HOSKINS, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1637, Westminster Student to 1641, but did not matr. (check).
HOTHAM, AUGUSTUS, eldest son of Sir William Hotham (adm. 1782, qv), and his first wife; b. 1 Mar 1805; adm. 7 Oct 1816 (G); left 8 Jul 1818; readm. 13 Jan 1820; Ensign, 40th Foot 20 Dec 1821; Lieut., 83rd Foot 19 May 1825; Capt., half-pay, unattached 19 Dec 1826; 76th Foot 24 May 1827; half-pay, unattached 28 Dec 1832; Brevet Maj., 23 Nov 1841; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 11 Nov 1851; ret. 10 Jul 1863; m. 4 Dec 1851 Matilda, fifth dau. of John Warrington; d. 22 Oct 1863.
HOTHAM, CHARLES, third son of Sir John Hotham, Bart. , Governor of Hull, and his second wife Anne, dau. of Ralph Rokeby, Secretary, Council of the North; b. 12 May 1615; adm. ; KS 1629 (Bodleian Library, Oxford, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 224); Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. pens. 22 Nov 1631, matr. 1631; migrated to Christ’s Coll. , adm. pens. 7 May 1632; BA 1635/6; MA 1639; ordained; Vicar of Withernsea, Yorks. , 1640-4; Vicar of Hollyn in Holderness, Yorks. , 5 Nov 1640-4; returned to Cambridge; Fellow of Peterhouse 11 Jun 1644-51, Bursar 1646-8; University Preacher and Proctor 1646; preached against the Engagement Dec 1650; quarrelled with the Master of his college and petitioned against his “usurpations”; his publication of a pamphlet entitled Corporations Vindicated led to his expulsion from his fellowship in 1651; Rector of Nunburnholme, Yorks. , 22 Jul 1652; Rector of Wigan, Lancs. , 1653-62, when he was ejected for nonconformity after a prolonged resistance; emigrated to West Indies, where he became one of the ministers in the Somers Islands (Bermuda), so appointed 28 Feb 1668/9; a man of some scientific attainments, particularly interested in chemistry and astronomy; FRS 9 Jan 1667/8; translated Boehme, Consolatory Treatise of the Four Complexions, 1654; author, Ad Philosophiam Teutonicam Manuductio, 1648; m. 15 Sep 1656 Elizabeth, dau. of Stephen Thompson, Hambleton, Yorks. ; d. in Somers Islands 3 Mar 1671/2. DNB.
HOTHAM, SIR CHARLES, BART., only son of Col. Sir Charles Hotham, Bart. MP, Groom of the Bedchamber to George II, and Lady Gertrude Stanhope, eldest dau. of Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield (qv); b. Sep 1735; succ. father as 6th baronet 15 Jan 1737/8; adm. Oct 1745 (Morel's); left 1751; Grand Tour (France, Italy, Germany, Russia, Scandinavia) 1751-7; gave himself up to melancholy and to Methodism; in poor health from 1759; m. 31 Oct 1757 Caroline Anne, only surviving dau. of Thomas Clutterbuck (qv); d. at Stavelot, near Spa 13 Oct 1767, from the effects of a fall from his horse.
HOTHAM, EDWIN, second son of Sir William Hotham (adm. 1782, qv), and his first wife; b. 13 Dec 1807; adm. 13 Jan 1820 (G); left Whitsun 1822; New Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Nov 1826; BA 1830; MA 1833; ordained deacon 1831, priest 1 Nov 1832 (both Rochester); Vicar of South Cave, Yorks., 1834; Rector of South Dalton, Yorks. 1844-54; Rector of Crowcombe, Somerset, from 1853; m. 13 Sep 1838 Harriet, youngest dau. of Sir John Geers Cotterell, Bart. MP; d. 8 Mar 1875.
