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HOTHAM, WILLIAM FRANCIS, youngest son of Hon. Frederick Hotham (qv); b. 28 Mar 1819; adm. 21 Jan 1833 (Stikeman's); KS 1833; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1837, matr. 5 May 1837, Westminster Student; BA 1841; MA 1843; Fellow, All Souls’ Coll. Oxford 1843-55; ordained deacon 1841, priest 1842 (both Oxford); Rector of Buckland, Surrey, from 1853; m. 31 Jan 1855 Emma, fifth dau. of John Carbonell; d. 10 Sep 1883.

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.