Richard R Hobbin is the son of Leslie Hurley Hobbin and Beatrice Clara Greenhough.

Richard was born in 1936 in Leicester, Leicestershire.

Richard married Patricia A Goode in 1965 in Grantham, Lincolnshire.

He had the following children from his marriage to Patricia A Goode:

- John Hobbin	born in 1969 at Boston, Lincolnshire.
- Rachel Elizabeth Hobbin	born in 1971 at Boston, Lincolnshire.
- Sarah Lesley Hobbin	born in 1973 at Boston, Lincolnshire.
- Lynsey Victoria Hobbin	born in 1977 at Boston, Lincolnshire.

Details of Richard's occupation are not known.