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.

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.

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.

Houston, Robert Scott, brother of Peter Scott Houston (qv); b. 7 Oct. 1937; adm. Sept. 1950 (A); left July 1954; Chelsea Coll., Univ. of Lond., BSc 1959; CChem MRIC; ICI Organic Chemicals, sales 1961-5, purchasing and marketing 1966-78, marketing dir. Petrochemicals 1979-87, chmn. Asean Group, Malaysia, 1988-; m. 1st, 1960 Anne Rosemary, d. of P. Watkinson, master confectioner; 2nd, 1983 Carol Rosalind, d. of A. Beckett, coal merchant; d. 2018.

Houstoun, Hugo Henry, son of Wallace Charles Houstoun, of Hyde Park, by Mary Isabella, eldest daughter of Sir Alexander Matheson, Bart.; b. July 14, 1883; adm. April 23, 1896 (R); left July 1898; m. Nov. 30, 1915, the Hon. Maisie Annabelle Dundas, eldest daughter of Henry, 5th Viscount Melville.

Howard, Anthony Michell, son of Rev. Canon William Guy Howard, Vicar of Epsom, Surrey, and Janet Rymer, d. of Edwin Hogg of Cricklewood; b. 12 Feb. 1934; adm. Sept. 1946 (B); left July 1952; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1952, BA 1955, MA 1960; Pres. Oxford Union, Trinity 1955; called to the Bar, Inner Temple 1956, but did not practise; political correspondent, Reynolds News 1958-9; editorial staff, Manchester Guardian 1959-61; political correspondent, New Statesman 1961-4; Whitehall correspondent, The Sunday Times 1965; Washington correspondent, The Observer 1966-9; asst. ed., New Statesman 1970-2, ed. 1972-8; ed., The Listener 1979-81; dep. ed., The Observer 1981-8; presenter and reporter, Sky News and BBC TV 1989-92; chief political book reviewer, The Sunday Times 1990-2004; obituaries ed., The Times 1993-99, weekly columnist 1999-2005; hon. LLD Nottingham 2001, hon DLitt Leicester 2003; m. 1965 Carol Anne Gaynor; d. 1 Dec. 2010.

HOWARD, CECIL ARTHUR, brother of Cosmo Gordon Howard (qv); b. 7 Sep 1855; adm. 26 Sep 1867 (James'); left Aug 1869; Gentleman Cadet, Royal Artillery 14 Nov 1873; Lieut., 19 Aug 1875; Capt., 13 Jun 1884; Maj., 25 May 1892; d. 5 Jun 1910.

HOWARD, COSMO GORDON, eldest son of Cosmo Richard Howard, Gloucester Place, Portman Square, London, and Meliora Louise, dau. of Bury Hutchinson, Russell Square, London; b. 25 Oct 1851; adm. 26 Jan 1865 (James'); QS 31 Jan 1867; left Apr 1869; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Apr 1869, matr. Mich. 1869; “formerly Lieut. ” (1881 Census); m. 24 Jul 1873 Sophia Roby, dau. of James Gillman, Wimbledon Park Road.