HUCKS, William (bef.1678-1740), of Great Russell St., Bloomsbury, and Wallingford, Berks.

Hucks inherited his father’s share in the Horn Brewery, Duke Street, Bloomsbury, later holding five-sevenths of the family brewing interests in London. Returned as a Whig for Wallingford in four contested elections, he voted consistently with the Government. In 1727 he had a crown lease of Wallingford Castle, which included Ewelme, Oxon.See J. A. Gibbs, Hist. Antony and Dorothea Gibbs, 37-39, further additions and corrections, xvi (4); Cussans, Herts. i(I), 246; Cal. Treas. Bks. and Pprs. 1720-8, pp. 359, 365. He was responsible for the erection of the statue of George I on the steeple of St. George’s, Bloomsbury.N. & Q. (ser. II), ii. 50-51, 135, 199. He died 28 Nov. 1740.