Charles Hobson, Baron Hobson

The Right Honourable
The Lord Hobson
The Right Honourable The Lord Hobson
Member of Parliament for Keighley
	In office; 23 February 1950 – 18 September 1959
Preceded by	Ivor Thomas
Succeeded by	Marcus Worsley
Member of Parliament for Wembley North
	In office; 5 July 1945 – 3 February 1950
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Eric Edward Bullus
Personal details
Born	Charles Rider Hobson; 18 February 1904
Died	17 February 1966 (aged 61)
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Doris (m. 1933)
Children	Marian Hobson

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

Political career

Hobson was Member of Parliament for Wembley North from 1945 to 1950[1] and for Keighley from 1950 to 1959. He was Assistant Postmaster-General in 1947.[2]

On 20 January 1964, he was created a life peer as Baron Hobson, of Brent in the County of Middlesex.[3] He served as a Lord-in-waiting (whip) in the House of Lords from 1964 to his death.[4]

In 1933, Hobson married Doris Mary Spink, together they had one daughter, Marian Hobson.[5] Marian would go on to be a scholar of French.[4]

Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 269. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.
The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.
"No. 43225". The London Gazette. 21 January 1964. p. 571.
"Hobson, Prof. Marian Elizabeth". Who's Who 2018. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U20336.
"Hobson". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U51728.

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