organizers (1901) and the first president of the National Civic Federation, whose purpose was to solve social and industrial problems, and in December 1901 became chairman of a permanent board of conciliation and arbitration established by the Federation. After President Roosevelt’s policies became defined, Senator Hanna came to be regarded as the leader of the conservative branch of the Republican party and a possible presidential candidate in 1904. He died at Washington on the 15th of February 1904.
HANNAY, JAMES (1827–1873), Scottish critic, novelist and publicist, was born at Dumfries on the 17th of February 1827. He came of the Hannays of Sorbie, an ancient Galloway family. He entered the navy in 1840 and served till 1845, when he adopted literature as his profession. He acted as reporter on the Morning Chronicle and gradually obtained a connexion, writing for the quarterly and monthly journals. In 1857 Hannay
contested the Dumfries burghs in the Conservative interest,
but without success. He edited the Edinburgh Courant from
1860 till 1864, when he removed to London. From 1868 till his
death on the 8th of January 1873 he was British consul at
Barcelona. His letters to the Pall Mall Gazette “From an
Englishman in Spain” were highly appreciated. Hannay’s
best books are his two naval novels, Singleton Fontenoy (1850)
and Eustace Conyers (1855); Satire and Satirists (1854); and
Essays from the Quarterly Review (1861). Satire not only shows
loving appreciation of the great satirists of the past, but is itself instinct with wit and fine satiric power. The book sparkles with epigrams and apposite classical allusions, and contains admirable critical estimates of Horace (Hannay’s favourite author), Juvenal, Erasmus, Sir David Lindsay, George Buchanan, Boileau, Butler, Dryden, Swift, Pope, Churchill, Burns, Byron and Moore.
Among his other works are Biscuits and Grog, Claret Cup, and Hearts are Trumps (1848); King Dobbs (1849); Sketches in Ultramarine (1853); an edition of the Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, to which he prefixed an essay on the poet’s life and genius (1852); Characters and Criticisms, consisting mainly of his contributions to the Edinburgh Courant (1865); A Course of English Literature (1866); Studies on Thackeray (1869); and a family history entitled Three Hundred Years of a Norman House (the Gurneys) (1867).
HANNEN, JAMES HANNEN, Baron (1821–1894), English judge, son of a London merchant, was born at Peckham in 1821.
He was educated at St Paul’s school and at Heidelberg University,
which was famous as a school of law. Called to the bar
at the Middle Temple in 1848, he joined the home circuit. At
this time he also wrote for the press, and supplied special reports
for the Morning Chronicle. Though not eloquent in speech, he
was clear, accurate and painstaking, and soon advanced in his
profession, passing many more brilliant competitors. He
appeared for the claimant in the Shrewsbury peerage case in 1858,
when the 3rd Earl Talbot was declared to be entitled to the
earldom of Shrewsbury as the descendant of the 2nd earl;
was principal agent for Great Britain on the mixed British and
American commission for the settlement of outstanding claims,
1853–1855; and assisted in the prosecution of the Fenian
prisoners at Manchester. In 1868 Hannen was appointed a
judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench. In many cases he took a
strong position of his own, notably in that of Farrar v. Close
(1869), which materially affected the legal status of trade unions
and was regarded by unionists as a severe blow to their interests.
Hannen became judge of the Probate and Divorce Court in 1872,
and in 1875 he was appointed president of the probate and
admiralty division of the High Court of Justice. Here he
showed himself a worthy successor to Cresswell and Penzance.
Many important causes came before him, but he will chiefly
be remembered for the manner in which he presided over the
Parnell special commission. His influence pervaded the whole
proceedings, and it is understood that he personally penned a
large part of the voluminous report. Hannen’s last public
service was in connexion with the Bering Sea inquiry at Paris,
when he acted as one of the British arbitrators. In January
1891 he was appointed a lord of appeal in ordinary (with the
dignity of a life peerage), but in that capacity he had few opportunities for displaying his powers, and he retired at the close
of the session of 1893. He died in London, after a prolonged
illness, on the 29th of March 1894.
HANNIBAL (“mercy” or “favour of Baal”), Carthaginian
general and statesman, son of Hamilcar Barca (q.v.), was born
in 249 or 247 B.C. Destined by his father to succeed him in
the work of vengeance against Rome, he was taken to Spain,
and while yet a boy gave ample evidence of his military aptitude.
Upon the death of his brother-in-law Hasdrubal (221) he was
acclaimed commander-in-chief by the soldiers and confirmed
in his appointment by the Carthaginian government. After
two years spent in completing the conquest of Spain south of
the Ebro, he set himself to begin what he felt to be his life’s task,
the conquest and humiliation of Rome. Accordingly in 219
he seized some pretext for attacking the town of Saguntum
(mod. Murviedro), which stood under the special protection of
Rome, and disregarding the protests of Roman envoys, stormed
it after an eight months’ siege. As the home government, in
view of Hannibal’s great popularity, did not venture to repudiate
this action, the declaration of war which he desired took place at
the end of the year.
Of the large army of Libyan and Spanish mercenaries which he had at his disposal Hannibal selected the most trustworthy and devoted contingents, and with these determined to execute the daring plan of carrying the war into the heart of Italy by a rapid march through Spain and Gaul. Starting in the spring of 218 he easily fought his way through the northern tribes to the Pyrenees, and by conciliating the Gaulish chiefs on his passage contrived to reach the Rhone before the Romans could take any measures to bar his advance. After outmanœuvring the natives, who endeavoured to prevent his crossing, Hannibal evaded a Roman force sent to operate against him in Gaul; he proceeded up the valley of one of the tributaries of the Rhone (Isère or, more probably, Durance), and by autumn arrived at the foot of the Alps. His passage over the mountain-chain, at a point which cannot be determined with certainty, though the balance of the available evidence inclines to the Mt Genèvre pass, and fair cases can be made out for the Col d’Argentière and for Mt Cenis, was one of the most memorable achievements of any military force of ancient times. Though the opposition of the natives and the difficulties of ground and climate cost Hannibal half his army, his perilous march brought him directly into Roman territory and entirely frustrated the attempts of the enemy to fight out the main issue on foreign ground. His sudden appearance among the Gauls, moreover, enabled him to detach most of the tribes from their new allegiance to the Romans before the latter could take steps to check rebellion. After allowing his soldiers a brief rest to recover from their exertions Hannibal first secured his rear by subduing the hostile tribe of the Taurini (mod. Turin), and moving down the Po valley forced the Romans by virtue of his superior cavalry to evacuate the plain of Lombardy. In December of the same year he had an opportunity of showing his superior military skill when the Roman commander attacked him on the river Trebia (near Placentia); after wearing down the excellent Roman infantry he cut it to pieces by a surprise attack from an ambush in the flank. Having secured his position in north Italy by this victory, he quartered his troops for the winter on the Gauls, whose zeal in his cause thereupon began to abate. Accordingly in spring 217 Hannibal decided to find a more trustworthy base of operations farther south; he crossed the Apennines without opposition, but in the marshy lowlands of the Arno he lost a large part of his force through disease and himself became blind in one eye. Advancing through the uplands of Etruria he provoked the main Roman army to a hasty pursuit, and catching it in a defile on the shore of Lake Trasimenus destroyed it in the waters or on the adjoining slopes (see Trasimene). He had now disposed of the only field force which could check his advance upon Rome, but realizing that without siege engines he could not hope to take the capital, he preferred to utilize his victory by passing into central and southern Italy and exciting a general revolt against the sovereign power. Though closely watched
