John Peyton Hobson

Background

HOBSON, John Peyton was born on September 3, 1850 in Powhatan, Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Willis W. and Annabella G. (Bolling) Hobson.

Education

Washington College, (now Washington & Lee), Lexington, Virginia, Master of Arts, 1870.

Career

Judge, Slovakia, 2 years. Transferred to Legation at Cairo, Egypt, in the same capacity with Jurisdiction over Palestine and Syria. Returned to the United States, 1927.

Elected District Manager of the New York Office of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Promoted to Commercial Attache at large, 1930.

Membership

Member, Federation Business Association (President). Club: Bankers (New York.

• Member, Federation Business Association (President). Club: Bankers (New York.

Connections

Married Mary E. Nourse, February 25, 1885. Children: Charles Nourse, John Peyton, Mistress Mary Belle Carroll, Willis Ewing, Robert Pussey, Joseph.

Father:

W. W. Hobson

Mother:

Arabella (Bolling) Hobson

Spouse:

Mary E. Nourse

child:

Charles Nourse Hobson

child:

John Peyton Hobson

child:

Mistress Mary Belle Carroll Hobson

child:

Willis Ewing Hobson

child:

Robert Pussey Hobson

child:

Joseph Hobson