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HILL, Michael (1672-99), of Hillsborough, co. Downe

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b. 7 Aug. 1672, 1st s. of William Hill of Hillsborough by Eleanor, da. of Dr Michael Boyle, archbishop of Armagh and ld. chancellor of Ire. m. 1690 (with £3,000), Anne, da. of Sir John Trevor*, 2s. 1da. suc. fa. 1693. Collins, Peerage, v. 98–103; PCC 187 Coker.
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Gov. and custos co. Down ?1693–?d.; PC [I] 1694. Collins, 102.

MP [I] 1695–9.

Main residence: Hillsborough, co. Downe.
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HILL, John (d. 1735), of Egham, Surr.

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b. yr. s. of Francis Hill, merchant, by Elizabeth Jenyns. educ. St. Albans g.s. 1690–1. unm. F. Harris, Passion for Govt. 60–61.
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Page to Prince George 1692–98; groom of bechamber to Duke of Gloucester 1698–1700, to Prince George ?1700–8. Add. 70116, Abigail to Sir Edward Harley*, 16 Aug. 1692; E. Gregg, Q. Anne, 112, 116.

Capt. Coldstream gds. 1702; adjt.-gen. Portugal 1703; col. 11 Ft. 1705–15; brig.-gen. 1710; c.-in-c. Canada 1711; gov. Dunkirk 1712; maj.-gen. 1712; lt.-gen of Ordnance 1712–14; PC 19 Oct. 1712–14. CSP Dom. 1702–3, p. 387; 1703–4, p. 268; H. Tomlinson, Guns and Govt. 224; Scots Courant, 29–31 June 1712.

Commr. inspect fortifications at Dunkirk 1713–14. Cal. Treas. Bks. xxix. 781.

Main residence: Egham, Surr.
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HILL, John (d. 1735)

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HILDYARD, Sir Robert, 2nd Bt. (c.1670-1729), of Winestead in Holderness, Yorks.

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b. c. 1670, 1st s. of Christopher Hildyard (d.v.p. s. of Sir Robert Hildyard, 1st Bt., of Winestead), by Hester, da. and coh. of William Dobson, alderman and mayor of Kingston-upon-Hull. educ. Hull sch. (Mr Pell); Trinity Coll. Camb. adm. 13 June 1688, aged 18. unm. suc. fa. by Jan. 1685, gdfa. as 2nd Bt. 7 Mar. 1685. Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ed. Clay, iii. 335.
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Main residence: Winestead in Holderness, Yorks.
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HILDYARD, Sir Robert, 2nd Bt. (c.1670-1729)

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HICKS, John (1658/9-1734), of Trevithick, nr. Fowey, Cornw.

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b. 26 Feb. 1658 [?-9], 1st s. of Thomas Hicks, attorney-at-law, of Trevithick, by Elizabeth. educ. St. Ewe sch.; Exeter, Oxf. 1675; M. Temple 1678, called 1685. m. ?2 Jan. 1695, Elizabeth, s.p. suc. fa. bef.1678. IGI, Cornw.; Polsue, Complete Paroch. Hist. Cornw. i. 376, 381; Add. 29763, ff. 37–38.
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Mayor, St. Ives 1689–90, 1701–2. CJ, x. 361; xiii. 652; xiv. 74.

Main residence: Trevithick, nr. Fowey, Cornw.
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HICKS, John (1658/9-1734)

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HICKMAN, Willoughby (1688-1712), of Gainsborough, Lincs.

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bap. 18 June 1688, 3rd s. of Sir Willoughby Hickman, 3rd Bt.*; educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1705. unm. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 496.
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Main residence: Gainsborough, Lincs.
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HICKMAN, Willoughby (1688-1712)

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HICKMAN, Sir Willoughby, 3rd Bt. (1659-1720), of Gainsborough, Lincs.

