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Hooper, John Joseph, brother of Francis Barrington Hooper (qv); b. 9 Mar. 1920; adm. May 1933 (H); left July 1938; RAF in WW2, served Middle East; chairman Industrial Newspapers plc; m. 18 June 1949 Margaret Ursula, d. of Albert William Harbour of Harrow; d. 26 Sept. 1994.

Hooper, Francis Barrington, son of Barrington Hooper CBE, chairman Industrial Newspapers Ltd, and Josephine Mary, d. of Thomas Crook of Clapham; b. 29 Dec. 1912; adm. Sept. 1926 (H); left July 1931; Intell. Corps in WW2 (Maj.); Univ. of Lond., BA 1947; man. dir. Argus Press plc 1962-74; Master Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders 197 5; chairman Elizabethan Club 1975-9; m. 23 July 1938 Audrey Evelyn, d. of Samuel Barder of Harrow; d. 25 June 1993.

Hookins, Francis Nevill, son of John Hookins, of Dartford, Kent; b. May 15, 1893; adm. May 2, 1907 (H); left July 1910.

Hook, John Thomas, son of C. S. Hook of Hemel Hempstead, Herts; b. 17 Sept. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (H); left Mar. 1923.

Holmes, Robert Rivington, brother of Martin Rivington Holmes (qv); b. 1 July 1907; adm. Apr. 1920 (H); left July 1926; Univ. of Lond., MSc 1930; RE 1940-5 (Maj.); lighting engineer Crompton Parkinson Ltd 1945; later practised as an architect, RIBA 1972; m. 24 July 1965 Helen Sizer; d. 20 Dec. 1972.

Holmes, Martin Rivington, son of Sir Charles John Holmes KCVO RWS FSA, Director of the National Gallery, and Florence Mary Hill Rivington, violinist and composer, d. of Charles Robertson Rivington FSA DLJP, solicitor, of Appleby, Westmorland; has abandoned second Christian name Jasper; b. 12 May 1905; adm. Sept. 1918 (H), non-res. KS Sept. 1919; left July 1924; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1924, hon. Mods 1926, aegrotat 1928, MA 1978; sec. to the Keeper, London Museum, 1932; FSA 1935; Princess Louise's Lond. Regt 1939-42 (Sergeant), Pioneer Corps 1942 (2nd Lieut.); War Office staff 1942-5 (Maj.); asst Keeper London Museum 1946, retd 1965; Appleby BC 1965-74, Town Council 1974-, Mayor 1975-6, 1983-5; author of Medi­aeval England 1934, Shakespeare's Public 1960, The Guns of Elsinore 1964, Elizabethan London 1969, Shakespeare and his Players 1972; d. 4 Jan. 1997.

Holmes, Martin (Jasper) Rivington, son of Sir Charles John Holmes, Director of the National Gallery, by Florence Mary Hill, daughter of Charles Robert Rivington, D. L., of Appleby, Westmorland; b. May 12, 1905; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (H); non-resident K.S. Sept. 25, 1919; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1924, matric. Michaelmas 1924; abandoned the use of the Christian name of Jasper; his mother was a violinist and composer under the name of Mme. Hill Rivington; asst. London Museum 1935; asst. keeper since 1946; 2nd Lieut. Pioneer Corps Feb. 2, 1942; transferred to E. R.E. List; Staff Lieut. War Office; Major; d. 4 Jan. 1997.

Holmes, John Noel Wendell, brother of Charles Herbert Holmes (q.v.); b. Dec. 20, 1883; adm. Jan. 21, 1897 (H); left July 1900; emigrated to the U.S.A.

Holmes, Charles Herbert, son of Charles Holmes, of Hampstead, by Florence, daughter of John Bassali, of Smisby Hall, Lincs; b. April 27, 1880; adm. Jan. 19, 1893 (H); left July 1896; for many years in business in Ottawa; m. Doris Balloch; d. Sept. 15, 1950.

Holme, Leonard Ralph, second son of the Rev. Robert Holme, Vicar of Crewkerne, Somerset, by Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Ralph Lyon, D.D., Head Master of Sherborne School and Vicar of Bishop's Caundle, Dorset; b. April 1, 1872; adm. from Crewkerne Grammar School Sept. 16, 1886 (H); left April 1887; readm. as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1887; left (with a Triplett gratuity) July 1891; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. Oct. 21, 1891; scholar (History); Hulsean Prize 1895; B.A. 1894; M.A. (absens) 1899; went to Canada, where he was on the educational staff of Bishops' University, Lennoxville, and subsequently of McGill University, Montreal; city editor of the Montreal Gazette 1903; joined the staff of the New York Times 1906, assistant London correspondent from 1917; author of The Extinction of the Christian Churches in North Africa (1898); m. Aug. 21, 1907, Catherine Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Rayson; d. June 17, 1926.