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.
Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General
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.
Eton; Sandhurst.
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. Lieutenant- Colonel Territorial Force, 1908. Contested Liberal Westminster, 1906 and 1910.
Justice of the Peace Cos. London and Hampshire. Companion of the Distinguished Service Order 1898; Commanding 8th Battalion Hampshire Regiment.
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Clubs: Travellers’, Royal Southern Yacht.
Spouse 1900, Violet Verve, 2nddaughter and co-heir of late John Wylie of West Cliff Hall, Hants.