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b. 20 Aug. 1659, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Sir William Hickman, 2nd Bt.†, of Gainsborough by Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Nevile of Mattersey Priory, Notts. m. 11 Sept. 1683, Anne (d. 1701), da. and h. of Sir Stephen Anderson, 1st Bt., of Eyworth, Beds., 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.); suc. fa. as 3rd Bt. Feb. 1682. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 495.
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Steward and keeper of manor and soke of Kirton in Lindsey, Lincs. 1682–9; freeman, Hull 1685. Cal. Treas. Bks. vii. 415; ix. 20, 93; W. J. Davies, ‘Trade and Shipping of Hull during the 17th Cent.’ (Wales Univ. M.A. thesis, 1937), App. D.

Main residence: Gainsborough, Lincs.
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HICKMAN, Sir Willoughby, 3rd Bt. (1659-1720)

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HEYSHAM, William (1666-1716), of Lancaster

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bap. 27 Jan. 1666, 3rd s. of Giles Heysham of Lancaster; bro. of Robert Heysham*. m. 3 Sept. 1687, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Humphrey Brockden of Barbados, 3s. 1da.
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Member, Barbados assembly 1699–1703. CSP Col. 1699, p. 550; 1702, p. 565.

Main residence: Lancaster.
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HEYSHAM, William (1666-1716)

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HEYSHAM, Robert (1663-1723), of London and Stagenhoe, Herts.

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bap. 16 Aug. 1663, 2nd s. of Giles Heysham of Lancaster by Elizabeth, da. of Robert Thornton of Oxcliffe, nr. Lancaster; bro. of William Heysham*. m. (1) Mary, da. and coh. of Edmund Thornton, draper, of London and Stagenhoe, s.p.; (2) bef. 1708, Jane, da. of Thomas Thornton, 1s. 1da. Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. iv. 373.
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Commr. receiving subscriptions for land bank 1696, dir. land bank 1696. CJ, xii. 509; NLS, Advocates’ mss, Bank of Eng. pprs. 31.1.7, f. 98.

Alderman, London 1720–d.; member, Drapers’ Co. 1720–d., master 1720–1. Beaven, Aldermen, i. 31, 341.

Pres. Christ’s Hosp. 1721–d. Ibid.

Main residences: London; Stagenhoe, Herts.
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HEYSHAM, Robert (1663-1723)

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HEVENINGHAM, Henry (1651-1700), of Heveningham, Suff.

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b. 5 Jan. 1651, 2nd s. of Arthur Heveningham of Hockwold, Norf. by his w. Jane, ?da. of Sir Edmund Mundeford of Feltwell, Norf. educ. Pembroke, Camb. 1667; G. Inn 1669. m. 3 July 1684, Frances (d. 1714), da. and coh. of William Willoughby†, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham, wid. of Sir John Harpur, 3rd Bt., of Swarkeston, Derbys. and Charles Henry Kirkhoven, 1st Earl of Bellomont [I], s.p. suc. bro. by 1669. PCC 180 Noel, 247 Nabbs; Add. 19135, f. 268; CP, iii. 106.
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Freeman, Thetford 1682, mayor 1682–3, 1684–5; freeman, Dunwich 1691, alderman 1694–d. H. Le Strange, Norf. Official Lists, 230; Suff. RO (Ipswich), Dunwich bor. recs. EE6 1144/13, p. 73; EE6 1144/14.

Capt. of horse indep. tp. 1685, Queen Dowager’s regt. (later 6 Drag. Gds.) 1686– Nov. 1688; lt. gent. pens. 1689–d. CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 169; 1687–9, p. 370; 1689–90, p. 25; 1700–2, p. 150.

Main residence: Heveningham, Suff.
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HEVENINGHAM, Henry (1651-1700)

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HESILRIGE, Sir Thomas, 4th Bt. (1664-1700), of Noseley Hall, Leics.

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b. 1664, s. of Sir Thomas Hesilrige, 3rd Bt., by his 1st w. Elizabeth (d. 1673), da. and coh. of George Fenwick of Brunton Hall, Northumb. educ. Clare, Camb. 1682. unm. suc. fa. as 4th Bt. 24 Feb. 1680. Nichols, Leics. ii. 741, 756.
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Sheriff, Leics. 1686–7.

Main residence: Noseley Hall, Leics.
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HESILRIGE, Sir Thomas, 4th Bt. (1664-1700)

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