William Hunt

“ All his spare time he employed in sketching and sculpture. Through the influence of Sir Robert Harry Inglis [q. v.] and other friends of his father he was appointed to a clerkship in the House of Commons in 1853. From 1866 to 1868 he was examiner of petitions for private bills; he became second clerk assistant in 1868, clerk assistant in 1870, and from 1886 until his retirement in 1900 was clerk of the House of Commons. ”

“ ELWORTHY, FREDERICK THOMAS (1830–1907) , philologist and antiquary, eldest son of Thomas Elworthy, woollen manufacturer, of Wellington, Somerset, by his wife Jane, daughter of William Chorley of Quarm, near Dunster, was born at Wellington on 10 Jan. 1830, and was educated at a private school at Denmark Hill. Though studious from boyhood, he did not enter on authorship until middle life. He became eminent first as a philologist and later as a writer on folk-lore. ”

“ He was deeply religious, although his religious opinions in his early days were in advance of contemporary standards of orthodoxy. Biblical criticism, especially on its historical side, was one of his favourite studies, and he learnt Hebrew in order to pursue it. He died at Sutton Court on 24 Sept. ”

“ His two books on the evil eye and kindred superstitions contain much curious information gathered during travels in Spain, Italy, and other countries, in the course of which he made perhaps the finest collection of charms, amulets, and such-like trinkets in existence ”

“ He was placed in the first class in classical moderations in 1855 and in the third class in the final classical school in 1857, was captain of his college boat club, rowed stroke of its 'eight,' was a cricketer and throughout his life retained a keen interest in the game, and in his later years was addicted to golf. ”

“ Alfred Bonham Carter for the 10th and much enlarged (1893) edition of May's 'Practical Treatise on the Law, &c., of Parliament.' Samuel Rawson Gardiner [q. v. Suppl. II] , in the preface to his 'Fall of the Monarchy of Charles I,' speaks of Palgrave's 'great knowledge of the documents of the time' and of the valuable help which he gave him in revising that work. He was deeply interested in the local antiquities of Westminster and indicated some famous sites. ”

“ W. Wilkinson, of Woodbury Hall, Bedfordshire; she died without issue on 11 April 1855; and (2) on 3 Nov. 1857, Mary Isabella, second daughter of John Addington Symonds (1807-1871) [q. v.] ; she died on 5 Oct. 1883, leaving three sons: Edward, who was created Baron Strachie of Sutton Court on 3 Nov. 1911; John St. Loe, editor of the 'Spectator'; Henry, an artist, and one daughter, all now (1912) living.
There are three painted portraits of Strachey at Sutton Court, one by Samuel Laurence [q. v.] and two by his son, Mr. Henry Strachey. ”

“ Chrysostom, 'On the Christian Priesthood,' in Schaff's 'Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers,' xii. 1889. 11. 'Life and Letters of E. A. Freeman,' 2 vols. 1895, too long a record of the uneventful life of a scholar. 12. Completion of Dean Kitchin's pamphlet on ' The Great Screen in Winchester Cathedral,' 1899. 13. 'Memoir of Richard Durnford, D.D., Bishop of Chichester,' 1899. 14. ”

“ Frederic Calderon is in the possession of his widow.
[Private information; personal knowledge; the Guardian, 31 Dec. 1902; Memoir reprinted, with reproduction of a photograph, from the Hampshire Observer, 27 Dec. 1902 and 3 Jan. 1903.] ”