Born in St Ive, near Liskeard in Cornwall, she was the daughter of Reginald Hobhouse an Anglican rector and the first Archdeacon of Bodmin, and sister of Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, the noted social liberal.
Born in St Ive, near Liskeard in Cornwall, she was the daughter of Caroline Trelawny and Reginald Hobhouse, an Anglican rector and the first Archdeacon of Bodmin. She was the sister of Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, the noted social liberal.