Hugh Reginald Haweis

HAWEIS, Hugh Reginald. b. Egham, Surrey, 3 April 1838; d. London, 29 January 1901. The grandson of Thomas Haweis*, he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1860, MA 1864). He then travelled to Italy, where in 1860 he met up with the campaign of Garibaldi for the liberation of Italy. It is sometimes said that he served under Garibaldi, but this seems unlikely; although according to a memoir, ‘he took an active interest and ran no small personal risk, being present at the siege of Capua’ (Oliver, p. ix). On return to England he took Holy Orders (deacon 1861, priest 1862). He was curate of two London parishes (St Peter’s Stepney, 1861-63; St James’s, Westminster, 1864-66), becoming...