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GB-2014-WSA-09457 · Person · 1905-1997

Holmes, Martin Rivington, son of Sir Charles John Holmes KCVO RWS FSA, Director of the National Gallery, and Florence Mary Hill Rivington, violinist and composer, d. of Charles Robertson Rivington FSA DLJP, solicitor, of Appleby, Westmorland; has abandoned second Christian name Jasper; b. 12 May 1905; adm. Sept. 1918 (H), non-res. KS Sept. 1919; left July 1924; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1924, hon. Mods 1926, aegrotat 1928, MA 1978; sec. to the Keeper, London Museum, 1932; FSA 1935; Princess Louise's Lond. Regt 1939-42 (Sergeant), Pioneer Corps 1942 (2nd Lieut.); War Office staff 1942-5 (Maj.); asst Keeper London Museum 1946, retd 1965; Appleby BC 1965-74, Town Council 1974-, Mayor 1975-6, 1983-5; author of Medi­aeval England 1934, Shakespeare's Public 1960, The Guns of Elsinore 1964, Elizabethan London 1969, Shakespeare and his Players 1972; d. 4 Jan. 1997.

GB-2014-WSA-09459 · Person · 1907-1972

Holmes, Robert Rivington, brother of Martin Rivington Holmes (qv); b. 1 July 1907; adm. Apr. 1920 (H); left July 1926; Univ. of Lond., MSc 1930; RE 1940-5 (Maj.); lighting engineer Crompton Parkinson Ltd 1945; later practised as an architect, RIBA 1972; m. 24 July 1965 Helen Sizer; d. 20 Dec. 1972.

Hook, John Thomas, 1907-?
GB-2014-WSA-09486 · Person · 1907-?

Hook, John Thomas, son of C. S. Hook of Hemel Hempstead, Herts; b. 17 Sept. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (H); left Mar. 1923.

GB-2014-WSA-09494 · Person · 1893-?

Hookins, Francis Nevill, son of John Hookins, of Dartford, Kent; b. May 15, 1893; adm. May 2, 1907 (H); left July 1910.

GB-2014-WSA-09500 · Person · 1912-1993

Hooper, Francis Barrington, son of Barrington Hooper CBE, chairman Industrial Newspapers Ltd, and Josephine Mary, d. of Thomas Crook of Clapham; b. 29 Dec. 1912; adm. Sept. 1926 (H); left July 1931; Intell. Corps in WW2 (Maj.); Univ. of Lond., BA 1947; man. dir. Argus Press plc 1962-74; Master Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders 197 5; chairman Elizabethan Club 1975-9; m. 23 July 1938 Audrey Evelyn, d. of Samuel Barder of Harrow; d. 25 June 1993.

GB-2014-WSA-09502 · Person · 1920-1994

Hooper, John Joseph, brother of Francis Barrington Hooper (qv); b. 9 Mar. 1920; adm. May 1933 (H); left July 1938; RAF in WW2, served Middle East; chairman Industrial Newspapers plc; m. 18 June 1949 Margaret Ursula, d. of Albert William Harbour of Harrow; d. 26 Sept. 1994.

GB-2014-WSA-09507 · Person · 1895-?

Hooton-Smith, Eric William, son of Henry Robert Hooton-Smith, of Claygate, Surrey, by Annie, daughter of William Webster, of Double Bay, Sydney, New South Wales; b. June 30, 1895; adm. Jan. 19, 1911 (H); left Easter 1913; joined the New Zealand Insurance Co. 1914; enlisted in 14th Batt. County of London Regt. and served in it 1914-6; afterwards joined the R.F.C. and was wounded; joined the Rio Tinto Co. Ltd. in 1923; Pilot Officer (A. and S.D.) R.A.F.V.R. Feb. 27, 1940; Flying Officer May 27, 1941.

GB-2014-WSA-09521 · Person · 1877-1954

Hopkyns, John Wykeham, eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Daniel Hopkyns, Vicar of Long Wittenham, Berks, by Katherine Mary, sister of George Covey Stenning (q.v.); b. Sept. 30, 1877; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (H); left Dec. 1894; Probationary Asst. Engineer R. N. July 1, 1899; Asst. Engineer July 1, 1900; Engineer Lieut. June 1, 1904; Engineer Lieut.-Commander June 1, 1912; Engineer Commander Oct. 1, 1917; retired Nov. 24, 1922; served in the Channel and the North Sea 1914-7, and with the N. Atlantic Convoys 1917-8; was present at the Battle of Jutland; m. June 12, 1909, Maud Annie Louise, youngest daughter of Charles Albert Creasey, of Walton, Suffolk; d. April 2, 1954.

GB-2014-WSA-09522 · Person · 1879-1955

Hopkyns, William Stenning, brother of John Wykeham Hopkyns (q.v.); b. Feb. 3, 1879; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (H); exhibitioner 1892; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1897, matric. Oct. 1897; Fell Exhibitioner 1899; B.A. 1902; M.A. 1908; appointed to the Indian Civil Service after the exam. of 1902; arrived in India Nov. 27, 1903, and served in Bengal as Asst. Magistrate and Collector; joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector Oct. 1910; temp. Magistrate and Collector Nov. 1914, confirmed April 1917; Offg. Sec. to Govt. of Bengal, Revenue Dept., Dec. 1920; Secretary April 10, 1924; Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bengal 1930-2; C. I. E. 1928; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; m. Oct. 17, 1905, Florence Ethel, sister of Charles Herbert Holmes (q.v.); d. May 31, 1955.

GB-2014-WSA-09547 · Person · 1905-1982

Horne, Edward William Theobald, son of Edward Rowley Horne of Eastbourne and Mary Ethel, d. of John Wilson Theobald of Croydon; b. 24 May 1905; adm. Apr. 1920 (H), later (G); left Mar. 1922; RASC 1939-45 (Lieut.-Col.); a tea planter in Ceylon and Mauritius; m. 10 Dec. 1955 Maxine Lillian, d. of James Shelley of Perth, W. Australia; d. 12 Aug. 1982.