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

life peer In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. Life peers are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister. With the exception of the D ...

Political career

Hobson was Member of Parliament for

Wembley North Wembley North was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in what was then the Borough of Wembley in North-West London. It returned one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons ...

from 1945 to 1950 and for

Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford, n ...

from 1950 to 1959. He was

Assistant Postmaster-General The Assistant Postmaster General is a defunct junior ministerial position in the United Kingdom Government. The title of Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, Postmaster General was abolished under the Post Office Act 1969. A new public authori ...

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

as Baron Hobson, of Brent in the

County of Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a former county in South East England, now mainly within Greater London. Its boundaries largely followed three rivers: the Thames in the south, the Lea to the east and the Colne to the west. A line of hi ...

. He served as a

Lord-in-waiting Lords-in-waiting (male) or baronesses-in-waiting (female) are peers who hold office in the Royal Household of the sovereign of the United Kingdom. In the official Court Circular they are styled "Lord in Waiting" or "Baroness in Waiting" (without ...

(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 would go on to be a scholar of French.

References

External links

* * 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