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Hughes, Francis Vaughan, son of Francis Hughes, of Tooting, solicitor, by Rose Edith, daughter of John Lingard Vaughan, of Heaton Norris, Stockport, Cheshire; b. Jan. 8, 1885; adm. May 2, 1895 (A); left Dec. 1901; Keble Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1906: B.A. 1909; M.A. 1913; Ely Theol. Coll. 1909; ord. deacon 1910, priest 1911 (Ely); Curate of All Saints, Leighton Buzzard, Beds, 1910-4, and of St. Luke, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, 1914-24; Vicar of Hazelwood, Derbyshire, 1924-33; Perpetual Curate of St. John, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, 1933-51; Vicar of Harome 1951-5; m. Sept. 7, 1911, Margaret Isabel, daughter of Henry Norse Newton, of San Francisco, California; d. 29 Mar. 1979.

Howard, Macauley, brother of Herbert Seymour Howard (qv); b. 21 Mar. 1918; adm. Sept. 1932 (A), (R) 1933; left July 1935; Lee Univ. Lexington, USA, 1937-40; USN 1942-6 (Lieut. jg), USNR 1956-8 (Capt.); American Univ. 1957-61; Vitro Eng. Co. 1957-64; Western Union 1964-73; Federal Energy Admin. 1973-7; US Dept. of Energy 1977-85; Naval Undersea Museum Foundation 1986-; m. 26 July 1947 Mary Clifford, d. of Robert Sharp FRIBA of Wimbledon; d. 1 Nov. 2011.

Howard, Herbert Seymour, son of Rear-Admiral Herbert Seymour Howard OBE USN, asst Naval Attaché London, and Mary Morris, d. of Edward Macauley of Washington DC; b. 18 Jan. 1916; adm. Sept. 1932 (A); left July 1934; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1934, BA 1937; Harvard Univ. Architectural Sch., MA 1939; USNR in WW2 (Lieut.); Prof. Ecole d'Architecture Marseille, retd; m. 2 June 1945 Fernande Henriette, d. of Louis Vix of Algiers; d. 19 Jan. 2008.

Houston, Robert Scott, brother of Peter Scott Houston (qv); b. 7 Oct. 1937; adm. Sept. 1950 (A); left July 1954; Chelsea Coll., Univ. of Lond., BSc 1959; CChem MRIC; ICI Organic Chemicals, sales 1961-5, purchasing and marketing 1966-78, marketing dir. Petrochemicals 1979-87, chmn. Asean Group, Malaysia, 1988-; m. 1st, 1960 Anne Rosemary, d. of P. Watkinson, master confectioner; 2nd, 1983 Carol Rosalind, d. of A. Beckett, coal merchant; d. 2018.

Houston, Peter Scott, son of Armand Joseph Henri Houston PhD, principal lecturer in Chemistry Battersea Coll. of Technology, and Ethel Fairley, d. of Robert Walter Scott, colliery man., of Stanley, Co. Durham; b. 10 Aug. 1933; adm. Sept. 1947 (A); left July 1951; Univ. of Lond., BSc 1954, PhD 1957; CChem FRSC 1970, CEng FIChemE 1971; chemical engineer, Peter Spence & Sons, Widnes, Lancs 1957-61, Chemical Construction (GB) Ltd. 1961-76, dir. 1974; lecturer, Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Surrey 1965-8; dir. of sales and marketing, Sirycon Ltd. 1976-8; chief UK rep., Technip SA, France 1978-83, man. dir. UK 1983-; m. 8 Mar. 1958 Janet Mary, d. of Kenneth Alan Kirk, coal factor, of Reading, Berks; d. 7 Oct. 2006.

Hoskins, Sir Arthur Reginald, brother of Thomas Hoskins (adm. 1875, q. v.); b. May 30, 1871; adm. Sept. 24, 1885 (A); left April 1889; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. North Staffs Regt. May 23, 1891; Lieut. Jan. 9, 1895; Capt. March 20, 1900; Major April 7, 1910; Inspector-Gen. of the King's African Rifles Aug. 15, 1913 - Sept. 18, 1914; Lieut.-Col. N. Staffs Regt. April 10, 1916; Major-Gen. Jan. 1, 1917; temp. Lieut.-Gen.; served in the expedition to Dongola 1896, in the Nile expeditions of 1897, 1898, and 1899, in the S. African War 1899-1902, in the operations in Somaliland 1902-3, in France Sept. 1914-8, in East Africa; mentioned in despatches thirteen times; D.S.O. Aug. 22, 1902; C.M.G. June 3, 1916; K.C. B. June 3, 1919; Principal of the Bonar Law College, Ashridge, Herts, 1929-37; President of the Elizabethan Club 1937-40; d. Feb. 7, 1942.

