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George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire

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The Earl of Buckinghamshire
Member of Parliament for Bere Alston
In office
1761–1780
Preceded bySir Francis Drake
John Bristow
Succeeded byThe Lord Macartney
Lord Algernon Percy
Member of Parliament for St Ives
In office
1754–1761
Serving with James Whitshed
Preceded byJohn Bristow
Samuel Stephens
Succeeded byHumphrey Mackworth Praed
Charles Hotham
Personal details
Born
George Hobart

(1731-09-08)8 September 1731
Died14 November 1804(1804-11-14) (aged 73)
Spouse
(m. 1757; died 1804)
RelationsEdward Cromwell Disbrowe (grandson)
Children8
Parent(s)John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire
Elizabeth Bristow.
EducationWestminster School
University of Göttingen

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]

Early life

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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]

Career

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George Hobart
The Loss of the Faro Bank (1797), by James Gillray. Lord Buckinghamshire brings the news that the Faro bank has been stolen, to gamblers including his wife, popularly thought to exploit the gullible.[5]

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]

Personal life

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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]

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 1. London: Longmans, Green. p. 273.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Johanna Oehler, "Abroad at Göttingen", Wallstein, Göttingen 2016, p. 457
  5. ^ Thomas Wright; Robert Harding Evans (1851). Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray: Comprising a Political and Humorous History of the Latter Part of the Reign of George the Third. Bohn. pp. 426–7. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1891). "Hobart, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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Parliament of Great Britain
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