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Hope, Maurice St. John, son of Sir William Henry St. John Hope, Litt. D., D. C. L., asst. secretary of the Society of Antiquaries, of Great Shelford, Cambs, by Myrrha Fullerton, daughter of Major-Gen. Perkins (I.A.); b. April 10, 1888; adm. Jan. 17, 1901 (A); left July 1905; joined the City of London Yeomanry (T.F.) at the outbreak of Great War I; 2nd Lieut. Nov. 20, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; seconded to Tank Corps Oct. 1917 - Dec. 1918; m. Sept. 20, 1941, Vera Clara, daughter of A.L. Regensburg, of the Stock Exchange.

Homan, Brees, son of Ernest Homan, of Kensington, by Emma, daughter of Samuel Charles Brees, Surveyor-General of New Zealand; b. Sept. 28, 1879; adm. April 28, 1892 (A); left July 1893; Univ. Coll. London; A. M.I. Mech.E.; M. I. Struct. E.; served in France from Feb. 1915 to Nov. 1920; Major A. S. C. (T. F.) March 13, 1918; d. 1932.

Holloway, Frederick Arthur Beresford, son of Samuel Frederick Holloway, M. D., of Chiswick, by Alice Maud, daughter of Jabez Paine, of Great Barford, Beds; b. June 18, 1890; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (A); left Dec. 1907; 2nd Lieut. West India Regt. May 24, 1913; Lieut. May 22, 1914; temp. Capt. Nov. 29, 1917; on the staff as Railway Transport Officer May 29, 1918; served in Jamaica, West and East Africa, 1914-7; invalided July 1917; Capt. R. A. R. O., West India Regt.; 2nd Lieut. R.E. Sept. 3, 1939; transferred to Pioneer Corps Oct. 17, 1939; Captain; hon. Major on demobilisation May 10, 1943; a field naturalist and member of the British Museum expeditions to Central Africa and Malaya; d. 1961..

Holland, Theodore Samuel, son of Sir Arthur Holland, of Wimbledon, Surrey, shipowner and insurance broker, by Mary Katherine Barbara, only daughter of Frederick Schwann, of Hyde Park; b. April 25, 1878; adm. Sept. 22, 1892 (A); left July 1896; Hon. Mus. Doc. Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, U. S. A., 1926; a musical composer; wrote a number of pieces for the pianoforte and violin and some waltzes and songs; served in France May 1915 - Jan. 1919 as press censor and in charge of official photographs; Capt. Sept. 4, 1918; mentioned in despatches L. G. May 20, 1918, and March 16, 1919; O.B.E. July 10, 1919; a lecturer at the Royal Academy of Music, and later Professor of Harmony and Composition there; m. July 14, 1930, Isména, daughter of Theodore Schwann; d. Oct. 29, 1947

Holiday, Francis Augustus, elder son of Sir Frederick Charles Holiday, of Maida Vale, Auditor of Accounts of the Secretary of State for India in Council, by Adela Maria, only daughter of Henry Mileham, of Oulton Grange, Suffolk; b. May 8, 1873; adm. June 5, 1885 (A); left Dec. 1888; Royal Coll. of Science, South Kensington; travelled in Russia, Japan, Venezuela, Trinidad, and Mexico, making geological surveys and reporting on oilfields; m. 1899, Elsie Margaret Smalley; d. at Caracas, Venezuela, Sept. 27, 1916.

Holiday, Charles Gilbert Joseph, brother of Francis Augustus Holiday (q.v.); b. Jan. 29, 1879; adm. Sept. 22, 1892 (A); left July 1896; an artist; exhibited from time to time at the Royal Academy exhibitions, worked chiefly in black and white on military and hunting subjects; served in the R. F. A. on the western front in Great War I; m. 1908 Nina Margaret Spencer; d. Jan. 8, 1937.

Holford, Cecil Francis Lovell, son of Herbert Frank Stanley Holford, of Cricklewood, by Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Francis Henry Lovell, K.C.M.G., F.R.C.S.; b. July 8, 1900; adm. April 29, 1915, (A); left Dec. 1917; 2nd Lieut. R. Marine L.I., Jan. 1919; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1922; Capt. Jan. 1, 1930; Major Oct. 2, 1932; acting Lieut.-Col. Aug. q., 1942; D.S.O. (withdrawal from Boulogne and Calais) Sept. 6, 1940; m. March 31, 1930, Adien Margery, daughter of John Llewellyn Rees.

Holden, William Edward Paul, son of Rev. Hyla Henry Holden, Rector of Upminster, Essex; b. 9 Nov. 1903; adm. Apr. 1918 (A); left Dec. 1920; a commercial traveller; Nat. Fire Service 1940- 6; m. 4 Aug. 1928 Barbara Winifred, d. of Capt. George Frederick Wilson, master mariner, of Upminster; d. 14 Nov. 1996.

Hogg, Hon. William Neil McGarel, second son of Douglas McGarel Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham PC, Lord Chancellor, and Elizabeth. d. of Judge Trimble Brown of Nashville, Tenn., USA; b. 21 Feb. 1910; adm. from Eton Coll. Jan. 1926 (A); left because of ill-health July 1926; Third Sec. HM Diplomatic Servise 1933, Second Sec. 1938, acting First Sec. 1944; retd to West Indies, later proprietor of Hotel Seeburg, Lucerne; d. 13 Feb. 1995.

Hogg, Christopher, son of Philip Leslie Hogg PhD, economist, of Tadworth, Surrey, and Evelyn Annie, d. of Henry Percival Ralling, chartered accountant, of Wallasey, Cheshire; b. 1 Oct. 1937; adm. Sept. 1950 (A); left July 1955; RN 1955-7 (Suez); chartered accountant, ACA; Cooper Bros. 1958-70; fin. controller, First Nat. Bank of Texas (Lond. branch) 1970-1; m. 20 Apr. 1963 Chrysta Gai, d. of Richard Byrne Corridon, asst. Supt of Police Singapore; d. 8 May 1971.