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Died 1942.

English bass-baritone.

As Mr F H Hobbs he sang with the Robert Cunningham company, and also toured in musical comedy. In 1913 he joined the D’Oyly Carte company, immediately being given principal roles. For the last sixteen years of his life he was business manager of the company.

Roles in Scotland

Rochefort the Cardinal's Guard: Three Musketeers 1899
Felton a Puritan: Three Musketeers 1899
Wagner a student of Dr Faust: Faust 1899
Sir Richard Cholmondeley Lieutenant of the Tower: Yeomen of the Guard 1914
Yeomen of the Guard 1916
Arac Gama's eldest son: Princess Ida 1914
Princess Ida 1918
Pish-Tush a Noble Lord: Mikado 1914
Mikado 1916
Mikado 1918
Luiz the Duke's Attendant: Gondoliers 1914
Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre an elderly Baronet: Sorcerer 1916
Sorcerer 1918
Counsel for the Plaintiff: Trial By Jury 1916
Colonel Calverley an Officer of Dragoon Guards: Patience 1916
Patience 1918
Dick Deadeye Able Seaman: H M S Pinafore 1918
Giuseppe Palmieri a Venetian Gondolier: Gondoliers 1918
Sergeant Meryll of the Yeomen of the Guard: Yeomen of the Guard 1918
Earl of Mountararat: Iolanthe 1918