Family and Education
b. 6 May 1760, 1st surv. s. of Hon. George Hobart. educ. Westminster 1770; Strasbourg military acad. 1776-7.Hobart to Sir Chas. Hotham, 29 July, 9 Oct. 1776, 13 Apr. 1777, Hotham mss, East Riding RO. m. (1) 4 Jan. 1792, Margaretta (d. 7 Aug. 1796), da. and coh. of Edmund Bourke of Urrey, wid. of Thomas Adderley of Innishannon, co. Cork, 1s. (d. inf.), 1 da.; (2) 1 June 1799, Eleanor Agnes, da. of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, s.p. cr.Lord Hobart of Blickling 30 Nov. 1798; suc. fa. as 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire 14 Nov. 1804.
Offices Held
M.P. [I] 1784 – 97.
Ensign 59 Ft. 1776; went out to America Aug. 1777; capt. 30 Ft. 1778; maj. 18 Lt. Drag. 1783; ret. 1784.
P.C. [I] 21 Apr. 1789; chief sec. to ld. lt. [I] 1789 – 93; P.C. [GB] 1 May 1793; gov. Madras 1793 – 98; sec. of state for war and colonies, Mar. 1801–4; chancellor of duchy of Lancaster Jan. – July 1805, May-June 1812; jt. postmaster gen. 1806 – 07; pres. Board of Control 1812 – d.
Parlimentarian
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
HOBART, Hon. Robert (1760-1816)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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