Hermione Hobhouse was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College and at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she read Modern History.
10 Facts About Hermione Hobhouse
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Hermione Hobhouse's sister believed Hermione's exposure to Victorian Gothic architecture in this period ignited her interest.
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Hermione Hobhouse's first book, published in 1959, was a history of the Ward of Cheap in the City of London.
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Hermione Hobhouse was the author of Lost London, in whose introduction she wrote:.
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In 1976 Hermione Hobhouse succeeded Jane Fawcett as secretary of the Victorian Society, a group that campaigns to conserve Victorian and Edwardian buildings.
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Hermione Hobhouse edited a monograph for the survey on the former GLC County Hall.
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Hermione Hobhouse was made a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, where she served as a council member between 1984 and 1987.
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Hermione Hobhouse served on the council of the National Trust and of the Royal Albert Hall.
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Hermione Hobhouse supported the Clapham Society and the Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust.
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Hermione Hobhouse was a keen supporter of the campaign to restore the club's home in Pall Mall, an Italianate palazzo by Charles Barry.