The Life of Samuel Johnson - James Boswell [764]
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of (1690–1764), Lord Chancellor (1737–56); high steward of Cambridge University (1749); confidante of the Duke of Newcastle; Solicitor-General and knighted (1720); Attorney General (1724); Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench and Privy Councillor (1733); immensely conscientious; sounded by Walpole as his possible successor as prime minister: 536, 634
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of (1720–90), politician and writer; eldest son of the ist Earl of Hardwicke; MP for Reigate, Surrey (1741-7); member (without office) of the first Rockingham administration; Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (1757); high steward of Cambridge University (1764–90); produced Walpoliana (1783), a collection of anecdotes about Sir Robert Walpole: 141 n. a
Harington, Dr Henry (1727–1816), physician and musician: 864
Harington, Dr Henry (c. 1755–91), son of the preceding and nominal editor of Nugce Antiques: 864
Harington, Sir John (1561–1612), wit, and translator of Ariosto: 1000 n. a
Harley, Edward, see Oxford, Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of
Harrington, Caroline, Countess of (1722–84): 598
Harris, James (1709–80), philosopher and musical patron; author of Hermes, or, A Philosophical Inquiry Concerning Universal Grammar (1751) and Philosophical Arrangements (1775); responsible for the first draft of the libretto for Handel’s L’allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato; supporter of Grenville; MP for Christchurch, Hampshire (1761); commissioner of the Admiralty (1763); commissioner of the Treasury (1763-5); fellow of the Royal Society (1763); close friend of Fielding: 380, 456, 583, 655, 662–4
Harris, Thomas (d. 1820), theatre manager; partner in buying the patent and property of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden (1767); manager after Colman’s resignation (1774); acquired the King’s Theatre with R. B. Sheridan (1778); generous to actors, enjoying a good reputation and some personal popularity: 582
Harrison, Elizabeth (fl. 1724–56), writer; author of The Friendly Instructor (1741) and Miscellanies on Moral and Religious Subjects (1756), a work to which S.J. subscribed; remains obscure: 13, 167, 168
Harry, Jane, or Jenny, later Mrs Thresher (fl. 1778): 684, 1054 n. 814
Harte, Dr Walter (1709–74), writer; rector of Gosfield, Essex (1734); prebendary at Windsor (1750); vice-principal of St Mary Hall (1740); tutor to Philip Stanhope, Lord Chesterfield’s illegitimate son; acquaintance and mutual flatterer of Pope; author of the History of the Life of Gustavus Adolphus (1759) and Essays on Husbandry (1764): 94 n. b, 323, 807, 947
Harvey, see Hervey
Harwood, Dr Edward (1729–94), Presbyterian minister and biblical scholar; friend of Joseph Priestley, belonging to the rational wing of dissent in his theological views; pastor at the Presbyterian chapel in Tucker Street, Bristol (1765); regular contributor to the Gentleman’s Magazine; prolific writer whose works include an Introduction to New Testament Studies (1767), A View of Various Editions of the Greek and Roman Classics (1775) and A Liberal Translation of the New Testament(2 vols., 1767): 538
Haslerig, or Hesilrige, Sir Arthur (1601–61), soldier, republican politician and parliamentarian; opponent of Cromwell; exempted from the Act of Indemnity in 1660 and died in the Tower while awaiting trial for treason: 322
Hastie (fl. 1772), a Scottish schoolmaster: 357, 368
Hastings, Warren (1732–1818), Governor General of Bengal; writer in the East India Company’s Bengal service (1750–65); developed proposals for a ‘Professorship of the Persian Language’ at the University of Oxford; stationed in Madras (1769–72) before promotion to Governor General (1772–85); commitment to translation and native customs created a hybrid Anglo-Indian law that partly exists today; negotiated peace to close wars with the Maratha states (1783); impeached on return to England, largely due to Burke’s attacks (1787–95); found not guilty; received later public recognition but no further significant employment: 799, 800, 801
Hawkesbury, Lord, see Jenkinson, Charles
Hawkesworth,