Background
HOBART, Claud Vere Cavendish was born on March 12, 1870. Son of Sir Robert Henry Hobart, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Companion of the Bath.
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Claud Vere Cavendish HOBART
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Education
Eton; Sandhurst.
Career
Entered army (Grenadier Guards), 1890. Captain, 1899; served Uganda, 1897-1899 (despatches, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, medal with clasp). Served South Africa as Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General, 1899-1900 (medal with clasp).
Major, 1906.
Retired, 1906. LieutenantColonel Territorial Force, 1908. Contested Liberal Westminster, 1906 and 1910.
Justice of the Peace Companies London and Hampshire.
Companion of the Distinguished Service Order 1898. Commanding 8th Battalion Hampshire Regiment.
Membership
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Clubs: Travellers’, Royal Southern Yacht.
Connections
Spouse 1900, Violet Verve, 2nddaughter and co-heir of late John Wylie of West Cliff Hall, Hampshire.
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Nationality
British