HEY, William (son of William Hey 1772–1844 surgeon). b. Leeds 23 Dec. 1796; M.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.; succeeded his father at Leeds 1844; surgeon Leeds infirmary 1830–51, consulting surgeon 1864; a founder of Leeds school of medicine, and lecturer on surgery there 1831–57; president surgical section British Med. Assoc. at Leeds, July 1869; V.P. Leeds Philos. and Lit. Soc. 1835 and 1839. d. Gledhow Wood, Leeds 10 May 1875. British Medical Journal, i, 763 (1875).
HEY, Ven. William (son of Rev. Samuel Hey, vicar of Ockbrook, Derbyshire). b. Ockbrook 1811; ed. at Sherborne and at St. John’s coll. Cam., fellow 1836, B.A. 1834, M.A. 1837; head master St. Peter’s sch. York 1844–64; V. of St. Helen, Stonegate 1854–77; preb. of Weighton, York cath. 1854–81 and succentor canonicorum 1871–81; canon residentiary of York cath. 1864; precentor and preb. of Duffield 1881; archdeacon of Cleveland 1874 to death; examining chaplain to Archbp. of York 1874; V. of St. Olave with St. Giles’, York 1877 to death; select preacher Cam. 1879. d. The Residence, Minster yard, York 22 Nov. 1882. Church portrait journal, Jany. 1880 pp. 5–8, portrait.
HEYGATE, James. b. West Haddow, Northampton; M.R.C.S. 1823, M.D. Edin. 1836; in practice at Hanslope, Bucks., at Derby 1837 to death; senior physician Derbyshire general infirmary; F.R.S.; V.P. British medical assoc.; author of Tic doloureux, An essay 1836 and of papers in medical journals. d. Little Eaton, Derby 4 Aug. 1872. Medical Times 31 Aug. 1872 p. 243.
HEYSHAM, Thomas Coulthard (eld. son of Dr. John Heysham). b. 1792; mayor of Carlisle 1839; J.P. for Cumberland; made extensive collections in entomology, ornithology and botany; his name given to some species of coleoptera. d. Fisher st. Carlisle 6 April 1857. Carlisle Journal 10 April 1857 p. 8, 17 April p. 8.
HEYTESBURY, William A’Court, 1 Baron (eld. son of Sir William Pierce Ashe A’Court, 1 Baronet 1747–1817). b. Salisbury 11 July 1779; ed. at Eton; sec. of legation at Naples 31 July 1801; sec. to special mission at Vienna 20 April 1807; first commissioner of affairs, Malta 1812; envoy extraord. to Barbary states 5 Jany. 1813, to Naples 5 July 1814 and to Spain 5 April 1822; ambassador to Portugal 22 Sep. 1824 and to Russia 5 April 1828, pensioned 18 Aug. 1832; succeeded as 2 baronet 22 July 1817; P.C. 30 Dec. 1817; G.C.B. 20 Sep. 1819; cr. baron Heytesbury of Heytesbury, Wilts. 23 Jany. 1828; nominated governor general of India 28 Jany. 1835 but the ministry resigned and he never took office; lord lieut. of Ireland 26 July 1844 to 11 July 1846; governor of the Isle of Wight to 1857. d. Heytesbury 31 May 1860. F. O. List (1860) 145; I.L.N. v, 60 (1844), portrait; Eton portrait gallery (1876) 346–8; Waagen’s Galleries of art (1857) 386–90.
HEYTESBURY, William Henry Ashe A’Court-Holmes, 2 Baron (son of the preceding). b. London 1809; ed. at Eton and St. John’s coll. Camb., M.A. 1831. m. 2 Oct. 1833 Elizabeth Woosley, eld. dau. of Sir Leonard Worsley Holmes, bart., and assumed name of Holmes on 14 Oct.; M.P. for Isle of Wight 1837–47; succeeded as 2 Baron 31 May 1860. d. Heytesbury 21 April 1891.
HEYWOOD, Sir Benjamin, 1 Baronet (eld. son of Nathaniel Heywood of Manchester, banker, d. 1815). b. St. Ann’s sq. Manchester 12 Dec. 1793; ed. at univ. of Glasgow 1809–11; banker at Manchester 1814, sole proprietor 1828, retired 1860; chief founder of Manchester mechanics’ institution 1824, president 1824–44; M.P. for Lancashire 1831–1832; baronet 28 July 1838; F.R.S. 1843; gave £1000 toward Manchester public park 1844; vice pres. of British association at Manchester 1842 and 1861; author of Address delivered at Manchester mechanics’ institution 1843. d. Claremont near Manchester 11 Aug. 1865. bur. St. John’s Islam’s o’ the Height; personalty sworn under £400,000, 14 Oct. 1865. Grindon’s Manchester banks (1877) 79–86; T. Heywood’s Memoir of Sir B. Heywood (1888), portrait.
HEYWOOD, John. b. 1804; hand loom weaver to 1837; a ruler to his brother Abel Heywood 1839–46; a stationer Deansgate st. Manchester from 1846, the largest copy book maker in the world, bookseller and newsagent, employed 120 hands; member of Manchester city council 1860–61; chairman of Chorlton guardians. d. Manchester 7 Oct. 1864. The Bookseller 26 Feb. 1861, p. 105.
HEYWOOD, John (son of the preceding). b. 1832; errand boy in a solicitor’s office; succeeded to his father’s book, news and stationery establishment, Manchester 1864; made a central depot for the small local booksellers, and a book saloon for the exhibition of educational appliances; had 30,000 customers’ names in his books, and employed 30 carts to distribute books and newspapers; his Excelsior printing and bookbinding works, Hulme hall road, Manchester, opened 4 July 1870; employed 750 workmen; printed a series of books called J. Heywood’s Pocket guides 1869 etc., and many other works. d. The Grange, Derbyshire lane, Stretford, Manchester 10 May 1888. Bookseller, June 1888 pp. 573–4.
HEYWOOD, John Joseph (son of R. Heywood of Glencrutchery near Douglas). b. 1789; first deemster or chief justice of Isle of Man 1821 to death. d. Bomahague, Douglas 26 May 1855 aged 66. bur. Kirk Onchar ch. yard. Hardwicke’s Annual Biog. (1856) 355.