born March 4, 1829, Ropley, near Alresford, Hampshire, Eng.
died Feb. 23, 1902, Sevenoaks, Kent
English historian whose career was dedicated to the study of the English Civil Wars .
He taught at King's College, London, and was a fellow at Oxford. His researches among manuscript collections gave unrivaled authority to his monumental undertaking. Its principal volumes were History of England from the Accession of James I to the Outbreak of the Civil War, 1603–1642 (1883–84); History of the Great Civil War, 1642–1649 (1886, 1893); and History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649–1660 (1903).