Hobhouse

Proper noun

Meaning

A surname.

A small farming town in Free State province, South Africa, named after Emily Hobhouse.

Examples

The Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson, Wera Hobhouse, said: “This Conservative government’s attacks on the rule of law must stop. Source: Internet

But as greater political and military forces swirl around them and peace seems ever more distant, Hobhouse finds that he is the only thing keeping Washington from the hangman’s noose. Source: Internet

Emily Hobhouse campaigned for improvement to the appalling conditions of the concentration camps. Source: Internet

Hobhouse published a report in June 1901 that contradicted Brodrick's claim, and Lloyd George then openly accused the government of "a policy of extermination" directed against the Boer population. Source: Internet

National Trail The idea for a long-distance path along the line of the Wessex Downs and Chilterns goes back to the Hobhouse Committee of 1947. Source: Internet

The Hobhouse report caused uproar both domestically and in the international community. Source: Internet

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