HOBMAN, FRANCIS, son of Thomas Hobman, St. Andrew’s, Holborn, London; bapt. St. Andrew’s, Holborn 14 Dec 1593 (IGI); at school under Ireland two years; KS in 1609 (Chapter Muniments 41289); Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Nov 1609, aged 16, scholar Mich. 1609 - Mich. 1617; BA 1613/4; MA 1617; BD 1628; Junior Fellow, Gonville and Caius Coll. Lady Day 1609 – Mich. 1628; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 1 Mar 1617/8, priest (Peterborough) 12 Mar 1619/20; Curate, Barnwell, Cambs. , 1620; Rector of Greenford Parva, Middlesex 4 Apr 1621-49; Rector of St,Michael Coslany, Norwich 1625; Rector of Foulden, Norfolk 1627; Rector of All Saints, Weeting, Norfolk, from 23 Jun 1637 and of St. Mary’s, Weeting, Norfolk, from 17 Jul 1651; buried St. Mary’s, Weeting 23 Nov 1669.

Hobson, Anthony William Fairlie, son of Richard Fairlie Hobson, of Rutland Toorak, Melbourne, Australia, by Nina St. John Helison, daughter of William Senford Sly, of Mungy, Queensland; b. May 7, 1900; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (A); left July 1918; in the employment of British American Tobacco Co. Ltd., at Buenos Aires; m. Oct. 2, 1928, Bertha Elizabeth, daughter of Manuel Piera, of Buenos Aires; d. 19 July 1987.

Hobson, Desmond Senford Fairlie, brother of Anthony William Fairlie Hobson (qv); b. 15 Mar. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (A); left Apr. 1929; Brit. American Tobacco Co. 1929, dir. 1956; m. 1940 Margaret, d. of William Nicol Elder of Buenos Aires; d. Mar. 1998.

Hobson, Eric Hamilton, elder son of Hamilton McArthur Hobson, of Cookham Dean, Berks, by Alice Ellen, daughter of William Chalkley, of Enfield, Middlesex; b. April 1, 1895; adm. April 28, 1910 (G); left Dec. 1910; enlisted in 71st Batt. Canadian Infantry June 3, 1915; Cpl. July 30, 1915; Transport Sgt. May 14, 1916; transferred to the 54th Batt. March 23, 1917, and went out to the western front in the following month.

Hobson, Frederick Greig, elder son of Thomas Frederick Hobson, of Kensington, barrister­-at-law, by Mary Innes, daughter of John Borthwick Greig, of Hampstead, Writer to the Signet; b. Aug. 6, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (G); left (with Triplett) July 1910; New Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1910; B.A. 1914; enlisted as a Motorcyclist Despatch Rider Aug. 6, 1914; Cpl., promoted Sgt. Sept. 18, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorks) Regt. Dec. 3, 1914, and seconded to the Signal Service same day; Lieut. Feb. 25, 1915; Staff-Capt. Dec. 13, 1915; Capt. April 15, 1916; Brigade Major July 14, 1917; went out to the western front in Aug. 1914, and served continuously in France until April 1917, when he was invalided home; mentioned in despatches; D.S.O. Aug. 25, 1916; St. Thomas's Hospital; Theodore Williams Scholar in Pathology 1918; M.A., B. M., M.R.C.P. 1919; M.R.C.S. 1921; D. M., F.R.C.P. 1923; Physician, Radcliffe Infirmary, and Litchfield Lecturer in Medicine, Oxford; m. May 9, 1916, Audrey Brunel Horsley, eldest daughter of Francis Gotch, F.R.S., Waynflete Professor of Physiology, Oxford Univ.; d. June 26, 1961.

Hobson, Geoffrey Hamilton, brother of Eric Hamilton Hobson (q.v.); b. Sept. 1898; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (A); left Dec. 1913; entered Melle Coll., near Ghent, where he remained until the outbreak of Great War I; enlisted in the 28th (Co. of London) Batt. the London Regt. (Artists' Rifles) Jan. 11, 1915, and went out to the western front in Aug. 1915; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. the Hampshire Regt. Nov. 6, 1916; d. April 14, 1917, of wounds received in action at Arras April 9, 1917; umm.

HOCKETT, JOHN, son of John Hockett, Gaddesden, Herts.; b.; adm.; KS in 1656; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1659, adm. pens. 10 May 1659, scholar 1659, matr. 1660; BA 1662/3; MA 1666; Fellow, Trin. Coll. 1664 – c. 1670; ordained priest (Lichfield) 20 Dec 1663; Rector of Mottisfont, Hampshire 20 0ct 1668-1701 (will proved PCC 16 Apr 1701).

HODDER, ---; b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1642; KS in 1644 (Chapter Muniments 43114).

Hodder-Williams, Ralph William, son of John Thomas Williams, of Bromley, Kent, by Mary Frances, daughter of Matthew Henry Hodder, of Bromley, Kent; b. Jan. 31, 1890; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (G); exhibitioner 1904; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1908, matric. Michaelmas 1908; Fell Exhibitioner 1910; Dukes Prize 1910; B.A. 1911; M.A. 1915; A. M. Columbia Univ., New York, U. S. A., 1919; Lecturer in Mod. Hist., Univ. of Toronto, Canada, 1911-7, Assoc. Prof. Mod. Hist. 1919-23; enlisted in 2nd Univ. Co. Princess Patricia's Light Infantry June 20, 1915, and became Lieut.; served in France and Belgium until wounded and invalided Sept. 15, 1916; M.C. Nov. 14, 1916; chairman of Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd., publishers, 1923; Lieut.-Col. 54th Kent Batt., Home Guard, 1943-5; president of the Publishers' Association 1953; author of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 1914-8; m. Oct. 6, 1917, Marjorie French, daughter of Arthur James Glazebrook, of Toronto; d. July 11, 1961.