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Frederick Hobbs (singer)
Frederick Henry Hobbs (29 July 1874 – 11 April 1942) was a New Zealand-born singer, actor and theatre manager. After performing as a concert singer in New Zealand and Australia and in opera and musicals in Britain, he joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1914. There he played the baritone and bass-baritone roles of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas for six years. After touring in Australasia with the J. C. Williamson company, he returned to England and became the stage manager for D'Oyly Carte in 1923 and its business manager from 1927 until his death.
==Early years==
Hobbs was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, to a large family with a background in music.〔("Obituary: Mr. F. H. Hobbs" ), ''The Evening Post'', Vol. CXXXIII, Issue 128, 2 June 1942, p. 3, accessed 15 April 2013〕 His parents were Fred Hobbs, who was Mayor of Christchurch 1874–1877, and Elizabeth (Bessie) Hobbs, ''née'' Murray.〔("Married" ), ''The Press'', Volume X, Issue 1143, 7 July 1866, p. 2, accessed 17 April 2013〕 He had eight brothers and three sisters.〔''The Cyclopedia of New Zealand (Canterbury Provincial District)'', (chapter: "Ex Mayors" ), Cyclopedia Company Limited: Christchurch (1903), accessed 17 April 2013〕〔Byrne, Jude. (Family Group – Hobbs ), Jude's Genealogy Page, accessed 17 April 2013〕
He trained as a singer and, early in his career, he received concert engagements throughout Australia and New Zealand. After moving to England in his twenties, he studied at the Guildhall School of Music〔 and joined the Carl Rosa Opera Company, with whom he first appeared at the Grand Theatre in Islington.〔''The Times'', 13 April 1942, p. 6〕 He later toured in Great Britain and South Africa in Edwardian musical comedies.〔Stone, David. ("Frederick Hobbs", ) ''Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company'', 25 October 2002, accessed 11 April 2013〕
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