Horton, John Corbett, son of Henry Beavan Horton, of Blackheath, Kent, by Jean May, daughter of Thomas Spurr, of King's Lynn, Norfolk; b. Sept. 4, 1899; adm. April 30, 1914 (A); left March 1918; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. R. Sussex Regt. Oct. 30, 1918; a timber merchant, director of B. Horton and Son, Ltd.; Capt. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Feb. 26, 1940; transferred to Durham Light Infantry; Major; m. Aug. 22, 1931, Eileen Mary Dowman, daughter of William Edward Riley, F.R.I.B.A., of Blackheath, Kent; d. on active service Dec. 3, 1944.

John Corbett Horton was born at Blackheath, London on the 4th of September 1899 the eldest son of Henry Beavon Horton, a timber merchant, and Jean Mary (nee Spurr) Horton of 15, Eliot Vale, Blackheath in London. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Ashburnham from the 30th of April 1914 to March 1918. He was a member of the 2nd Football XI in 1916 and of the 1st Football XI in 1917 and 1918. He was a member of the Officer Training Corps where he was promoted to Lance Corporal in September 1916, to Corporal in November 1916 and to Company Sergeant Major in November 1917.
He enlisted into the army at Whitehall as Private 60564 on the 5th of April 1918 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment on the 30th of October 1918. After the war he joined the firm of B. Horton and Son Ltd, timber merchants, where he was later appointed as a director. He retired to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers and was promoted to Lieutenant in the 20th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich) on the 23rd of December 1928. He was promoted to Captain on the 13th of June 1934.
He was married on the 22nd of August 1931 to Eileen Mary Dowman (nee Riley) and they lived at 16, Blackheath Rise, Lewisham and later at 11, Oakcroft Road, Lewisham in London. They had a son, Richard John, born on the 23rd of January 1934.
Following the outbreak of war he was mobilised in 1940 and was appointed as a Captain in the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on the 26th of February 1940. He transferred to the Durham Light Infantry at the same rank on the 13th of June 1940 where he was appointed as second in command of No. 41 Infantry Training Company based at Brancepeth Castle, County Durham.
He died there following a short illness.
He is buried at St Brandon’s Church, Brancepeth.

Horton, Edward Henry, brother of John Corbett Horton (q.v.); b. June 22, 1904; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (A); left July 1923; engaged in the Finnish timber trade 1923-39 and since 1946; 2nd Lieut. R. A. S. C. Jan. 3, 1940; Lieut. July 3, 1941; Capt.; m. April 6, 1935, Sylvia Margaret, only daughter of James Gordon Parker, D.Sc., of Blackheath, Kent; d. 12 Sept. 1979.

Horsley, William Edward, son of C. Edward Horsley, of Ealham; b. Sept. 30, 1888; adm. Jan. 16, 1902 (A); left (with Triplett) July 1907; Selwyn Coll. Camb., exhibitioner 1907, matric. Michaelmas 1907; B.A. 1910; M.A. 1914; Ridley Hall, Camb.; ord. deacon 1912, priest 1913 (Exeter); Curate of St. Thomas, Exeter, 1912-4, of Dunster, Somerset, 1914-6, and of Chard, in the same co., 1917-8; with Y. M.C. A. in France 1918-9; Curate of Penshurst, Kent, 1919-22, of Yatton, 1922-4; Vicar of Hepworth, Yorks, 1925; Vicar of Foston, Derbys, 1931-41; Rector of North and South Barrow with Lovington, Somerset, 1941; m. May 6, 1924, Jessie Margaret, daughter of William Rokeby Madelock, of Ceylon; d. May 22, 1942.

Hoppé, Frank Sidney, son of Emil Otto Hoppé, author and photographer, and Marion, d. of Cesar Joseph von Bliersbach of Vienna; b. 18 Jan. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (A); left July 1929; Pub­lic Schools fencing champion (foils) 1929; fenced for England against Scotland 1933-5; Trooper Inns of Court Regt (TA) 1935-9; Yorkshire Hussars 1939-45 (Maj.); an advertising agent, FIPA 1954; Min. of Information 1947-52; man. dir. The Wrigley Co. Ltd 1960, chair­man 1970; vice-pres. Wm Wrigley Jr Co. (USA) 1971; m. 11 May 1946 Suzannah Iren Elizabeth Ritchie, d. of Ernest Strasman of Haultwick, Herts.; d. 8 June 2003.