Colonel Stafford Vere Hotchkin (1876 – 8 August 1953) was an English landowner, soldier,

High Sheriff of Rutland This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of the English county of Rutland. The high sheriff, sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown: there has been a Sheriff of Rutland since 1129. Formerly the sheriff was the principal law enf ...

and briefly a

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. He was the only son of Thomas John Stafford Hotchkin of The Manor House,

Woodhall Spa Woodhall Spa is a former spa Village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, England, on the southern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, south-west of Horncastle, west of Skegness, east-south-east of Lincoln and north-west of Boston. It is noted for ...

by Mary Charlotte Edith Lucas, elder daughter of George Vere Braithwaite of

Edith Weston Edith Weston is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish was 1,042 at the 2001 census, including Normanton and increasing to 1,359 at the 2011 census. It is on the ...

Hall. He was educated at

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. He married Dorothy Arnold in 1906. Their issue included

Neil Hotchkin Neil Stafford Hotchkin (4 February 1914 – 6 February 2004) was an English first-class cricketer active 1934–48 who played for Cambridge University and Middlesex. He was born and died in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, where his family had develo ...

(1914–2004).''Daily Telegraph'' obituary of Neil Stafford Hotchkin
/ref> He served in the

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and

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, but throughout the

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he served with the

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in Palestine. He was awarded the

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in the

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. Hotchkin developed an interest in golf course architecture and he set up his own golf course design company, Ferigna, in the late 1920s. He had provided the land for

Woodhall Spa Golf Club Woodhall Spa Golf Club is a private golf club in England, that is located to the north of Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire. The club was founded in 1891. In 1995 the club was purchased by the English Golf Union, who have since relocated their headqua ...

and later redesigned the course. He also designed a number of links courses in South Africa. He narrowly won the

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for

Horncastle Horncastle is a town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district in Lincolnshire, east of Lincoln. Its population was 6,815 at the 2011 census and estimated at 7,123 in 2019. A section of the ancient Roman walls remains. History Romans Alt ...

for the

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on 25 February 1920 but lost the seat in the 1922 General Election to the Liberal

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''SV Hotchkin: golf’s military mind'' Golf Course Architecture
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hotchkin, Stafford Vere 1876 births 1953 deaths UK MPs 1918–1922 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies High Sheriffs of Rutland People from Woodhall Spa Royal Artillery officers British Army personnel of World War I Recipients of the Military Cross English landowners People educated at Shrewsbury School 21st Lancers officers Leicestershire Yeomanry officers Deputy Lieutenants of Lincolnshire