Jonathan Cripps Hobson (1801–1882) was baptised at Queen Street Congregational Chapel.   He was the son of Jonathan Hobson (c.1777-1836) and Charlotte Ann Cripps (c.1777-1855).   In the 1820s, J. C. Hobson became a merchant and factor in Norfolk Street.  In 1828, he registered a patent with Jonathan Brownill for a fork design incorporating file edges for sharpening knives.  Hobson visited New York in 1826.  During the 1850s, he had an office in Pearl Street, Manhattan, as a hardware and cutlery importer.  During the Civil War, his office in John Street imported steel made by his brother, Francis Hobson (see Hobson, Seaman).   J. C. Hobson married Mary Shearwood (1795-1838), the daughter of a wealthy attorney, and after her death started a lengthy legal battle with her sisters over the family property.   J. C. Hobson died at his residence Maywood, Lillington, Leamington Spa, on 9 November 1882 (aged 81), leaving £46,550.   His tomb is in All Saints Parish Churchyard, Ecclesall.