Hookins, Francis Nevill, son of John Hookins, of Dartford, Kent; b. May 15, 1893; adm. May 2, 1907 (H); left July 1910.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Horner, Bernard Stuart, son of John Stuart Horner, of Surbiton, Surrey, by Emily Green, daughter of Col. Birch, of Ealing; b. Dec. 5, 1889; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (H); K.S. Sept. 22, 1904; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1908; matric. Michaelmas 1908; 2nd class Mathematics (Mods.) 1909; Boulter Law Exhibitioner 1910; 1st class Jurisprudence 1911; B.A. 1912; Assoc. Inst. of Actuaries 1913; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. E. Surrey Regt. May 11, 1912; Indian Army Jan. 22, 1918; Capt. May 3, 1919; Asst. Political Agent Loralai Nov. 1920-April 1921; Secretary to Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Nov. 1924; Deputy Commissioner, Hazara, 1929; Div. and Sessions Judge, Derajat, 1929; retired 1932; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Jan. 26, 1931; South-Eastern Circuit; Col., H. Section, London Home Guard; O.B.E. Dec. 15, 1944; M.A. 1955; Master of the Ironmongers' Company 1955; Chairman of the Elizabethan Club 1956-9; m. 1st Jan. 9, 1919, Isabel Margaret Mary, younger daughter of Joseph Aloysius O'Brien, formerly of the Indian Finance Dept.; 2nd May 9, 1931, Sibyl Gertrude Overton, M.B., Medical Inspector of Factories, Home Office, youngest daughter of Arthur Overton, of Forest Row, Sussex; d. 22 Feb. 1981.
HOSE, JOHN CHRISTIAN, eldest son of Rev. John Christian Hose, London, Anglican clergyman, and Emily Louisa Kirton; b. 23 Jul 1867; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (H); left Aug 1882; an insurance official; d. 26 Jun 1946. [mother presumably dau. of James Kirton (IGI)]
Howarth, Osbert John Radclyffe, son of Osbert Henry Howarth, of Chelsea, by Mary, daughter of John Macfarlane, of Manchester; b. Nov. 18, 1877; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (H); exhibitioner 1890; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon, July 1896, matric. Oct. 1896; Univ. Scholar in Geography 1901; B.A. 1900; M.A. 1905; geographical asst. to the editor of the Encyclopaedia Britannica 1904-11; asst. secretary, British Assoc. for the Advancement of Science 1909-20, secretary since 1920; employed in the Geographical section of the Intelligence Dept. of the Naval Staff 1915-9; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1920; Curator of the Darwin Memorial Downe House, Downe, Kent, 1946; Hon. Ph. D. Leeds Univ.; President of the Geographical Association 1953; author of Commercial Geography of the World (1912), and other works; m. April 28, 1909, Eleanor Katherine, daughter of Stephen Paget, F.R.C.S., of St. Marylebone; d. June 22, 1954.