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JAMES HOOK AND HIS WIVES. James
Hook, musical composer (1746-1827, see
- D.N.B. '), married first a Miss Madden.
What was the date of his death ?
James Hook's second wife is said to have s irvived till 5 April, 1873. I wish to learn her Christian name and maiden surname. HORACE BLEACKLEY.
ROYAL CHAPLAINS. Where can I find a list of the royal chaplains during the reigns of George II. and George III. ?
HORACE BLEACKLEY.
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED. I should be glad to obtain information about the following Cambridge men : (1) Charles Theyer, son of Charles Theyer of Gloucester, who graduated LL.B. from Trin. Coll. 1715. (2) Michael Thomas, who graduated B.A. from Trin. Coll. 1632- 1633. (3) Giles Thornburgh, a native of Wilt- shire, who graduated M.A. from Peterhouse 1677, and became Incumbent of Little St. Mary's, Cambridge. How long did he hold this living, and when did he die ? (4) Gabriel Thorne, son of Gabriel Thorne of Leatherhead, Surrey, who graduated M.A. 1732 from Trin. Coll. (5) Francis Thorndyke, eldest son of Paul Thorndyke, of Sausthorpe, Lines, who matriculated from Trin. Coll. 1656. G. F. R. B.
WEIGHT AFTER A MEAL AND DURING HYPNOSIS. What foundation is there, if any, for the popular belief that a meal makes 110 addition to the weight of the body ? I have sought practical tests, and have failed to find any addition, but I have attributed this to the lack of delicacy in the apparatus. Could any of your correspondents supply accurate results of experiment ?
A like statement is made concerning the results of hypnotism. It is asserted that a person in hypnosis loses weight immediately, and regains part thereof on waking. Have credible tests ever been made ?
J. C. W.
ROBERT HEWETSON, B.A., 1776. In- formation desired concerning this gentleman. His autograph dated "London, May 7th, 1776," was inscribed on the fly-leaf of one of Dr. Isaac Watts' s works which in 1820 was presented to the little daughter of Lieut. Richard Edwards, H.M. 7th West India Regiment (Edwards of Lichfield, Staffs), probably by her mother Ann Edwards, daughter of Withers of London, a supposed branch of the poet Wither' s family. Possibly Robert Hewetson was a London
clergyman or Nonconformist minister
whose daughter married Withers. Ann
Withers married Richard Edwards at Carisbrooke, I. of W., by licence from Winchester dated 1804. She is described as of St. Andrew's, Holborn, spinster, in the certificate, but was apparently not baptized at St. Andrew's, Holborn. I am hoping that Robert Hewetson may prove a clue to her family. She had one son, William Henry Edwards, " christened 1808 by Rev. Dr. Freeman, Falmouth, Antigua, buried in Cripplegate churchyard, Aug. 24th, 1808." In the journal of Lieut. Richard Edwards written in Antigua there is a suggestion that his wife was of the Baptist persuasion.
W. REYNELL-UPHAM. 33, Tavistock Place, Plymouth.
LIEUT. -GENERAL GEORGE BENSON. This gentleman was colonel of the 12th Royal Veteran Battalion at the time of his death in 1814. I shall be glad if anyone can give me the exact dates of his birth and death, and the names of his parents. In a voluminous account of his services to be found among the War Office records it appears that previous to entering the Army on 6 Feb., 1770, he was for two years at the Court of Russia with Lord Macartney, after having left Eton. He served throughout the Ameri- can War, being a captain in the 66th Regiment the greater part of the time. In 1785 he was appointed lieutenant-colonel in command of Lord Macartney's guard on his embassy to China.
General Benson married Harriotte, daughter of Alexander Garden, M.D., of Charlestown, South Carolina, the discoverer of the plant gardenia, after whom it was named. His widow died at Southampton on 31 Jan., 1847, aged 85. I shall also be glad to know what issue General Benson left. A. H. MACLEAN.
14, Dean Road, Willesden Green, N.W.
AP THOMAS. What was the date of the death of Ap Thomas, the Queen's harpist ? I have not been able to find it in any book of reference. C. MCCARTHY.
jAUREGuf's PORTRAIT OF CERVANTES. In The Century Magazine some time in 1913 appeared an article on the portrait of Cer- vantes by Juan de Jauregui, illustrated by a half-tone reproduction of the work. Has this portrait been reproduced in this country by any other process, either as a book illus- tration or separately ?
ARTHUR WOODCOCK.
Market Drayton.
