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Name: HOBSON, John Basil QC
Birth Date: 6.11.1905 San Fernando, Trinidad
Death Date: 13.10.1985 Sherborne, Dorset
First Date: 1937
Profession: Lawyer, barrister
Area: Box 112 Nairobi
Married: Ursula b. 4 Sep 1907 Port of Spain
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Legion, Colonial
War Service: Major, KAR, 1939-44
School: Abbeylands; Sherborne; Barrister-at-law, Middle Temple
General Information:
Colonial - Judge Advoc.-Gens. staff 1941-44; Prin. Offr. and 2nd Dep. Marshal, Sup. Ct. Trinidad 1935; Crown Counsel Uganda 1939; Solr.-Gen. Kenya 1947; Atty.-Gen. Nyasaland 1951-58
Pre-war volunteer to the Kenya Regiment (KR 625).