Charles Rider Hobson, Baron Hobson (18 February 1904 – 17 February 1966) was a British

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politician and

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Political career

Hobson was

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for Wembley North from 1945 to 1950 and for

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from 1950 to 1959. He was

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in 1947. On 20 January 1964, he was created a

as Baron Hobson, of Brent in the

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. He served as a

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(whip) in the House of Lords from 1964 to his death.

Personal life

In 1933, Hobson married Doris Mary Spink. Together they had one daughter,

Marian Hobson Marian Elizabeth Hobson Jeanneret, (née Hobson; born 10 November 1941) is a British scholar of French philosophy, and culture. From 1992 to 2005, she was Professor of French at Queen Mary, University of London. She had previously taught at the ...

: Marian would go on to be a scholar of French.

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* 1904 births 1966 deaths Amalgamated Engineering Union-sponsored MPs Labour Party (UK) Baronesses- and Lords-in-Waiting Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Labour Party (UK) life peers Ministers in the Attlee governments, 1945–1951 Place of birth missing Place of death missing UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs who were granted peerages Ministers in the Wilson governments, 1964–1970 Life peers created by Elizabeth II {{Life-peer-stub