Kimberley John Lindsay Posted 24 April , 2019 Share Posted 24 April , 2019 Dear All, The Consul [later Sir John Ernest Buttery Hotson, KCSI, OBE, VD and an Acting Governor of Bombay who survived an assassin’s bullet at Poona on 22 Jul 1931], made out a very good report concerning a Political (Capt A. W. Fagan, IARO), whose medals I hold. I was most fortunate to acquire Images of Fagan (although the one attached is not confirmed: he was possibly the Officer standing at left, wearing a forage cap), but have been unable to find one of the extremely capable J. E. B. Hotson. Can a Great War Forum friend oblige, please...? Kindest regards, Kim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 25 April , 2019 Share Posted 25 April , 2019 This could be him - https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw226367 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley John Lindsay Posted 25 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 25 April , 2019 Dear michaeldr, Many thanks for that. One of the few gaps in my Arthur William Fagan saga is now closed. Super! Hotson was furthermore, not as I had imagined him... Kindest regards, Kim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 26 April , 2019 Share Posted 26 April , 2019 8 hours ago, Kimberley John Lindsay said: Hotson was furthermore, not as I had imagined him... Ah...but don't forget that by the time the photograph was taken he was already 55 years old regards Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley John Lindsay Posted 26 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 26 April , 2019 Dear Michael, Yes, you are right. It would be interesting, of course, to see a photograph of Hotson in full attire as acting Gov of Bombay. Having said that, I was delighted to have any Image! A. W. Fagan got nothing in the way of a decoration, possibly due to his being in hospital, later in the campaign. He had been a Scholar at Winchester, BA, Oxford, a Fencer for Great Britain at the Olympics in Stockholm, and had joined the Indian Civil Service. It just shows the capabilities of one junior officer of the IARO, in those days... Kindest regards, Kim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 26 April , 2019 Share Posted 26 April , 2019 A somewhat unusual family name. I wonder if he was related to the current President of the Gallipoli Association; Captain Christopher Fagan MBE, DL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley John Lindsay Posted 26 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 26 April , 2019 Dear Michael, Quite possibly. I was in correspondence some time ago with a Christopher Fagan, who was extremely kind and helpful. It appeared that there were many branches of the Fagan family, however. Such families are noticeable, inasmuch as they invariably displayed both gallantry and capability in time of War. In my relatively modest medal collection I have a group to a Wedderburn-Maxell, whose brother was also decorated; the same goes for a Moberly, and my own family had three MCs... Kindest regards, Kim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1959 Posted 26 April , 2019 Share Posted 26 April , 2019 A tree on Ancestry has a pic of Hotson as a child aged about 10 in a sailor suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley John Lindsay Posted 26 April , 2019 Author Share Posted 26 April , 2019 Dear Mark, Thanks for you diligence in this Hotson matter: much appreciated. Kindest regards, Kim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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