HOSKYNS, SIR JOHN, BART., eldest son of Sir John Bennet Hoskyns, Bart., barrister, Bencher Middle Temple, and his first wife Anne, dau. of Sir John Bingley, Kt, Templecombe, Somerset, Auditor of the Exchequer; grandson of John Hoskyns (qv); b. 23 Jul 1634; at school under Busby (British Library, Sloane MSS 4222, f. 208); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Dec 1650; adm. Middle Temple 7 Jul 1647, called to bar 25 Nov 1653, Bencher 10 Nov 1671; knighted 24 Jan 1675/6; a Master in Chancery from 1676; succ. father as 2nd baronet 10 Feb 1679/80; MP Herefordshire Mar 1684/5 – Jul 1687; FRS 20 May 1663 (an original Fellow), President 30 Nov 1682 – 30 Nov 1683; a friend of the antiquary John Aubrey, Lord Keeper Guilford and Sir Christopher Wren (qv); m. 29 Aug 1671 Jane, dau. of Sir Gabriel Lowe, Kt, Newark Park, Ozleworth, Gloucs.; d. 12 Sep 1705. DNB.
HOTCHKIN, THOMAS HENRY STAFFORD, eldest son of Thomas Hotchkin, Woodhall Lodge, near Horncastle, Lincs., and South Luffenham, Rutland, and Mary Anne, eldest dau. of Henry O’Brien, Blatherwycke Park, near Wansford, Northants; b.; adm. 17 Jan 1814; left Bartholomewtide 1816; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards 26 Mar 1818; Lieut., 28 Mar 1822; ret. 7 Apr 1825; m. 1838 Caroline, dau. of John Allen; d. 24 Oct 1848.
HOTHAM, ---; b.; in under school list 1717.
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, BEAUMONT, 2ND BARON HOTHAM (I), brother of Sir Charles Hotham, Bart. (adm. 1741, qv); b. 5 Aug 1737; adm. Apr 1745; became Head Town Boy before he was sixteen; an interesting interview which he had in that capacity with the Head Master is recorded in The Hothams, 1918, ii, 331-2; in school list 1752; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Feb 1753, matr. Easter 1754; adm. Middle Temple 20 Jan 1753, called to bar 26 May 1758; practised in Chancery; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1767-9); Auditor to estates of Duke of Devonshire and Duke of Portland; MP Wigan 1768 – May 1775; declined lucrative official appointments in India 1773, 1774; a Baron of the Exchequer 10 May 1775 – Hilary term 1805; knighted and made Serjeant-at-Law 17 May 1775; a Commissioner of the Great Seal 9 Apr – 23 Dec 1783; succeeded his brother William by special remainder as 2nd Baron Hotham (I) 2 May 1813; m. 6 Jun 1767 Susannah, widow of James Norman, East Molesey, Surrey, and second dau. of Sir Thomas Hankey, Kt, Alderman of London; d. 3 Mar 1814. DNB.
HOTHAM, BEAUMONT, eldest son of Beaumont Hotham, 2nd Baron Hotham (qv); b. 30 Aug 1768; adm. 22 Jan 1777; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 18 Aug 1784; Lieut. and Capt., 20 Oct 1790; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 23 Jun 1795; ret. 4 Sep 1799 [sic : check]; m. 20 May 1790 Philadelphia, dau. of Sir John Dixon Dyke, Bart. (qv); d. Aug 1799.
HOTHAM, BEAUMONT, 3RD BARON HOTHAM (I), eldest son of Beaumont Hotham (adm. 1777, qv); b. 9 Aug 1794; adm. 28 Jun 1806; left 1808; RMC Sandhurst; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 27 Jun 1810; Lieut. and Capt., 13 Jan 1814; Brevet Maj., 21 Jan 1819; half-pay 14 Oct 1819; restored to active list 10 Nov 1825; Lieut. -Col., half-pay, unattached 24 Dec 1825; Col., 28 Jun 1838; Maj. -Gen., 11 Nov 1851; Lieut. -Gen., 26 Aug 1858; Gen., 12 Jan 1865; served in Peninsular War, wounded at Salamanca; present at Waterloo; succeeded grandfather as 3rd Baron Hotham (I) 4 Mar 1814; MP (Tory/Conservative) Leominster 1820-31, 22 Dec 1831-41, Yorkshire East Riding 1841-68; d. unm. 12 Dec 1870. DNB.
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.