What is "hoskyns"

Hoskyns is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Anthony Leigh Egerton Hoskyns-Abrahall (1903-1982), Anglican Bishop of Lancaster
• Barney Hoskyns (born 1959), British music critic
• Bennet Hoskyns, MP for Hereford 1645 and 1654
• Bill Hoskyns (1931-2013), British Olympic fencer
• Chandos Wren-Hoskyns (1812-1876), English landowner
• Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, 12th Baronet (1851-1925)
• Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, 13th Baronet (1884-1937)
• Sir John Hoskyns, 2nd Baronet (1634-1705), baronet and one of the founders of the Royal Society
• John Hoskyns (born 1927), policy advisor to Margaret Thatcher (1979-1982)