HILLYERD, Rev. Samuel John (son of Nicholas John Hillyerd). b. 20 Feb. 1784; National schoolmaster Farnley Tyas, Yorks. to 1819; raised himself by education and was ordained as a literate 1819; C. of Denby Penistone, Yorks. 1819, C. of Farnley Tyas 1821, C. of Primrose hill, Great Horton, Bradford 1823; P.C. of Tattersall, Lincs. 1823–46; V. of Semperingham, Lincs. 1846 to death; a brilliant preacher. d. Semperingham 29 June 1861. Hulbert’s Suppl. Annals of Almondbury (1885) 16; Correspondence between C. G. Selleck and S. J. Hillyerd on universal salvation (1835).
HILTON, Hilda. b. 1853; actress and vocalist; played with success in the provinces; acted at Criterion as Little Loo in Orange Blossom 1877; at Globe as Mrs. Honeyton in The Happy Pair; at the Strand as Ruth in Ruth’s Romance; at the Gaiety as Juliana in The Honeymoon 1880; at the Princess’ as Martha Gibbs in All that glitters is not gold; at Sadler’s Wells 1881; at the Globe as Frou Frou; lessee of Opera Comique 1883 when she produced Bondage 31 March; she wrote Princess Carlo’s plot drama in 3 acts adapted from Ouida’s Afternoon, brought out at Novelty theatre 31 Jany. 1887. d. Florence 13 June 1888 aged 35. The Theatre 1 Aug. 1881 p. 125, portrait; Illust. Sport. and Dram. News 8 Jany. 1881 pp. 401, 419, portrait.
HILTON, John. b. Sible Hedingham, Essex 22 Sep. 1807; ed. at Chelmsford gr. sch. and Boulogne-sur-Mer; studied at Guy’s 1824, M.R.C.S. 1827, F.R.C.S. 1843; demonstrator of anatomy at Guy’s 1828, made dissections of the body which were reproduced in wax for Guy’s museum, assist. surgeon 1844, full surgeon 1849; professor of surgery at R.C.S. 14 July 1859, president 1867; in practice at New Broad st., city of London; surgeon extraordinary to the queen 14 Oct. 1867; F.R.S. 10 Jany. 1839; author of On rest and pain, a course of lectures 1863, 3 ed. 1880; Notes on the functional relations of portions of the cranium 1855; The Hunterian Oration 1867. d. Hedingham house, Clapham common 14 Sep. 1878. Proc. of Med. Chir. Soc. viii, 388–90 (1875); Medical Times, ii, 422 (1878); The Medical profession in all countries, i, No. 17 (1873).
HIME, Benjamin. Musical publisher; vocal composer; wrote I see them on their winding ways, song 1830; Let us hope for the best, song 1835; O the Forester’s life is the life for me 1855 and 20 other pieces. d. 30 Victoria st. Manchester 1871.
HINCHLIFF, John Ely. b. 1777; chief assistant in studio of John Flaxman 1806–26; completed some of Flaxman’s unfinished works 1826; exhibited 36 works at R.A. and 9 at B.I. 1814–49; among his sculptures were Christian and Apollyon 1815, Leonidas, Menelaus and Paris, and Theseus and Hippodamia; made many mural tablets and sepulchral monuments. d. Mornington place, 185 Hampstead road, London 23 Nov. 1867.
HINCHLIFF, John James (son of the preceding). b. 1805; in hydrographic department of admiralty; executed engravings for Beattie’s Castles and abbeys of England 1842, and Gastineau’s Picturesque scenery of Wales 1860. d. Walton-by-Clevedon, Somerset 16 Dec. 1875.
HINCHLIFF, Thomas Woodbine (eld. son of Chamberlain Hinchliff). b. 1826; president of Alpine club; F.R.G.S.; author of Summer months among the Alps 1857; South American sketches 1863; Over the sea and far away, wanderings round the world 1876. d. Aix les Bains, Savoy 8 May 1882. Proc. of R. Geog. Soc. iv, 424 (1882).
HINCKS, Rev. Edward (eld. son of Rev. Thomas Dix Hincks 1767–1857). b. Cork 19 Aug. 1792; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, scholar 1810, B.A. 1812, M.A. 1817, B.D. 1823, D.D. 1829, fellow 1813–9; R. of Ardtrea 1819–26; R. of Killeleagh, co. Down 1826 to death; a pioneer in deciphering cuneiform inscriptions; studied Assyrian monuments 1846 and discovered the names of Sennacherib and Nebuchadnezzar; discovered conjointly with Sir H. C. Rawlinson the Persian cuneiform vowel system; the results of his investigations were printed in Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 1833–65; author of Report to Trustees of British museum on cylinders and terra cotta tablets 1854; Letter on the Polyphony of Assyrio-Babylonian writings 1863 and 25 other works; granted civil list pension of £100, 20 April 1854. d. Killeleagh 3 Dec. 1866. Webb’s Irish Biography (1878) 251; G.M. iii, 122 (1867).
HINCKS, Sir Francis (brother of the preceding). b. Cork 9 May 1807; ed. at Royal Belfast Institution; clerk to a shipowner, Belfast; went to Canada 1830, opened a warehouse in Toronto; founded and edited the Toronto Examiner 1838; member for county of Oxford in Canadian legislature, March 1841 to Nov. 1855; inspector general of public accounts 1842–3 and 1848–54; started the Montreal Pilot 1844; prime minister of Canada 1851–5; governor of Windward Islands 1855–62; governor of British Guiana 1862–9; C.B. 23 July 1862; K.C.M.G. 23 June 1869; finance minister for Dominion of Canada 1869–73; president of City Bank of Montreal 1874 which failed; editor of Journal of Commerce, Montreal; author of 5 pamphlets and of Reminiscenses of my public life 1884. d. Montreal 18 Aug. 1885. Dublin Univ. Mag. vol. 88, p. 534, portrait; I.L.N. xxvii, 413–14 (1855), portrait; Morgan’s Bibliotheca Canadensis (1867) p. 186.
HINCKS, Ven. Thomas (son of the succeding). b. 1796; R. of Finvoy, Connor to 1865; R. of Billy, Connor 1865 to death; archdeacon of Connor 1865 to death. d. the archdeaconry, Bushmills, co. Antrim 28 March 1882.