The 17th Bt carries and uses the name Wren that derives from the name of the son of the 7th Baronet Who married Theodosia, the great-granddaughter of the famous English architect and polymath, Sir Christopher Wren. Theodosia was her father"s only child, and married Chandos Wren-Hoskyns on 20 April 1837 after Chandos Hoskyns had his name changed in the previous week by Royal Licence.
Doctor Hoskyns died on 19 February 2015. They had one daughter, who died without marrying. The Hoskyns family continued to use Wren and Chandos in other branches in subsequent generations to keep the names alive.
The Harewood Park estate was in the family until 1941, and since 2000 has been owned by the Duchy of Cornwall.
Media speculation is that the impending development of the estate is as a country residence for The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. He is the son of physician Sir Benedict Leigh Hoskyns, 16th Baronet from 1956–2010, and Ann Wilkinson.
They have two children: Lucy Mary Hoskyns, b. 1993 He attended King"s College School, Cambridge,as a chorister, and then Harwich County High School.
He subsequently attended Nottingham University there graduating with Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees before graduating as a medical doctor (1980) specialising in paediatrics (1993).
He is a Member (Membership of the Royal College of Physicians) and Fellow (Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians) of the Royal College of Physicians. His paediatric research has included considerable work with Tuberculosis (Phthisiatry). As of 2011, he was practising at Leicester General Hospital and Leicester Royal Infirmary.
