Hobhouse

Hobhouse is a rare English surname, generally belonging to members of a family originally from Somerset. Those currently with this surname are members of several branches of this patronymic that achieved prominence from the 18th century. Originally merchants, the family diversified into the slave trade, joined the ranks of the West country gentry, accumulating wealth through advantageous marriages and entering into local and national politics, both with success. Notable Hobhouses include: *

Isaac Hobhouse Isaac Hobhouse (1685 – 1763) was an English slave trader, merchant, and member of the Society of Merchant Venturers. Based in Bristol, he was at the centre of money, trade, and credit and acquired much of his fortune through the trade and exploi ...

(1685–1763), English slave trader and merchant *

Benjamin Hobhouse Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, 1st Baronet (1757–1831) was an English politician. Life The son of John Hobhouse, a slave trader and merchant at Bristol (and nephew to Isaac Hobhouse), he received his education at Bristol grammar school and Brasenose ...

(1757–1831), British politician *

John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton, (27 June 1786 – 3 June 1869), known as Sir John Hobhouse, Bt, from 1831 to 1851, was an English politician and diarist. Early life Born at Redland near Bristol, Broughton was the eldest son of Sir ...

(1786–1869), British politician and memoirist *

Thomas Hobhouse Thomas Benjamin Hobhouse (19 June 1807 – 31 December 1876) was a British Liberal Party politician. Hobhouse was the son of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, 1st Baronet, by his second wife Amelia, daughter of Reverend Joshua Parry. The Whig politician a ...

(1807–1876), British Liberal Party politician *

Edmund Hobhouse Edmund Hobhouse (17 April 1817 – 20 April 1904) was the English-born bishop of Nelson, New Zealand, and an antiquary. Biography Edmund Hobhouse, born in London on 17 April 1817, was elder brother of Arthur Hobhouse, 1st Baron Hobhouse, and was ...

(1817–1904), bishop of Nelson, New Zealand, and an antiquary *

Reginald Hobhouse The Ven. Reginald Hobhouse, MA (18 March 1818 – 27 January 1895), was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Bodmin from 1878 to 1892. Early life He was born on 18 March 1818 as the third son of Henry Hobhouse, under-secretary of state ...

(1818–1895), first

Archdeacon of Bodmin The Archdeacon of Bodmin is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Truro. The role was established by Order in Council on 21 May 1878, two years after the diocese itself was created, by splitting the Archdeaconry of Cor ...

and father of Emily and Leonard *

Arthur Hobhouse, 1st Baron Hobhouse Arthur Hobhouse, 1st Baron Hobhouse, (10 November 18196 December 1904) was an English lawyer and judge. Background and education Born at Hadspen House, Somerset, Hobhouse was the fourth and youngest son of Henry Hobhouse, permanent under-s ...

(1819–1904), English judge *

Henry Hobhouse (East Somerset MP) Henry Hobhouse (1 March 1854 – 25 June 1937) was an English landowner and Liberal, and from 1886 Liberal Unionist politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1906. Hobhouse was the son of Henry Hobhouse, of Hadspen House, Somer ...

(1854–1937), English landowner and Liberal politician *

Emily Hobhouse Emily Hobhouse (9 April 1860 – 8 June 1926) was a British welfare campaigner, anti-war activist, and pacifist. She is primarily remembered for bringing to the attention of the British public, and working to change, the deprived conditions insi ...

(1860–1926), publicised the poor conditions inside the British concentration camps built in South Africa during the Second Boer War *

Charles Hobhouse Sir Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse, 4th Baronet, TD, PC, JP (30 June 1862 – 26 June 1941) was a British Liberal politician and officer in the Territorial Force. He was a member of the Liberal cabinet of H. H. Asquith between 1911 and 1915 ...

(1862–1941), British Liberal politician, a member of the Liberal cabinet of H H Asquith between 1911 and 1915 *

Leonard Hobhouse Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, FBA (8 September 1864 – 21 June 1929) was an English liberal political theorist and sociologist, who has been considered one of the leading and earliest proponents of social liberalism. His works, culminating in ...

(1864–1929), British liberal politician and proponent of social liberalism *

Stephen Hobhouse Stephen Henry Hobhouse (5 August 1881 – 2 April 1961) was a prominent English peace activist, prison reformer, and religious writer. Family Stephen Henry Hobhouse was born in Pitcombe, Somerset, England. He was the eldest son of Henry Hob ...

(1881–1961), English peace activist, prison reformer, and religious writer *

Arthur Hobhouse Sir Arthur Lawrence Hobhouse (15 February 1886 – 20 January 1965) was a long-serving English local government Liberal politician, who is best remembered as the architect of the system of national parks of England and Wales. Early life Hobho ...

(1886–1965), long-serving English local government Liberal politician, the architect of the system of National Parks of England and Wales *

Hermione Hobhouse Mary Hermione Hobhouse (2 February 1934 – 17 October 2014) was a British architectural historian and prominent preservation campaigner. Family and early life Hobhouse was born on 2 February 1934 to Sir Arthur Hobhouse and Konradin Huth Ja ...

(1934–2014), architectural historian and conservationist *

John Hobhouse, Baron Hobhouse of Woodborough John Stewart Hobhouse, Baron Hobhouse of Woodborough, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC (31 January 1932 – 15 March 2004) was a British judge and Law Lord, law lord. Hobhouse was born in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, the son of the shipowner ...

(1932–2004), British Law Lord *

Wera Hobhouse Wera Benedicta Hobhouse ( von Reden; born 8 February 1960) is a German-British politician. A member of the Liberal Democrats, Hobhouse has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath since 2017 and serves as the Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of t ...

, a German-born Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament *

Will Hobhouse William Arthur Hobhouse (born September 1956) is an English businessman and investor, former chairman of the furniture store chain Heal's. He was appointed High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in March 2017. Early life He is the son of Henry Hobhouse ...

, English businessman and investor *

Kate Hobhouse Kate Hobhouse (née Weston) is a British heiress, businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the chairman of Fortnum & Mason, a luxury department store owned by her family and located on Piccadilly in Mayfair, London. Early life Kate Hobhouse is th ...

, British heiress, businesswoman and philanthropist Hobhouse may also mean: *

Hobhouse, Free State Hobhouse is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa, named after welfare campaigner Emily Hobhouse. Maize, wheat, cheese and livestock are produced here. Background Town 32 km north-east of Wepener and 51 km s ...

, town in South Africa {{disambiguation, surname English-language surnames