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Rowena, where did the information come from that he was running for Lord Mayor of London at the time of his death? Did the source give a timescale for this?

Regarding the indecent photographs, there are a few newspaper articles in 1895.

The Howard Hogben in those articles lived at 81 Peckham Road, and conducted business (as a manager, not proprietor) at 5 Railway Approach, Charing Cross.

He pleaded for mercy stating he had 3 of his 5 children at a boarding school. He also claimed to be well connected, his father being a clergyman and his brother a senior wrangler at Cambridge.

EDIT: Snap! Alviegal and I must read the same papers.

The criminal record above is of a man living at 81 Peckham Rd, who had 5 children, 3 at boarding school.
His father was a clergyman and his brother was a Wrangler at Cambridge.

Ditto Reggie, I looked for the same on ancestry.

But then again, no sign of him going to US to obtain his dentestry diploma either!! Maybe it was "mail-order" - bit like Doctorates obtained from Berkeley University these days?

Added, but then again I'm a bit of a cynic! I interviewed a Phd student from Berkeley who claimed to be a doctor of physics, absolute B*ll s**t

No record of his having gone abroad.............first search I made on FMP

Thank you so much everyone. Howard's mother's maiden name was Mary Bennett McLachlan and his father was George Hogben. It is only what happened to him after Clara died that I am stuck on. The possibility of him being a criminal is worth looking into or perhaps that he went to the USA. His Daughter Hilda is the one who is my Great Grandmother.

The Probate above is this chap

Births Jun 1921 (>99%)
Hogben Howard M Godden Elham 2a 2234

And his parents

Harold H Hogben married Winifred M Godden
Name: HOGBEN, Harold H
Registration district: Elham
County: Kent
Year of registration: 1920
Quarter of registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Volume no: 2A
Page no: 3223

According to son Sidney Herbert Hogben's military record he stated his father living at 25 Oakfield Rd Croydon - dated 1915

????

Deaths Sep 1944 (>99%)
HIGBEN Howard M 23 Chatham 2a 1306

in 1891 he is listed as a chemist
could this also be him
Crime, Prisons & Punishment 1770-1934

First name: Howard

Last name: Hogben

Age: 39

Year of birth: 1856

Occupation: Chemist

Date the court session started: 21 Jan 1895

Court: Clerkenwell

Area of court: London

Record source: A Calendar Of Prisoners Tried At The Adjourned General Quarter Sessions Of The Peace

The National Archives reference: HO140/162

for unlawfully selling, uttering and publishing certain obscene photgraphs
pleaded guily sentenced to 1 year 9 months hard labour in Wormwoood Scrubs

Administration of Clara went to Howard

Do you have the 1914 death cert of his wife to confirm that he was the informant

From his occupation, he seems to have spent time in the USA. Maybe he went back there?

Name: Howard Mannering Hogben
Probate Date: 1 Nov 1944
Death Date: 25 Aug 1944
Death Place: Kent, England
Registry: Llandudno
Otherwise known as Howard
Of 5 Kimberley Terrace Lyminge Kent

Died 25.8.1944 at 44 Magpie Hall Road Chatham probate to Arthur Samuel Reeves domestic gardener effects £ 65.2.1d

The address he died at was the postal address of one of the Chatham hospitals .no longer there so can't remember its name

The death ref isn't showing though



Edit not the right one as this birth matches

Name: Howard M Hogben
Mother's Maiden Surname: Godden
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1921
Registration District: Elham
Inferred County: Kent
Volume Number: 2a
Page Number: 2234

He is in some public trees on Ancestry - none of which records a death year

Looks like she was using her third Christian name
1911 England Census about Howard Hogben
Name: Howard Hogben
Age in 1911: 55
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Birth Place: London, England
Civil Parish: Croydon
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Street Address: 25 Oakfield Rd, W Croydon
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Dentist With U S A Diploma
Registration District: Croydon
Registration District Number: 39
Sub-registration District: West Croydon
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Household Schedule Number: 337
Piece: 3325
Household Members:
Name Age
Howard Hogben 55
Octavia Hogben 50
Lilian Hogben 19
Hilda Hogben 17
Amy Howard 34

Only one marriage on freebmd

First marriage
Name: Howard Hogben
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1876
Registration District: Epsom
Inferred County: Surrey
Volume Number: 2a
Page Number: 29
Records on Page:
Name
Clara Elizabeth O Hayward
Howard Hogben

freebmd....for all BMD's in England/Wales between 1837 and approx 1955

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

try using 'phonetic surname search' if you don't have any luck with his name

It should be on FreeBMD