Sir Captain William Hoste KCB RN 1st Baronet
(1780-1828)
"the young Nelson", Royal Navy Captain, 1st Baronet Hoste of the Navy (from 1814), and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (from 1815)
Commemorated on 1 plaque
Pyports Notable people who have lived here include: Captain Sir William Hoste (1780-1828) Known as "the young Nelson". Mark Currie (1759-1835) Banker and Distiller. Samuel Wesley Bradnack (1818-1895) Methodist School Master and Revivalist. Vernon Lushington (1832-1912) Lawyer, Positivist and friend of the Pre-Raphaelites. His daughter Kitty was Virginia Woolf's "Mrs Dalloway".
Pyports, Downside Bridge Rd, Cobham, United Kingdom where they lived