C.+M.+Hobson

Hobson, Charles Mortimer

Charles Mortimer Hobson was born in 1893, the son of Henry Mortimer Hobson and Frances Anna Mortimer nee Atkinson. His father was a newspaper editor and publisher. They lived at 59 Kedleston Road, Derby. The Hobson family were the founders and proprietors of the Derbyshire Advertiser. Charles was the fourth editor-proprietor of the paper and retired in 1953. Charles died in 1963 in Shardlow.


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