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John Ernest Buttery Hotson
Sir John Ernest Buttery Hotson, KCSI, OBE, VD (17 March 1877 – 13 May 1944) was an administrator in India during the British Raj. Born in Glasgow to Hamilton and Margaret (Maggie) Hotson, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy (1889–1895) and Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating BA in 1899,〔''Oxford & Cambridge Yearbook'' (1904)〕 and MA (1905). He immediately joined the Indian Civil Service, being appointed Superintendent of Managed Estates in Kathiawar.〔''India Office List, 1876-1947'', p. 91.〕 His entire career was devoted to the administration of the province known as the Bombay Presidency. Subsequent positions included Under-Secretary to the Government of Bombay (Political and Judicial Departments), 1907; Collector, 1920; Secretary of the Political Department, 1922; Chief Secretary to the Government, 1924;〔''Who’s Who–India'', 1927 ed., p. 114.〕 Member of the Executive Council (MEC) of Bombay, 1926–31; and rising to become Home Member and Acting Governor of Bombay, 1931.〔''Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage'', ed. Arthur G.M. Hesilrige (London: Dean & Son, 1933), p. 1062.〕 He was appointed OBE on 3 June 1918, Companion of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India (CSI) in the New Year Honours, 1926, and elevated to Knight Commander (KCSI) in 1930.
==Naturalist==
Hotson served in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers, 1915 to 1920, in Baluchistan and Persia, attaining the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Hotson was a dedicated naturalist who "collected plants in Persian Baluchistan and Makran coast, 1916-18, which were sent to Father Blatter in Bombay".〔‘Contributions towards Fl. Baluchistan from Materials supplied by Capt. J.E.B. Hotson’ (''Journal of the Indian Botanical Society'' vol. 1 (1919), pp. 84-91: 'Plants at Bombay'.〕 His collections of mammal specimens from the same region during this period was described by the noted British zoologist Oldfield Thomas, FRS, who noted:
Among the fine series of Mammals from Baluchistan contributed by Col. J.E.B. Hotson to the Bombay Natural History Society there occur a number of interesting small mammals which have been put into my hands for examination. As a result the following new species seem to require description.
Thomas then lists seven new species, two of which, Hotson's Jerboa (''Allactaga hotsoni'') and Hotson's Mouse-like Hamster (''Calomyscus hotsoni'') he names after their collector.〔Thomas, Oldfield. 1920. 'Some new Mammals from Baluchistan and North-West India', ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society'', vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 933-940.〕
Hotson acted as Consul at Shiraz (Persia) between 1918 and 1920,〔The Foreign Office issued a statement on 24 Sep. 1918 stating: "The King has been graciously pleased to appoint Captain John Ernest Buttery Hotson to be His Majesty's Consul at Shiraz". Reported in ''The Edinburgh Gazette'', 29 Nov. 1819, p. 4321.〕 during which time he continued his collecting of native mammals. The specimens he collected between February and August 1919 were described by Major R.E. Cheesman, MBOU, FRGS, and included a new species of Persian Vole (''Microtus irani'').〔Maj. R.E. Cheesman, 'Report on a collection of mammals made by Col. J.E.B. Hotson in Shiraz, Persia', ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society'', vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 573-581.〕
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