Hesketh, Lady Christian (b 1929)
- GB 275 001305
- Person
- b 1929
Daughter of 1st Baronet McEwen, wife of 2nd Baron Hesketh.
Hesketh, Lady Christian (b 1929)
Daughter of 1st Baronet McEwen, wife of 2nd Baron Hesketh.
Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871) Knight, astronomer
Astronomer; son of Sir William Herschel; senior wrangler and first Smith's prizeman, 1813; subsequently fellow of St John's College, Cambridge; MA 1816; helped to found Analytical Society, Cambridge, 1813; secretary to Royal Society 1824-7; president of Astronomical Society, 1827-32; created baronet, 1838; president of British Association, 1845; master of the Mint, 1850-5. Major contribution to astronomy through the discovery and cataloguing of many double stars, work on 'light' and early work on photographical process. Buried in Westminster Abbey.
Herschel, Alexander Stewart (1836-1907) astronomer
Herring, Robert (1903-1975) author
Heron, Sir Robert (1765-1854) 2nd Baronet, politician
Admitted to St John's 1783.
Herkomer, Siegfried H (fl 1894)
Herbert, Sidney Charles (1906-1969) 16th Earl of Pembroke