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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, EDWARD; b.; adm. (aged 14) Apr 1716. [Presumably elder brother of, or close kin to, Ralph Hobson (qv), adm. same month].

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.

HOBSON, RALPH, son of Ralph Hobson, Butler of Christ Church, Oxford, and Philadelphia Pleydel, St. Mary’s, Oxford; b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1716; in under school list 1718; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Dec 1722.

HOCHENSON, ROBERT; b.; adm.; GS 1540 (British Museum, Add MSS 40061).

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).