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Hollings, Geoffrey Bevan, son of Geoffrey Cecil Hollings MVO, Bank of England, of Wandsworth, and Edith Caroline, d. of George William Bevan; b. 3 June 1911; adm. Jan. 1925 (R); left July 1929; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP MB 1937, MD 1939; MRCP 1940, FRCP 1966; RAMC 1940-6 (Lieut.-Col.); consult. physician Kingston Hosp. Group; m. 22 Dec. 1943 Madeleine Joyce, d. of Lieut.-Col. Hugh Greenaway of Leonard Stanley, Gloucs.; d. 9 Aug. 1995.

Hollocombe, Rudolf, brother of John Christiano Hollocombe (q.v.); b. March 1, 1880; adm. Jan. 19, 1893 (R); left April 1894, and went to Repton School; a cattle rancher 1899-1910; served in Great War I; Capt. 9th (Service) Batt. S. Staffs Regt. Nov. 23, 1914; was wounded; M.C. June 1, 1918; O.B.E. June 3, 1925; temp. translator H. M. Legation, Mexico, Feb. 3, 1923; d. May 22, 1928.

Hook, Christopher, brother of Valentine Hook (q.v.); b. Sept. 14, 1902; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (R); left Dec. 1919; d. 9 Feb. 1978.

Hook, Valentine, fourth son of Bryan Hook, of Churt, Farnham, Surrey, by Catherine Moseley, daughter of John Dewrance, of Tilford, in the same co.; b. May 22, 1895; adm. Jan. 20, 1910 (R); left July 1913; went to Cirencester Agricultural Coll. with a view to farming in British East Africa; 2nd Lieut. 7th (Service) Batt. the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.) Nov. 2, 1914; went out to the western front in the summer of 1915; Lieut. Sept. 17, 1915; wounded at Montauban in July 1916; Capt. Nov. 1916; mentioned in despatches; killed in action at Cherisy, near Arras, May 3, 1917; unm.

Hookins, Peter MacNeal, son of Cuthbert Walter Hookins of Battersea and Frances Mary Eleze, d. of Rev. David Griffiths, Vicar of Meliden, Flintshire; b. 3 Dec. 1936; adm. Sept. 1950 (R); left July 1954; a chartered accountant, ACA 1960, FCA 1970; m. 31 July 1970 Sara Elizabeth, d. of Reginald William Montford, civil servant, of Bromley, Kent; d. 7 Dec. 1990.

Hooper, Roger Cecil Sherriff, son of Edward Cecil Hooper of Johannesburg and Maude, sister of Reginald Sherriff Summerhays (qv); b. 14 Jan. 1909; adm. Jan. 1923 (R); left July 1925; a car­toonist and contributor to Punch; RN Patrol Service 1940-1, transf. RM 1942 (Lieut.), served Far East; art dir. London Press Exchange (S. Africa) 1952-9; a freelance design consult. and illustrator in S. Africa; m. 13 Aug. 1937 Elizabeth, d. of Lancelot Arthur Huth of Aldeburgh, Suffolk; d. 18 Nov. 1983.

Hopkin-Jones, Mervyn John Edmond, son of William Hopkin-Jones MRCS, of White Waltham, Berks, and Joyce Josephine, d. of Archibald Arthur Claxton of Shanghai, China; b. 12 Dec. 1942; adm. May 1956 (R); left Apr. 1961; a chartered accountant, ACA 1966, FCA; m.; d. 22 Aug. 1989.

HORNE, FREDERICK EDWARD, son of William Horne (qv); b. 27 Jun 1836; adm. 6 Jun 1849 (Rigaud's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Feb 1854; BA 1858; MA 1862; ordained deacon 1861, priest 1862 (both Rochester); Curate, Hitchin, Herts., 1861-5; Rector of Drinkstone, Suffolk, from 1865; m. 25 Apr 1865 Augusta Fanny, dau. of Sir Astley Paston Cooper, Bart.; d. 11 Feb 1913.

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, Macauley, brother of Herbert Seymour Howard (qv); b. 21 Mar. 1918; adm. Sept. 1932 (A), (R) 1933; left July 1935; Lee Univ. Lexington, USA, 1937-40; USN 1942-6 (Lieut. jg), USNR 1956-8 (Capt.); American Univ. 1957-61; Vitro Eng. Co. 1957-64; Western Union 1964-73; Federal Energy Admin. 1973-7; US Dept. of Energy 1977-85; Naval Undersea Museum Foundation 1986-; m. 26 July 1947 Mary Clifford, d. of Robert Sharp FRIBA of Wimbledon; d. 1 Nov. 2011.