Cyril Julian (Hoffnung) Hoffnung-Goldsmid OBE JP (1890)

Born 14 Oct 1890 in Chelsea, London, England

Ancestors

Biography

Cyril (Hoffnung) Hoffnung-Goldsmid OBE JP has Jewish Roots.

Cyril Julian Hoffnung was born on 14th October 1890 at Chelsea, London, England. He was the eldest of three sons of Sidney Hoffnung and Violet Goldsmid.^[1] His father changed their surnames to Hoffnung-Goldsmid by Royal licence before 1898.

Cyril was educated at Eton and University College, Oxford. He was a Barrister-at-Law. Cyril was appointed Justice of the Peace (JP).^[2]

Cyril joined the 9th The Queen's Royal Lancers (Special Reserve), and served in France from 1914-1917 and then Italy from 1917-1918. He attained the rank of Captain. He was Mentioned in Despatches and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1919.^[3] His 1918 diaries recorded in Italy were published as a book after the war: Diary of a Liaison Officer in Italy, 1918; London, Williams and Norgate, 1920. His medal set sold in 2010 for £1,233.^[4]

On 23rd March 1920 he married Anne Emily "Nancy" McGillicuddy, daughter of John McGillicuddy of Flesk Castle, County Kerry, Ireland.^[5] They had three sons, the first of whom died in infancy:

• Michael Lyon Hoffnung-Goldsmid (1921-21)
• John Hoffnung-Goldsmid (1922-)
• David Hoffnung-Goldsmid (1925-83)

He passed away in 1971.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ UK FreeBMD Birth Index Dec qtr 1890, vol 1a, page 327
2. ↑ The Peerage: Cyril Goldsmid; accessed 12 Nov 2018
3. ↑ London Gazette 6th January 1919 (MiD); London Gazette 3rd June 1919 (OBE)
4. ↑ Bonhams; accessed 11 Nov 2018
5. ↑ The Peerage: Cyril Goldsmid; accessed 12 Nov 2018
6. ↑ https://www.myheritage.com/names/cyril_hoffnung