H. D.Born in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Educated at Merton College, Oxford. Married Ellen St. Leger Blakeney on 28 July 1887. Published a metrical translation of The Odes of Horace (1894). The Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for his poem, published on 15 December 1877, gives is address as Merton College, Oxford (NLS Dep 341/371). Elected to the Oxford Architectural and Historical Society in 1876 (see their Proceedings, new series, vol. 3, 1880, p. 271). Biographical information:
Rev. John Howard Deazeley (1854-1924),Ancestry; Foster, Alumni Oxonienses, vol. 1-2, p. 360. (AC, CC)
| Poem title | Date | Periodical | Roles | id # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desolate | 1877-12-15 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 6892 |
| Two Hearts. (Suggested by the picture “In Memoriam”) | 1878-04-27 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 6956 |
| The Two Roses | 1878-05-25 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 6959 |