Family and Education
b. 6 May 1760, 1st surv. s. of George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire, by Albinia, da. and coh. of Lord Vere Bertie of Branston, Lincs. educ. Westminster 1770; Strasbourg mil. acad. 1776-7. m. (1) 5 Jan. 1792, Margaretta (d. 7 Aug. 1796), da. and coh. of Edmund Burke of Urrey, wid. of Thomas Adderley, MP [I], of Innishannon, co. Cork, 1s. d.v.p. 1da; (2) 1 June 1799, Hon. Eleanor Agnes Eden, da. of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, s.p. Styled Lord Hobart 1793-8; summ. to Lords in his fa.’s barony as Lord Hobart 30 Nov. 1798; suc. fa. as 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire 14 Nov. 1804.
Offices Held
MP [I] 1784 – 97.
Ensign 59 Ft. 1776; capt. 30 Ft. 1778; maj. 18 Drag. 1783, ret. 1784; a.d.c. to ld. lt. [I] and inspector gen. of recruits 1784 – 89; col. Lincs. supp. militia 1803.
Chief sec. to ld. lt. [I] Apr. 1789–93; PC [I] 21 Apr. 1789, [GB] 1 May 1793; gov. Madras Sept. 1794 – Feb. 1798; sec. of state for War and Colonies Mar. 1801 – May 1804; chancellor of duchy of Lancaster Jan. – July 1805, May-June 1812; jt. postmaster-gen. Feb. 1806 – Mar. 1807; pres. Board of Control Apr. 1812 – d.
Clerk of c.p. Exchequer [I] May 1798 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Nocton, Lincs.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
HOBART, Hon. Robert (1760-1816)
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