HOTHAM, FREDERICK EARLE, fourth son of Sir William Hotham (adm. 1782, qv), and his first wife; b. 20 Mar 1812; adm. 16 Jan 1827 (G); Writer, EICS Bengal 1830; d. on his passage out to India on board the Moira 27 Sep 1831.
HOTHAM, JOHN WILLIAM, third son of Sir William Hotham, Bart. (adm. 1782, qv), and his first wife; b. 30 Mar 1809; adm. 16 Jan 1822 (G); left Whitsun 1822; passed examination for Royal Navy 1830; Lieut., 13 Mar 1832; Cdr. on retired list 16 Apr 1878 [check]; m. 1st, 29 Apr 1838 Sarah Eliza, eldest dau. of William Hawksley, The Circus, Bath; m. 2nd, 21 Nov 1874 Matilda Anne, eldest dau. of Dennis Hollingworth, Hollingworth Hall, Cheshire; d. 31 Aug 1879.
HOTHAM, SIR JOHN, BART., brother of Sir Charles Hotham, Bart. (adm. 1741, qv); b. 16 Mar 1734/5; adm. Jun 1744 (Morel's); left 1752; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Jan 1752, scholar 24 Apr 1753, matr. Easter 1753; BA 1756; MA 1760; ordained deacon 1757, priest 1759 (both Rochester); Vicar of Aston Abbotts, Bucks., 4 Apr 1759-67; Chaplain to British Staff in Germany for a few months, but returned to England with Lord George Germain (qv) after battle of Minden; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III 1760 (still 1774); Prebendary of St. Paul’s 25 May 1763 – Feb 1780, also Archdeacon of Middlesex 1 May 1764 – Jan 1780; Vicar of Northolt, Middlesex 14 Dec 1763-79; Vicar of St. Leonard’s, Shoreditch 14 Oct 1767-80; Chaplain to John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv), when Lord Lieut. Ireland 1776-9; DD Trinity Coll. Dublin 1777; consecrated Bishop of Ossory 14 Nov 1779; translated to Clogher 17 May 1782; succeeded brother as 9th baronet 25 Jan 1794; m. 11 Apr 1765 Susannah, dau. of Herbert Mackworth (b. 1687, qv); d. 3 Nov 1795.
HOTHAM, SIR CHARLES, BART. , eldest son of Sir Beaumont Hotham, Bart. , Commissioner of Customs, and his cousin Frances, eldest dau. of Rev. Stephen Thompson, Vicar of Welton, Yorks. ; first cousin of Sir Charles Hotham, Bart. (adm. 1745, qv); b. 18 Jun 1729; adm. Oct 1741 (Morel's); left 1745; adm. Middle Temple 22 Dec 1742; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 24 Sep 1746; Lieut. and Capt. , 6 Feb 1750; Capt. and Lieut. -Col. , 5 May 1758; Col. in the Army 19 Feb 1762; Lieut. -Col. , 63rd Foot 10 Jul 1765; Col. , 63rd Foot, 13 Sep 1765 – Sep 1768, 15th Foot from 21 Sep 1768; Maj. -Gen. , 25 May 1772; Lieut. -Gen. , 29 Aug 1777; Gen. , 12 Oct 1793; served in Flanders towards end of War of Austrian Succession, on expedition to St. Malo 1758, and in Germany during Seven years War; MP St. Ives 1761-8; a Groom of the Bedchamber to George III 5 May 1763 – 20 Jan 1788; a favourite at Court; succ. father as 8th baronet 29 Aug 1771; assumed surname of Thompson in lieu of Hotham 25 Dec 1772, on succeeding to the Thompson family’s estates at Hambleton and Ebberston, Yorks. , but resumed surname of Hotham 2 Jul 1787, after these estates had been resettled; many interesting particulars of his school life and school fellows are given in The Hothams, 1918, ii, 1-18; m. 21 Oct 1752 Lady Dorothy Hobart, only dau. of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv), and his first wife; d. 25 Jan 1794.
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.