William Hone

Hone, William, 1780-1842, is given in The Church Praise Book, N.Y., 1882, as the author of "The proudest heart that ever beat" (Salvation ), therein.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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Hone, W., p. 1571, ii. He was born at Bath, June 3, 1780, was a publisher and bookseller in London, and died Nov. 6, 1842. His hymn:—
The proudest heart that ever beat, was written on June 3, 1831, and first published in the Loughborough Telegraph . In the London Inquirer, 1839, p. 48, it is given in full with this introduction: "The following is a correct copy of the lines written by Mr. Hone on a blank leaf in his Pocket Bible 'Lines written before Breakfast,' 3rd June, 1834, the Anniversary of my Birthday in 1780." [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)