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John Hewett (other)
John Hewett may refer to: *John Hewett (chaplain) (1614–1658), chaplain to Charles I and later executed for treason as a Royalist * John Norris Hewett (c. 1745–1790), English art collector and amateur artist *John Short Hewett (1781–1835), English academic and priest * John William Hewett (1824–1886), English hymnist and antiquary *John Hewett (priest) (1830–1911), English priest, founder of All Saints', Babbacombe and father of below *John Hewett (civil servant) (1854-1941), English colonial administrator and member of parliament See also *John Hewitt (other) John Hewitt may refer to: * John Hewitt (priest) (died 1588), English Roman Catholic priest and Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929 * John Hewitt (antiquary) (1807–1878), English official * John Hill Hewitt (1801–1890), newspaper editor * John Na ... * John Hewet (other) {{hndis, Hewett, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hewett (chaplain)
Reverend Dr. John Hewett (or Huett; September 1614 – ''buried'' 8 June 1658) was chaplain to Charles I and later executed for treason as a Royalist. The son of clothworker Thomas Hewett, he was born in Eccles, Lancashire, and educated in nearby Bolton-le-Moors. He matriculated sizar at Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1633, and in 1643 he was awarded a degree of D.D. by Oxford University, where he served as a chaplain to Charles I. He then became chaplain to Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, at Havering in Essex, before moving to London, where he preached to larger congregations. He was openly loyal to the exiled Prince Charles (the future King Charles II), and was involved in the secret preparations for his return. In April 1658 a fellow sympathiser, John Stapley, confessed to Cromwell that, thanks to Hewett, he had been offered funds to raise an army to support the return of Prince Charles. Hewett was arrested, along with Lord Mordaunt and Sir Henry Slingsby, and brou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Norris Hewett
John Norris Hewett (c. 1745 – 1790), born Fisher, was an English art collector and amateur artist. The date and location of Hewett's birth is unknown; it has been posited that she was a native of Penicuik. Also unknown is the origin of her unusual forename, though it has been suggested that it was chosen to placate her grandfather, Admiral John Norris, after her mother remarried against his wishes. Her father was Robert Fisher of Sandieford, a member of the Royal Company of Scottish Archers. She married three times. In 1764 she married Captain John Gordon of the 50th Foot of Ireland, who later divorced her for adultery. In 1773 she married Admiral John Storr, acquiring from him a house in Bedford Square and a life interest in a number of Yorkshire estates. Soon after his death she married once again; her third husband was John Hewett, né Thornhaugh, MP and Sheriff of Nottinghamshire. Norris Hewett died at home in Richmond, her age given variously as 45 and 47 in contemporary so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Short Hewett
John Short Hewett (1781 – 12 December 1835) was an Anglican priest and academic who served as Chaplain and Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge, Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, Chaplain to the Forces and Rector of Rotherhithe. He came from a distinguished family, his brother was Dr Cornwallis Hewett, his half-brother was Sir Prescott Gardner Hewett, 1st Bt., he was father to Rev. John Hewett and grandfather to Sir John Prescott Hewett and Rear Admiral George Hayley Hewett and his nephew became Vice-Admiral Sir William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, . Early life Hewett was born in India in 1781, the son of William Nathan Wright Hewett of Bilham Hall, near Doncaster, a once wealthy landowner who lost the majority of his fortune to horse-racing and had to leave the country for Calcutta. Hewett was educated at Clare College, Cambridge which he matriculated into in 1799 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1803. Career Following his Bachelor of Arts degree, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John William Hewett
Rev. John William Hewett (1824-1886) was an English "enthusiastic Anglo-Catholic of extreme views",Smith, p.3 an educationalist, hymnist, and antiquary.https://hymnary.org/person/Hewett_JW5 Origins He was born in 1824, the son of William Hewett, and was christened on 10 March 1824 at Saint Mary's Church, Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. In later life he used the motto (Be Just and Fear Not'', which he gave as his school's motto) and the owl crest of the Irish ''Hewitt'' family, Viscounts Lifford, but no connection between him and that family has been found by his biographer. Career He was educated at Barnstaple Grammar SchoolAlumni Cantabrigienses in Devon (in the process of his bankruptcy it was discovered he owned a house at nearby Bishops Tawton, which had presumably been his own home), and matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in Michaelmas 1845, aged 21. In 1848 he served as Honorary Secretary to the Cambridge Architectural Society. He received the degree of BA in 1849, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hewett (priest)
John Hewett, Vicar of Babbacombe (6 August 1830 – 5 August 1911) was a High Church Anglican priest and founder of the church of All Saints', Babbacombe and a friend and confidant of Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland as well as the priest for Alexandra of Denmark whilst Princess of Wales. Hewett was also father of John Hewett (civil servant), Sir John Prescott Hewett and of Rear admiral (Royal Navy), Rear Admiral George Hayley Hewett. Early life Hewett was born on 6 August 1830, son of John Short Hewett, Rector of Ewhurst, East Sussex and his wife, Mary Ann Selby-Hele, granddaughter of George Horne (bishop), George Horne, Bishop of Norwich. He came from a well connected family, he was nephew of Prescott Gardner Hewett, Sir Prescott Gardner Hewett, 1st Baronet and Cornwallis Hewett, Dr Cornwallis Hewett and the first-cousin of Vice-admiral (Royal Navy), Vice-Admiral William Hewett, Sir William Nathan Wrighte Hewett. Hewett was educated at Clare College, Cambri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hewett (civil Servant)
Sir John Prescott Hewett (25 August 1854 – 27 September 1941) was a British Indian civil servant who served as Lieutenant Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh and later as a Conservative MP for Luton (UK Parliament constituency), Luton. Early life Hewett was born in Barham, Kent, son of John Hewett (priest), Rev. John Hewett, vicar of Babbacombe, Torquay, and his wife, Anna Louisa Lyster, daughter of Captain William Hammon and Mary Bellingham. Hewett was older brother of Rear admiral (Royal Navy), Rear Admiral George Hayley Hewett Royal Navy, RN, his father Rev. John Hewett was the nephew of Prescott Gardner Hewett, Sir Prescott Gardner Hewett, 1st Baronet and the first-cousin of Vice-admiral (Royal Navy), Vice-Admiral William Hewett, Sir William Nathan Wrighte Hewett. He was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford.Wainewright, John Bannerman (ed). Winchester College 1836–1906: A Register'. P. and G. Wells, 1907, p. 208 Biography Hewett joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hewitt (other)
John Hewitt may refer to: * John Hewitt (priest) (died 1588), English Roman Catholic priest and Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929 * John Hewitt (antiquary) (1807–1878), English official * John Hill Hewitt (1801–1890), newspaper editor * John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt (1859–1937), linguist * John Hewitt (herpetologist) (1880–1961), South African zoologist and archaeologist * John Haskell Hewitt (1835–1920), American classical scholar and educator * John Hewitt (poet) (1907–1987), poet from Northern Ireland * John Hewitt (mayor) (1943–2011), New Zealand local-body politician * John Hewitt (entrepreneur) (born 1949), U.S. entrepreneur * John Hewitt (footballer) (born 1963), Scottish former footballer and manager * John Hewitt (pentathlete) (born 1925), British Olympic pentathlete * John Hewitt, author of the Ringworld role-playing game * John K. Hewitt (born 1952), behavioral geneticist from Hampshire, England * John Marshall Hewitt (1841–1888), member of the Arkansas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
