Hicks-Beach, Sir

MICHAEL EDWARD, statesman; born in London in 1837; educated at Eton and Oxford; returned to Parliament for East Gloucestershire (1864) serving the Conservative interest. Held various public positions, and was appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1874; in 1877 had a seat in the cabinet; was Secretary of State for the Colonies (1878-1880); Chancellor of the Exchequer (1885), and again Chief Secretary for Ireland (1886); was President of the Board of Trade from 1888 till the change of administration in 1892, when he was again elected to Parliament. In 1895 he became Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord Salisbury's cabinet (Conservative). Hicks'ites, n. pl. Those Friends who follow the teachings of ELIAS HICKS (q.v.), and who differ from the Orthodox Friends, or Quakers, in their views of the Trinity, the Atonement, authority of the Scriptures, ., which are rather Unitarian or latitudinarian. Hi'co, in Texas , a post-town of Hamilton co., on Tex. Cent. R.R., 85 miles W. of Waco. Pop . (1890) 649. Hi'eron, n. [Gr.] Any holy or consecrated place or building; a temple or chapel. Hig'bee, in Mi ouri , a post-town of Randolph co., 12 m. S. of Huntsville, on C. & A. and M. K. & T. R.Rs.; coal is mined in this vicinity. Pop . 1,093.