John Short Hewett

John Short Hewett was an Anglican priest and academic who served as Chaplain and Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge, Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, Chaplain to the Forces and Rector of Rotherhithe. He came from a distinguished family, his brother was Dr Cornwallis Hewett, his half-brother was Sir Prescott Gardner Hewett, 1st Bt., he was father to Rev. John Hewett and grandfather to Sir John Prescott Hewett and Rear Admiral George Hayley Hewett and his nephew became Vice-Admiral Sir William Nathan Wrighte Hewett,.