The son of Edinburgh Corn Merchant, John Hobkirk (1825–1876) and Maretta Robina Tatton (Leishman) Hobkirk, later The Baroness Farina (1846–1934), Brigadier-General Clarence John Hobkirk DSO CMG was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 16 July 1869.
Educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Hobkirk was commissioned into the Essex Regiment (44th Foot) and served in Ireland, South Africa (Boer War), India and Burma. He was appointed British Military Attaché to Rome and Berne shortly before the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914.
As a Lieutenant Colonel, Hobkirk commanded 11th (Service) Battalion, The Essex Regiment in Flanders and upon promotion, was transferred to command the 14th Australian Infantry Brigade, 4th Division, Australian Imperial Force during the thick of fighting along the Western Front in Flanders between 1915 - 18.
Being mentioned in despatches on several occasions, Hobkirk was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and made a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG).
Following an appointment as General Officer Commanding Dover Military Garrison, Hobkirk retired from the British Army on health grounds in 1920 to the family seat at Cleddon Hall, Trellech in Monmouthshire, Wales.
Hobkirk died peacefully at Cleddon Hall on 9 September 1949. He outlived his elder brother, the artist, Stuart William Tatton Hobkirk (1868–1940) and his younger half-brother, the MI6 officer, Raphael Lewis Julian Farina (1877–1947), who was central to the Zinoviev Letter controversy, which brought down Stanley Baldwin's Labour Party government in 1924.
Hobkirk left a wife, Nora Louisa (Bosanquet) Hobkirk (1872–1958); a daughter, Colonel Elspeth Isabel Weatherley Hobkirk CBE TD LL.B (1903–1990); a son, Major Ian Kenneth Cockburn Hobkirk MC MVO (1908–1980); a grandson, Major Alastair Ian Ardshiel Hobkirk (1929–1970); and a granddaughter, Sarah Fiona Bridget (Hobkirk) Stone (1935–2003).
Educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Hobkirk was commissioned into the Essex Regiment (44th Foot) and served in Ireland, South Africa (Boer War), India and Burma. He was appointed British Military Attaché to Rome and Berne shortly before the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914.
As a Lieutenant Colonel, Hobkirk commanded 11th (Service) Battalion, The Essex Regiment in Flanders and upon promotion, was transferred to command the 14th Australian Infantry Brigade, 4th Division, Australian Imperial Force during the thick of fighting along the Western Front in Flanders between 1915 - 18.
Being mentioned in despatches on several occasions, Hobkirk was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and made a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG).
Following an appointment as General Officer Commanding Dover Military Garrison, Hobkirk retired from the British Army on health grounds in 1920 to the family seat at Cleddon Hall, Trellech in Monmouthshire, Wales.
Hobkirk died peacefully at Cleddon Hall on 9 September 1949. He outlived his elder brother, the artist, Stuart William Tatton Hobkirk (1868–1940) and his younger half-brother, the MI6 officer, Raphael Lewis Julian Farina (1877–1947), who was central to the Zinoviev Letter controversy, which brought down Stanley Baldwin's Labour Party government in 1924.
Hobkirk left a wife, Nora Louisa (Bosanquet) Hobkirk (1872–1958); a daughter, Colonel Elspeth Isabel Weatherley Hobkirk CBE TD LL.B (1903–1990); a son, Major Ian Kenneth Cockburn Hobkirk MC MVO (1908–1980); a grandson, Major Alastair Ian Ardshiel Hobkirk (1929–1970); and a granddaughter, Sarah Fiona Bridget (Hobkirk) Stone (1935–2003).
The son of Edinburgh Corn Merchant, John Hobkirk (1825–1876) and Maretta Robina Tatton (Leishman) Hobkirk, later The Baroness Farina (1846–1934), Brigadier-General Clarence John Hobkirk DSO CMG was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 16 July 1869.
Educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Hobkirk was commissioned into the Essex Regiment (44th Foot) and served in Ireland, South Africa (Boer War), India and Burma. He was appointed British Military Attaché to Rome and Berne shortly before the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914.
