George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire

The Right Honourable The Earl of Buckinghamshire
Member of Parliament for Bere Alston
In office 1761–1780 Serving with Sir Francis Drake, Francis William Drake, Sir Francis Drake
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 Serving with James Whitshed
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	Albinia Bertie ​ ​ (m. 1757; died 1804)​
Relations	Edward Cromwell Disbrowe (grandson)
Children	8
Parent(s)	John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire Elizabeth Bristow.
Education	Westminster 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

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

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

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]

References

1. Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 1. London: Longmans, Green. p. 273.
2. 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.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Buckinghamshire

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by John Bristow Samuel Stephens	Member of Parliament for St Ives 1754–1761 With: James Whitshed	Succeeded by Humphrey Mackworth Praed Charles Hotham
Preceded by Sir Francis Drake John Bristow	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 The Lord Macartney Lord Algernon Percy
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by John Hobart	Earl of Buckinghamshire 1793–1804	Succeeded by Robert Hobart
	Baron Hobart (descended by acceleration) 1793–1798