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 Higgins, Richard Thomas, hon. It.-col. late king's own borderers, retired 1883, major on reserve of officers, a student of the Middle Temple 5 May, 1879, called to the bar 26 Jan., 1882 (only son of Richard Higgins, Esq., of Eastnor, co. Hereford); born 30 June, 1839.
 * Care of Bosbury House, near Ledbury,



Higgins, Thomas Lea, M.A., Magdalen Coll., Oxon, 1880, practises before the Lancaster Chancery Court, a student of Lincoln's Inn 13 Nov., 1875 (then aged 20), called to the bar 21 April, 1880 (2nd son of William Higgins, Esq., of Birkenhead); born, 1855.
 * Edge Lea, Claughton, Birkenhead; 6, Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.



Higgins, William Charles, M.A., Christ Church, Oxon, 1876, goes the South-eastern circuit, a student of the Inner Temple 17 Nov., 1871, called to the bar 26 Jan., 1875 (only son of William Frederick Higgins, a master in the court of bankruptcy); born,.
 * Brewer's Hill Addle Street, E.C.



Higgins, William Frederick, a registrar in bankruptcy Nov., 1858, and taxing master, master of court of bankruptcy 21 Nov., 1863, private secretary to successive under-secretaries of state for the colonies 1847-58, private secretary to Lord Stanley and Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, secretaries of state 1858-9, formerly a clerk in the Colonial Office, educated at Eton, a student of Gray's Inn 22 April, 1844, called to the bar 28 April, 1847 (eldest son of Col. Sir Samuel Gordon Higgins, K.C.H.); born 21 Dec., 1818; married 1 July, 1843, (Hon.) Augusta Thesiger, dau. of Rt. Hon. Lord Chelmsford (see Foster's Peerage).
 * 3, Chester Place, Chester Square, S.W.



Highmore, Nathaniel Joseph, a chief clerk in the solicitors' department inland revenue Somerset House since 17 Jan., 1882, author of Summary Proceedings in Inland Revenue Cases in England and Wales 1882, a student of the Middle Temple 4 May, 1878, called to the bar 26 Jan., 1S81 (eldest surviving son of William Highmore, of Sherborne, Dorset, M.D.); born 13 Nov., 1844; married 12 Nov., 1881, Annie Louisa, 2nd dau. of John Lane Cutcliffe, Esq., J.P., of Stoke Damarel, Devon.
 * 49, Cathcart Road, South Kensington; Somerset House, W.C.



Highton, Edward Gilbert, M.A., Sidney Sussex Coll., Camb., 1858, F.R.S.L., a student of Lincoln's Inn 9 Dec., 1854 (then aged 24), called to the bar 30 April, 1858 (eldest son of Thomas Highton, of Leicester, surgeon); born, 1830; married 9 July, 1855, Harriet Elizabeth, eldest dau. of John Dennis, Esq.
 * 42, Bedford Square, W.C.



Higinbotham, (Hon.) George, M.A. Trin. Coll., Dublin, 1853, puisne judge of supreme court of Victoria since 1880, a reporter in the staff of Morning Chronicle 1849-53, edited the Melbourne Argus 1856-9, member of Melbourne Legislature 1861-71, attorney-general 1863-5, and sometime vice-president of theBoard of Land and Works, a student of Lincoln's Inn 20 April, 1848 (then aged 22), called to the bar 6 June, 1853 (5th son of Henry T. Higinbotham, Esq., of Dublin); born, 1827.
 * Melbourne, Victoria.



Hilbery, Timothy Nathaniel, undergrad. Balliol Coll., Oxon, goes the South-eastern circuit, a student of Lincoln's Inn 27 Jan., 1870 (then aged 18), called to the bar 27 Jan., 1873 (2nd son of Francis Hilbery, late of Sydenham, Kent, merchant); born, 1852.
 * 6, Pump Court, Temple, E.C.

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<section begin="Hilditch, Richard" />Hilditch, Richard, B.A., St. John's Coll., Camb., 1836, a student of the Middle Temple 18 Dec, 1833, called to the bar 24 Nov., 1837 (eldest son of Richard Hilditch, of Shrewsbury, Salop); born, 1852.
 * 30, Cross Street, Manchester.

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<section begin="Hildyard, John George Bowes Thorton" />Hildyard, John George Bowes Thorton, B.A. Merton Coll., Oxon, J.P. Yorks East Riding, a student of the Inner Temple 1 June, 1850 (then aged 21), called to the bar 6 June, 1853 (4th son of Col. Hildyard, of Winestead Hall, Yorks); born 8 June, 1828; married 12 Feb., 1857) Caroline, dau. of Robert Denison, Esq., of Waplington Manor, Yorks, and has issue (see Foster's Yorkshire Collection).
 * Cherry Burton House, Hull.

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<section begin="Hildyard, John Richard Westgarth" />Hildyard, John Richard Westgarth, M.A., (fellow) Trin. Hall, Camb., 1839, assumed the surname of Hildyard in lieu of his patronymic by royal licence 19 June, 1855, J.P., D.L. co. Durham, high sheriff 1863, J.P. and chairman of quarter sessions Yorks,, a governor of Christ's Hospital, a student of the Inner Temple 27 April, 1836 (then aged 22), called to the bar 3 May, 1839 (3rd son of Henry Hale, late of Guisborough, Yorks, dec.); born 17 June, 1813; married 21 Aug., 1860, Mary Blanche, eldest dau. of late Sir Richard Digby Neave, Bart., and has issue (see Foster's Baronetage).
 * Hutton Bonville Hall, Northallerton; Horsley House, Stanhope, co. Durham; Oxford & Cambridge and Brooks Clubs.

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<section begin="Hill, Alexander Staveley" />Hill, Alexander Staveley, Q.C., D.C.L., St. John's Coll., Oxon, 1855, B.A. (fellow) 1852, S.C.L. Exeter Coll., Oxon, M.P. West Staffordshire since 1874, Coventry 1868-74, recorder of Banbury since 1866, judge advocate of the fleet since 1875, examiner in law and modern history Oxford Univ. since 1858, deputy high steward Oxford Univ. since 1874, J.P., D.L. co. Stafford, author of Manual of the Practice of the Court of Probate, a student of the Inner Temple 6 Nov., 1848 (then aged 23), called to the bar 21 Nov., 1851, Q.C. 22 Feb., 1868, bencher 28 April, 1868 (only son of Henry Hill, of Tettenhall Wood, Wolverhampton); born, 1825; married 1st, 6 Aug., 1864, Katharine Crampston Florence, eldest dau. of Miles Ponsonby, Esq., of Hale Hall, Cumberland; she died 14 May, 1868; he married 2ndly,, 1876, Mary Frances, dau. of Francis Baird, Esq., of St. Petersburg.
 * Oxley Manor, Wolverhampton; 4, Queen's Gate, S.W.; 13, King's Bench Walk, Temple, E.C.; Carlton, St. Stephen's, and United University Clubs, S.W.<section end="Hill, Alexander Staveley" />