John Hobhouse, Baron Hobhouse of Woodborough

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Sir John Stewart Hobhouse, Baron Hobhouse of Woodborough, PC, (31 January 1932 – 15 March 2004), was a British judge and law lord.

The son John Hobhouse , was born in Mossley Hill, Liverpool. He was educated at St Andrew's, Pangbourne, and Eton, Yorkshire. Had been working abroad in Australia and New Zealand on a sheep farm, Hobhouse returned to Christ Church, Oxford, in 1951. He was called to the Bar, Inner Temple in 1955, becoming a Bencher afterwards.

Hobhouse was made a high court judge in 1982 and was invested to the Privy Council in 1993. From 1993 to 1998, he was Lord Justice of Appeal. On 1 October 1998 he was appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, receiving additionally a life peerage as Baron Hobhouse of Woodborough, of Woodborough in the County of Wiltshire.^[1]

Lord Hobhouse was married to Susannah Roskill, they had two sons and one daughter.

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1. ^ House of Lords (1998-10-07). Announcement of his introduction at the House of Lords. minutes of proceedings. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.

[edit] References

• The Guardian (2004-03-27). Obituary. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.