Earl of Buckinghamshire
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. It was created in 1746 for John Hobart, 1st Baron Hobart
John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire
John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire, KB, PC was a British peer.Hobart was the son of Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet and he inherited his father's title when the latter was killed in a duel in 1698...
. The Hobart family descends from Henry Hobart
Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet SL , of Blickling Hall, was an English judge and politician.The son of Thomas Hobart and Audrey Hare, and Great grandson of Sir James Hobart of Monks Eleigh, Suffolk, who served as Attorney General during the reign of King Henry VII.Sir Henry would further this lineal...
, who served as Attorney General
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and Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. In 1611 he was created a Baronet, of Intwood in the County of Norfolk, in the Baronetage of England. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He represented Cambridge
Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency)
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, Lostwithiel
Lostwithiel (UK Parliament constituency)
Lostwithiel was a rotten borough in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1304 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...
, Brackley
Brackley (UK Parliament constituency)
Brackley was a parliamentary borough in Northamptonshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1547 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...
and Norfolk
Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)
Norfolk was a County constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament...
in the House of Commons
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. He died without surviving male issue and was succeeded by his nephew, the third Baronet. He was the son of Sir Miles Hobart, younger son of the first Baronet. Hobart sat as Member of Parliament
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for Norfolk. In 1656 he married Mary, daughter of the prominent politician John Hampden
John Hampden
John Hampden was an English politician, the eldest son of William Hampden, of Hampden House, Great Hampden in Buckinghamshire, John Hampden (ca. 15951643) was an English politician, the eldest son of William Hampden, of Hampden House, Great Hampden in Buckinghamshire, John Hampden (ca. 15951643)...
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He was succeeded by his elder son, the fourth Baronet. He was a General of the Horse and was equerry to King William III
William III of England
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at the Battle of the Boyne
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in 1690. He also represented Norfolk, King's Lynn
King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)
King's Lynn was a constituency in Norfolk, known as Lynn or Bishop's Lynn prior to 1537, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885, and one member thereafter. Until 1918 it was a parliamentary borough, after which the name...
and Bere Alston
Bere Alston (UK Parliament constituency)
Bere Alston or Beeralston was a parliamentary borough in Devon, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1584 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act as a rotten borough.-History:...
in Parliament. Hobart was killed in a duel in 1698. His son, the fifth Baronet, served as Treasurer of the Chamber
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, as Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners and as Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk
Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk
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. In 1728 he was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain
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as Baron Hobart, of Blickling in the County of Norfolk, and in 1746 he was further honoured when he was made Earl of Buckinghamshire, also in the Peerage of Great Britain.
On his death the titles passed to his son from his first marriage, the second Earl. He served as Comptroller of the Household
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, as Ambassador to Russia and as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
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. He died without surviving male issue and was succeeded by his half-brother, the third Earl. He represented St Ives
St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)
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and Bere Alston in the House of Commons. His eldest son, the fourth Earl, was a prominent politician. He served as Governor of Madras, as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
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, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
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, as Joint Postmaster General
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and as President of the Board of Control
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. In 1797 he was summoned to the House of Lords
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through a writ of acceleration
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in his father's junior title of Baron Hobart. The town of Hobart, Tasmania, was named in honour of Lord Buckinghamshire.
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(government whip in the House of Lords) in 1895 in the Liberal administration
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of the Earl of Rosebery
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, KG, PC was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister. Between the death of his father, in 1851, and the death of his grandfather, the 4th Earl, in 1868, he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Dalmeny.Rosebery was a Liberal Imperialist who...
. He married Georgiana Wilhelmina Haldane-Duncan-Mercer-Henderson, daughter of the Hon. Hew Adam Dalrymple Hamilton Haldane-Duncan-Mercer-Henderson and Edith Isabella Mercer-Henderson. In 1903 Lord Buckinghamshire assumed by Royal license the additional surnames of Mercer-Henderson.
On his death the titles passed to his only son, the eighth Earl. He was Deputy Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords. In 1938 he assumed by Royal license the surname of Mercer-Henderson only in lieu of Hobart-Hampden-Mercer-Henderson. He never married and on his death in 1963 the line of the second son of the sixth Earl failed. He was succeeded by his second cousin, the ninth Earl. He was the grandson of the Hon. Charles Edward Hobart-Hampden, fourth son of the sixth Earl. He was childless and was succeeded by his second cousin once removed, the tenth Earl and present holder of the titles. He is the great-grandson of the Hon. George Augustus Hobart-Hampden, fifth son of the sixth Earl (and the eldest from his second marriage).
Several other members of the Hobart family have also gained distinction. The Hon. Henry Hobart, younger son of the first Earl from his second marriage, represented Norwich
Norwich (UK Parliament constituency)
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in Parliament and served as Chairman of Ways and Means
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. Vere Henry Hobart, Lord Hobart
Vere Henry Hobart, Lord Hobart
Vere Henry Hobart, Lord Hobart was a British peer and colonial administrator.Hobart was born on 8 December 1818 at Welbourne, Lincolnshire to Augustus Edward Hobart-Hampden, 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire and Mary Williams. In 1840, he graduated from Trinity College, Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts...
, eldest son of the sixth Earl, was Governor of Madras. The Hon. Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden, third son of the sixth Earl, was a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy
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. Also, Henrietta Hobart
Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk
Henrietta Howard was a mistress of King George II of Great Britain.She was the daughter of Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet, a Norfolk landowner who was killed in a duel when Henrietta was aged eight...
