HOTHAM, WILLIAM, 1ST BARON HOTHAM (I), brother of Sir Charles Hotham, Bart. (adm. 1741, qv); b. 8 Apr 1736; adm. Apr 1745; left 1747; Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth 31 May 1748; entered Royal Navy on board HMS Gosport 1751; Lieut. , 28 Jan 1755; Cdr. , 19 Nov 1756; Post Capt. , 17 Aug 1757; served at Belleisle 1761; Commodore, North American station 1776; took part in action off St. Lucia 1778, and in encounters with French fleet Apr – May 1780; Colonel of Marines 1779-87; served under Howe at relief of Gibraltar 1782; Rear-Adm. , 24 Sep 1787; Vice-Adm. , 21 Sep 1790; second in command under Lord Hood in Mediterranean 1793-4, in chief command 1794-5; Adm. , 16 Apr 1795; created Baron Hotham (I) 7 Mar 1797; succeeded nephew as 11th baronet 18 Jul 1811; d. unm. 2 May 1813. DNB.
HOTHAM, SIR WILLIAM, second son of George Hotham (adm. 1748, qv); b. 12 Feb 1772; adm. 4 Apr 1782; left 1785; entered Royal Navy as 1st cl. Volunteer, HMS Grampus 1786; Lieut., 27 Oct 1790; served as volunteer with brigade of seamen employed under Nelson at siege of Bastia May 1794; Cdr., 12 Aug 1794; Post Capt., 4 Oct 1794; commanded HMS Adamant at battle of Camperdown 11 Oct 1797, and at blockade of Mauritius 1799; Rear-Adm. 4 Dec 1813; Vice-Adm., 19 Jul 1821; Adm., 10 Jan 1837; KCB 2 Jan 1815; GCB 4 Jul 1840; “for several years a Gentleman in Waiting” (DNB) [but not in Sainty/Bucholz]; his diaries and written recollections formed the basis of A, M. W. Stirling, Pages and Portraits of the Past, 1919; m. 1st, 7 Jun 1804 Anne, dau. of Sir Edward Jeynes, Kt; m. 2nd, 25 Jun 1835 Jane Seymour, widow of Roger Pettiward, Great Finborough Hall, Suffolk, and dau. of Francis Colman, Hillersdown, Devon; d. 31 May 1848. DNB.
Houdret, Maurice, son of Jules Houdret, of Putney, Surrey, by Cornelie Dams, of Belgium; b. Nov. 12, 1885; adm. Jan. 18, 1900 (G); left July 1904; London Univ.; an engineer; served in Great War I in the 18th Batt. Royal Fusiliers from Private to Sgt.-Major, and became acting Capt. 3rd Batt. Royal Scots July 14, 1918; wounded; M.C. Dec. 2, 1918; m. 1st April 25, 1912, Winifred Catherine Barbara, daughter of. John James Farr; 2nd June 9, 1927, May Elizabeth, daughter of George Webber Shapland, of Taunton, Somerset.
HOUGHTON, PHILIP; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1743 (Hart's); left 1748.
HOUGHTON, WILLIAM; b.; adm. 15 Feb 1811.
Housden, Christopher Gerard, son of Edgar Gerard Housden MD MRCS LRCP FRCGP DRCOG, of Wimbledon, gen. med. practitioner, and Marjorie, d. of Robert Buckle of Wimbledon; b. 3 Apr. 1942; adm. Sept. 1955 (W); left July 1960; Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies (Foreign Office schol. ), Lebanon 1961-2; Selwyn Coll. Camb., matric. 1962, BA 1965; teacher, Univ. of Petroleum & Minerals, Dharan, Saudi Arabia, 1965-8; British Council, Sudan 1969, Saudi Arabia 1970, Colombia 1970-4, London 1974-9, Oman 1979-84, Malawi 1984-7, dir. Higher Education Divn. Lond. 1987-; owner and man. dir., Wimbledon Sch. of English; m. 29 Jan. 1966 Sheila Mary, d. of Thomas Cummins; d. 29 Aug. 2008.
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House, John Peter Humphry, son of Humphry House, sen. lecturer in English Literature and Fellow of Wadham Coll. Oxford, and Madeleine Edith, d. of Henry Pitman Church, co. dir.; b. 19 Apr. 1945; adm. Sept. 1958 (QS); left July 1963; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1963 (open schol. ), BA 1967 (1st class hons Litt. Hum. ); Courtauld Inst. of Art, Univ. of Lond., MA 1969, PhD 1976; lecturer in History of Art, Univ. of East Anglia 1969-76, UCL 1976-80; lecturer, Courtauld Inst. 1980-7, Reader 1987-95, Prof. 1995-2002, Walter H. Annenberg Prof. 2002-10, Prof. Emeritus 2010-; dep. dir., Courtauld Inst. 1996-9; Slade Prof. of Fine Art Univ. of Oxf. 1986-7; res. Reader Brit. Acad. 1988-90; Samuel H. Kress Prof., Nat. Gall. of Art, Washington, DC, USA 2008-9; organiser of exhibitions of impressionist and related paintings; author, Monet 1977, Impressionist Masterpieces: NGA Washington 1985; co-author Renoir 1985, The Courtauld Collection 1987; m. 31 Aug. 1968 (div. 2009) Jill Elaine Turner, phonetician, d. of Ernest Sackville Turner, writer; d. 8 Feb. 2012.
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.