2 Dec. 1856. d. 9 Regent’s park villas, Regent’s park, London 12 April 1870. Min. of Proc. of I.C.E. xxxi, 247–8 (1871).
HELLER, Robert, stage name of William Henry Palmer (son of Henry Palmer, musician, Canterbury). b. Canterbury 1830; ed. at R. Academy of music, London 1845–6, King’s scholar; appeared as a conjurer at Rochester; landed in America 15 Sept. 1852, made his début as a conjurer at Museum, Albany N.Y.; appeared in Chinese assembly room, Broadway, New York; a teacher of Music in Washington D.C. under his own name of Palmer; opened the French theatre No. 585 Broadway, New York, which he called Heller’s Salle Diabolique 11 April 1864; gave performances in Polygraphic hall, King William st. London 27 Jany. to Feb. 1868; his half sister assisted him in his second-sight séances from 1868; visited Australia, Java, India and California; opened the Globe theatre, New York as Heller’s Wonder theatre 15 Nov. 1876; opened Fifth-avenue hall, New York 10 Dec. 1877, and Concert hall, Philadelphia 25 Nov. 1878 being his last appearance; improved on Houdin and became a most finished clairvoyant entertainer; composer of Sophie galop, New York 1863 and other pieces of music; left nearly £80,000. d. Continental hotel, Philadelphia 28 Nov. 1878. T. A. Brown’s American stage (1870) 168, portrait; W. I. Bishop’s Second-sight explained, as exhibited by R. Houdin and R. Heller (1880).
HELMORE, Rev. Holloway. Chief of the Makololo Mission which started about middle of 1859 from coast of Africa for a journey of 1000 miles to the tribes on north of the Zambesi, this journey was accomplished 1859. d. Linyanti 21 April 1860. Waddington’s Congregational history v, 229–64 (1880).
HELMORE, Rev. Thomas (son of Thomas Helmore). b. Kidderminster 7 May 1811; ed. at Magd. hall Ox., B.A. 1840, M.A. 1845; C. of St. Michael, Lichfield; priest vicar in Lichfield cath. 1840–2; vice-principal of St. Mark’s coll. Chelsea 1842–6 and precentor 1846, retired 1877 when National Soc. gave him a pension; master of the choristers chapel royal St. James’ 1846 to death; priest in ordinary to the Queen 1847 to death; R. of Beverstone, Gloucs. 1872, resigned 1872; precentor at Bedford chapel, Bloomsbury; hon. precentor of Motett choir, and of London Gregorian choral association; author and writer of The psalter noted 1849; A manual of plain song 1850; Carols for Christmas tide set to ancient melodies 1853; A treatise on choir and chorus singing 1855; St. Mark’s chant book 1863; A catechism of music 1878 and other pieces of music. d. 72 St. George’s sq. Pimlico, London 6 July 1890. Pictorial World 17 July 1890 p. 76, portrait.
HELPS, Sir Arthur (1 son of Thomas Helps of Balham, Surrey). b. Streatham, Surrey 10 July 1813; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1835, M.A. 1839; D.C.L. of Oxford 8 June 1864; private sec. to Spring Rice (Lord Monteagle) chancellor of exchequer; private sec. to lord Morpeth chief sec. for Ireland 1839; comr. of French, Danish and Spanish claims; clerk of privy council 9 June 1860 to death; employed by Queen to revise Prince Albert’s Speeches 1862, and with the preparation of Leaves of our Life in the Highlands 1868, and Mountain, Loch and Glen 1869; C.B. 30 June 1871, K.C.B. 18 July 1872; author of Thoughts in the cloister and the crowds 1835 anon.; Catherine Douglas a drama 1843 anon.; Friends in council 2 vols. 1847, 2nd series 2 vols. 1857, both anon.; The conquerors of the New World 1848; Spanish conquest in America 4 vols. 1855–61; Realmah a novel 1868. d. 13 Lower Berkeley st. London 7 March 1875. bur. Streatham cemet. 12 March. His widow Bissel dau. of Capt. Edward Fuller granted civil list pension of £200, 4 May 1875. Graphic 8 May 1875 pp. 436, 450, portrait.
HEMANS, Charles Isidore (youngest son of Felicia Dorothea Hemans, poetess 1793–1835). b. 1817; settled in Rome and made Roman history and archæology his chief study; originated the Roman Advertiser, first English paper in Rome 1846; hon. sec. and librarian of English archæological soc. in Rome; author of Catholic Italy 1860; The story of monuments in Rome 2 parts 1864–5; A history of christianity and sacred art 3 vols. 1866–72. d. at Baths of Lucca 26 Oct. 1876. Times 3 Nov. 1876 p. 9.
HEMANS, George Willoughby (brother of the preceding). b. St. Asaph, Wales 27 Aug. 1814; ed. at military coll. Sarèze, France; pupil to Sir John Macneill, C.E., London; chief engineer of Midland G.W. railway, Ireland 1845–51; constructed a greater number of railways in Ireland than any other engineer 1845–53; railway and sewerage engineer in London 1854 to death; engineer in chief for province of Canterbury, N.Z. 1870 and then engineer in chief for N.Z. to his death; F.R.G.S., F.G.S.; A.I.C.E. 1837, M.I.C.E. 18 May 1845, member of council 1856, V.P. 1872–5; author with R. Hassard of On the future water supply of London 1866; seized with paralysis Sep. 1872 and never spoke again. d. 11 Roland gardens, South Kensington, London 29 Dec. 1885. I.L.N. xix, 208 (1851); Min. of Proc. of C.E. lxxxv, 394–99 (1886).
HEMING, Dempster (youngest son of George Heming of Weddington near Nuneaton, Warws.) b. about 1778; ed. at Univ. of St. Andrews; barrister M.T. 27 May 1808; practised with great success at Madras; registrar of supreme court at Calcutta; contested North Warwickshire 26 Dec. 1832; sheriff of Warws. 1840; F.R.A.S. d. 7 Hubert terrace, Dover 24 Dec. 1874. bur. in family burial place in Warws.