, daughter of the fourth Baronet and sister of the first Earl, was a longtime mistress of King George II
George II of Great Britain
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The Earl of Buckinghamshire's seat is at Hampden House
Hampden House
Hampden House is a country house in the village of Great Hampden, between Great Missenden and Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire. It is named after the Hampden family. The Hampdens are recorded as owning the site from before the Norman conquest...
, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
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Hobart Baronets, of Intwood (1611)
- Sir Henry Hobart, 1st BaronetSir Henry Hobart, 1st BaronetSir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet SL , of Blickling Hall, was an English judge and politician.The son of Thomas Hobart and Audrey Hare, and Great grandson of Sir James Hobart of Monks Eleigh, Suffolk, who served as Attorney General during the reign of King Henry VII.Sir Henry would further this lineal...
(d. 1625) - Sir John Hobart, 2nd BaronetSir John Hobart, 2nd BaronetSir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet was an English politician and baronet.-Background:Born in Norwich, he was the eldest son of Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet and his wife Dorothy Bell, daughter of Sir Robert Bell. His younger brother was Miles Hobart...
(1593–1647) - Sir John Hobart, 3rd BaronetSir John Hobart, 3rd BaronetSir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet was an English politician.He was the son of Sir Miles Hobart , and his wife Frances Peyton, daughter of Sir John Peyton, 1st Baronet, and was born in Ditchingham...
(1628–1683) - Sir Henry Hobart, 4th BaronetSir Henry Hobart, 4th BaronetSir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet was an English Whig politician and baronet.-Background:He was the oldest son of Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet and his first wife Mary Hampden, daughter of John Hampden...
(1657–1698) - Sir John Hobart, 5th BaronetJohn Hobart, 1st Earl of BuckinghamshireJohn Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire, KB, PC was a British peer.Hobart was the son of Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet and he inherited his father's title when the latter was killed in a duel in 1698...
(1695–1756) (created Earl of Buckinghamshire in 1746)
Earls of Buckinghamshire (1746)
- John Hobart, 1st Earl of BuckinghamshireJohn Hobart, 1st Earl of BuckinghamshireJohn Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire, KB, PC was a British peer.Hobart was the son of Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet and he inherited his father's title when the latter was killed in a duel in 1698...
(1695–1756) - John Hobart, 2nd Earl of BuckinghamshireJohn Hobart, 2nd Earl of BuckinghamshireJohn Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire was an English nobleman and politician.The son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire by his first marriage, he was educated at Westminster School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was Member of Parliament for Norwich from 1747–56, having also been...
(1723–1793)- John Hobart, Lord Hobart (1773–1775)
- Henry Philip Hobart, Lord Hobart (1775–1776)
- George Hobart, Lord Hobart (1777–1778)
- George Hobart, 3rd Earl of BuckinghamshireGeorge Hobart, 3rd Earl of BuckinghamshireGeorge Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire was a British peer, styled Hon. George Hobart from 1733 until 1793.Hobart was the son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire by his second wife, Elizabeth Bristow. Educated at Westminster School, he married Albinia Bertie, daughter of Lord Vere...
(1731–1804) - Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of BuckinghamshireRobert Hobart, 4th Earl of BuckinghamshireRobert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire PC , styled Lord Hobart from 1793 to 1804, was a British Tory politician of the late 18th and early 19th century.-Background:...
(1760–1816) - George Robert Hobart-Hampden, 5th Earl of BuckinghamshireGeorge Hobart-Hampden, 5th Earl of BuckinghamshireGeorge Robert Hobart-Hampden, 5th Earl of Buckinghamshire , known as George Hobart until 1816, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...
(1789–1849) - Augustus Edward Hobart-Hampden, 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1793–1885)
- Vere Henry Hobart, Lord HobartVere Henry Hobart, Lord HobartVere Henry Hobart, Lord Hobart was a British peer and colonial administrator.Hobart was born on 8 December 1818 at Welbourne, Lincolnshire to Augustus Edward Hobart-Hampden, 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire and Mary Williams. In 1840, he graduated from Trinity College, Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts...
(1818–1875) - Frederick John Hobart-Hampden, Lord Hobart (1821–1875)
- Henry Frederick Edward John Hobart-Hampden (1857–1871)
- Vere Henry Hobart, Lord Hobart
- Sidney Carr Hobart-Hampden-Mercer-Henderson, 7th Earl of BuckinghamshireSidney Hobart-Hampden-Mercer-Henderson, 7th Earl of BuckinghamshireSidney Carr Hobart-Hampden-Mercer-Henderson, 7th Earl of Buckinghamshire OBE DL , known as Lord Hobart from 1875 to 1885, was a British Liberal politician....
(1860–1930) - John Hampden Mercer-Henderson, 8th Earl of BuckinghamshireJohn Hampden Mercer-Henderson, 8th Earl of BuckinghamshireJohn Hampden Mercer-Henderson, 8th Earl of Buckinghamshire was born on 16 April 1906. He was the son of Sir Sidney Carr Hobart-Hampden-Mercer-Henderson, 7th Earl of Buckinghamshire and Georgiana Wilhelmina Haldane-Duncan-Mercer-Henderson...
(1906–1963) - Vere Frederick Cecil Hobart-Hampden, 9th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1901–1983)
- George Miles Hobart-Hampden, 10th Earl of Buckinghamshire (b. 1944)
The heir presumptive
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is the present holder's kinsman Sir John Vere Hobart, 4th Baronet (b. 1945). He is a descendant of Sir Robert Hobart, 1st Baronet, son of the Very Reverend the Hon. Henry Lewis Hobart, fourth son of the third Earl.