As a Lieutenant Colonel, Hobkirk commanded 11th (Service) Battalion, The Essex Regiment in Flanders and upon promotion, was transferred to command the 14th Australian Infantry Brigade, 4th Division, Australian Imperial Force during the thick of fighting along the Western Front in Flanders between 1915 - 18.
Being mentioned in despatches on several occasions, Hobkirk was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and made a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG).
Following an appointment as General Officer Commanding Dover Military Garrison, Hobkirk retired from the British Army on health grounds in 1920 to the family seat at Cleddon Hall, Trellech in Monmouthshire, Wales.
Hobkirk died peacefully at Cleddon Hall on 9 September 1949. He outlived his elder brother, the artist, Stuart William Tatton Hobkirk (1868–1940) and his younger half-brother, the MI6 officer, Raphael Lewis Julian Farina (1877–1947), who was central to the Zinoviev Letter controversy, which brought down Stanley Baldwin's Labour Party government in 1924.
Hobkirk left a wife, Nora Louisa (Bosanquet) Hobkirk (1872–1958); a daughter, Colonel Elspeth Isabel Weatherley Hobkirk CBE TD LL.B (1903–1990); a son, Major Ian Kenneth Cockburn Hobkirk MC MVO (1908–1980); a grandson, Major Alastair Ian Ardshiel Hobkirk (1929–1970); and a granddaughter, Sarah Fiona Bridget (Hobkirk) Stone (1935–2003).
Educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Hobkirk was commissioned into the Essex Regiment (44th Foot) and served in Ireland, South Africa (Boer War), India and Burma. He was appointed British Military Attaché to Rome and Berne shortly before the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914.
As a Lieutenant Colonel, Hobkirk commanded 11th (Service) Battalion, The Essex Regiment in Flanders and upon promotion, was transferred to command the 14th Australian Infantry Brigade, 4th Division, Australian Imperial Force during the thick of fighting along the Western Front in Flanders between 1915 - 18.
Being mentioned in despatches on several occasions, Hobkirk was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and made a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG).
Following an appointment as General Officer Commanding Dover Military Garrison, Hobkirk retired from the British Army on health grounds in 1920 to the family seat at Cleddon Hall, Trellech in Monmouthshire, Wales.
Hobkirk died peacefully at Cleddon Hall on 9 September 1949. He outlived his elder brother, the artist, Stuart William Tatton Hobkirk (1868–1940) and his younger half-brother, the MI6 officer, Raphael Lewis Julian Farina (1877–1947), who was central to the Zinoviev Letter controversy, which brought down Stanley Baldwin's Labour Party government in 1924.
Hobkirk left a wife, Nora Louisa (Bosanquet) Hobkirk (1872–1958); a daughter, Colonel Elspeth Isabel Weatherley Hobkirk CBE TD LL.B (1903–1990); a son, Major Ian Kenneth Cockburn Hobkirk MC MVO (1908–1980); a grandson, Major Alastair Ian Ardshiel Hobkirk (1929–1970); and a granddaughter, Sarah Fiona Bridget (Hobkirk) Stone (1935–2003).
Inscription
IN
MEMORY OF
BRIGADIER GENERAL
C. J. HOBKIRK D.S.O. C.M.G.
BORN JULY 16, 1869.
DIED SEPT. 9, 1949.
VERY DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND,
FATHER AND GRANDFATHER.
PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU.
MY PEACE I GIVE YO YOU. JOHN 14:27.
ALSO
IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE
NORA LOUISA HOBKIRK
BORN 1872
DIED 1958
AND THEIR DAUGHTER
COLONEL ELSPETH HOBKIRK, C.B.E. T.D. LL.D.
LATE WRAC, BORN 1905 DIED 1990
HER ASHES LAID TO REST 1992
Gravesite Details
The ashes of his granddaughter, Sarah Fiona Bridget (Hobkirk, Batchelor) Stone (1935–2003), who died in Hong Kong on 19 December 2003, were interred here on 18 November 2004.
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