George_Hobart,_3rd_Earl_of_Buckinghamshire
George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire
18th-century British peer
George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire (8 September 1731 – 14 November 1804) was a British peer, styled The Honourable George Hobart from 1733 until 1793.[1]
The Earl of Buckinghamshire | |
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| Member of Parliament for Bere Alston | |
| In office 1761–1780 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Francis Drake John Bristow |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Macartney Lord Algernon Percy |
| Member of Parliament for St Ives | |
| In office 1754–1761 | |
| Preceded by | John Bristow Samuel Stephens |
| Succeeded by | Humphrey Mackworth Praed Charles Hotham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Hobart (1731-09-08)8 September 1731 |
| Died | 14 November 1804(1804-11-14) (aged 73) |
| Spouse | |
| Relations | Edward Cromwell Disbrowe (grandson) |
| Children | 8 |
| Parent(s) | John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire Elizabeth Bristow. |
| Education | Westminster School University of Göttingen |
Hobart was the son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire by his second wife, Elizabeth Bristow. From his parents' marriage, he had a younger brother, Hon. Henry Hobart, who served as MP for Norwich.[2]
His paternal grandparents were Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet of Blickling and the former Elizabeth Maynard (eldest daughter of Sir Joseph Maynard). His maternal grandparents were Elizabeth Woolley and Robert Bristow, MP for Winchelsea.[3]
He was educated at Westminster School and visited the University of Göttingen.[4]
Hobart represented the constituencies of St Ives and Bere Alston in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1761 and 1761 to 1780, respectively. He was secretary to the embassy in St Petersburg in 1762, his half-brother John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire being then ambassador.[1]
He inherited the earldom of Buckinghamshire from his half-brother, who had no surviving sons, in 1793. On 29 April 1797, he was commissioned colonel of the 3rd Regiment of Lincolnshire Militia (South Lincolnshire Supplementary Militia), becoming a colonel in the regular army when his regiment was embodied on 12 January 1799.[1]
On 16 May 1757, Hobart married Albinia Bertie, second daughter of Lord Vere Bertie and the heiress Ann Casey.[6] They had eight children:[2]
- Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760–1816), who married Margaretta Bourke. After her death in 1796, he married Hon. Eleanor Eden, daughter of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, in 1799.[2]
- Hon. George Vere Hobart (1761–1802), who married Jane Cattaneo. After her death, he married Janet Maclean in April 1802.[2]
- Hon. Charles Hobart (d. 1782), a Lt. in the Royal Navy.[2]
- Hon. Henry Lewis Hobart (1774–1846), a Reverend who married Charlotte Selina Moore.[2]
- Lady Albinia Hobart, who married Richard Cumberland in 1784.[2]
- Lady Henrietta Anne Barbara Hobart (c. 1762–1828), who married John Sullivan in 1789.[2]
- Lady Maria Frances Hobart (c. 1762–1794), who married George North, 3rd Earl of Guilford.[2]
- Lady Charlotte Hobart (d. 1798), who married Col. Edward Disbrowe.[2]
Lord Buckinghamshire died on 14 November 1804 and was succeeded by his son, Robert, who had already entered the House of Lords in 1798 by a writ of acceleration as Baron Hobart.[7]
- Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 1. London: Longmans, Green. p. 273.
- Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 577-578.
- G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 401-405.
- Johanna Oehler, "Abroad at Göttingen", Wallstein, Göttingen 2016, p. 457
- Matthew Kilburn, 'Hobart, George, third earl of Buckinghamshire (1731–1804)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 Retrieved 4 June 2017
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Hobart, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for St Ives 1754–1761 With: James Whitshed |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Bere Alston 1761–1780 With: Sir Francis Drake 1761–1771 Francis William Drake 1771–1774 Sir Francis Drake 1774–1780 |
Succeeded by |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by | Earl of Buckinghamshire 1793–1804 |
Succeeded by |
| Baron Hobart (descended by acceleration) 1793–1798 | ||