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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.

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.