Rear-Admiral Peyton Hoskyns, M.V.O.(15 September 1852 – 20 December, 1919).
Hoskyns entered the Navy on 2 May 1866 and passed out of the Royal Naval College in March of 1873. On 11 June he was appointed to HMS Cracker. Promoted to Lieutenant on 13 October 1876, Hoskyns remained in Cracker until she paid off in November 1877.
Invalided from service in April 1881, Hoskyns was sent back to England for Haslar Hospital, arriving on 21 May. In September he was fit for service. He married Grace MacDuff Latham on 26 April 1882.
On 1 March 1886, he was appointed as Lieutenant & Commander of the wooden dispatch boat Vigilant at Hong Kong. She was paid off on 2 August 1886. On 5 January 1887, he was appointed to Lion for command of the training brig HMS Liberty. Hoskyns was excused for a "trifling error in judgment" when Liberty collided with a merchant schooner. He quit Liberty when his appointment expired on 9 January 1890.
Hoskyns was promoted to Commander on 30 June 1891 and to Captain on 31 December 1898.
In April 1899 he was appointed captain of the second class protected cruiser Forte.
In February 1907 he was appointed in command of the second class battleship Barfleur.
Hoskyns died in London on 20 December 1919 at 23 Albion Street.