Maud Hobson (born Jane Elizabeth Manson; 13 November 1860 – 7 January 1913)[1] was an Australian-born English actress.

[2] From mid-1889, Hobson reappeared on stage in London for George Edwardes, who had become manager at the Gaiety Theatre, playing parts there in the Victorian burlesques Faust up to Date and Carmen up to Data.

[2] In 1893, Hobson played the part of Alma Somerset in the Edwardian musical comedy A Gaiety Girl produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre.

[7] She appeared in A Gaiety Girl at Daly's Theatre in New York, as well as in Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Milwaukee, and San Francisco.

[2] In 1887, Hayley petitioned for divorce from Hobson claiming that she repeatedly committed adultery with Captain Owen Richard Armstrong.