J. H. (John Henry) Hubback

Born in Bloomsbury, London, in 1844, John Henry Hubback was the son of Catherine Anne Austen Hubback, a niece of Jane Austen through Admiral Sir Francis Austen. That family connection gave him an unusually direct link to Austen family history, and later shaped the work he is remembered for.

Hubback is best known as the co-author, with his daughter Edith Charlotte Hubback, of Jane Austen’s Sailor Brothers (1906), a book about Jane Austen’s brothers Francis and Charles Austen and their naval lives. The book has remained of interest to Austen readers because it preserves family memories as well as historical material.

Available sources agree that he lived a long life, dying in 1939. I could confirm his dates and his authorship, but I did not find a clearly verified portrait image suitable for use here.