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:
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Isaac Hobhouse (1685–1763), English slave trader and merchant
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Benjamin Hobhouse (1757–1831), British politician
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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 Si ...
(1786–1869), British politician and memoirist
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Thomas Hobhouse (1807–1876), British Liberal Party politician
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Edmund Hobhouse (1817–1904), bishop of Nelson, New Zealand, and an antiquary
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Reginald Hobhouse (1818–1895), first Archdeacon of Bodmin and father of Emily and Leonard
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Arthur Hobhouse, 1st Baron Hobhouse (1819–1904), English judge
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Henry Hobhouse (East Somerset MP) (1854–1937), English landowner and Liberal politician
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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 i ...
(1860–1926), publicised the poor conditions inside the British concentration camps built in South Africa during the Second Boer War
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Charles Hobhouse (1862–1941), British Liberal politician, a member of the Liberal cabinet of H. H. Asquith between 1911 and 1915
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Leonard Hobhouse (1864–1929), British liberal politician and proponent of social liberalism
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Stephen Hobhouse (1881–1961), English peace activist, prison reformer, and religious writer
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Arthur Hobhouse (1886–1965), long-serving English local government Liberal politician, the architect of the system of National Parks of England and Wales
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Hermione Hobhouse (1934–2014), architectural historian and conservationist
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John Hobhouse, Baron Hobhouse of Woodborough (1932–2004), British Law Lord
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Wera Hobhouse
Wera Benedicta Hobhouse (' von Reden, 8 February 1960) is a British-German Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament (UK), Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath (UK Parliament constituency), Bath sinc ...
, a German-born Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament
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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 Hobhous ...
, English businessman and investor
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Kate Hobhouse
Anna Catrina "Kate" Hobhouse (née Weston; born July 1962) is a British heiress, businesswoman and philanthropist who is a member of the Weston family. She is the chairman of Fortnum & Mason, an upscale department store located on Piccadilly in ...
, British heiress, businesswoman and philanthropist
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Henry Hobhouse (author)
Henry Hobhouse (24 December 1924 – 5 March 2016), was an English sailor, broadcaster, journalist, farmer, author, and politician, best known for his book ''Seeds of Change: Five Plants That Transformed Mankind.''
Early life
Henry Hobhouse was ...
(1924 -2016), English sailor, broadcaster, journalist, farmer, author, and politician,
Hobhouse may also mean:
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Hobhouse, Free State
Hobhouse is a small farming and homesteading town in the Free State province of South Africa. Maize, wheat, and livestock are produced here.
Background
The town lies 32 km north-east of Wepener and 51 km south-west of Ladybrand, ne ...
, town in South Africa
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