HOBART, HON. HENRY LEWIS, fifth son of George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv); bapt. Nocton, Lincs. 9 Feb 1774; at school under Vincent (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1807, 1818); Christ’s Coll. Camb. , adm. pens. 31 May 1793, aged 19, scholar 19 Dec 1793, matr. Mich. 1793; MA 1797; DD 1816; ordained deacon 11 Jun 1797, priest 4 Feb 1798 (both Winchester); Rector of Chipping Warden, Northants 19 Feb 1798 – 1815; Rector of Edgcote, Northants, 7 Mar 1801-15; Prebendary of Canterbury 31 Jan 1804 – Apr 1816; Vicar of Nocton, Lincs. , from 8 Apr 1815; Rector of St. Dionis, Backchurch, London 27 Sep 1815 – 1828; Dean of Windsor (and Wolverhampton), and Registrar of Order of the Garter, from 4 Apr 1816; Rector of Great Haseley, Oxfordshire 2 May 1816; Vicar of Fulmer, Bucks. , 1823-42; m. 5 Oct 1824 Charlotte Selina, dau. of Richard Moore, Hampton Court Palace; d. 8 May 1846. DNB.
HOBART, JOHN, 1ST EARL OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, son of Sir Henry Hobart, Bart., MP, and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Joseph Maynard, Clifton Reynes, Bucks.; b. 11 Oct 1693; succ. father as 5th baronet 21 Aug 1698; at school under Knipe (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1751); Clare Hall, Cambridge, adm. nob. 20 May 1710, matr. 1710; MP St. Ives 1715-27, Norfolk 1727 – 28 May 1728; a Commissioner of Trade and Foreign Plantations 4 Oct 1721 – Aug 1727; KB 27 May 1725; Treasurer of the Chamber, Royal Household 23 Sep 1727 – Dec 1744; Assay Master, Duchy of Cornwall 1727-38; created Baron Hobart 28 May 1728; Lord Lieut., Norfolk, from 13 Dec 1739; Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners from 24 Dec 1744; Privy Councillor 3 Jan 1744/5; created Earl of Buckinghamshire 5 Sep 1746; m. 1st, 8 Nov 1717 Judith, dau. of Robert Britiffe MP, Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, Recorder of Norwich; m. 2nd, 10 Feb 1727/8 Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Bristow MP; d. 22 Sep 1756. DNB.
HOBART, JOHN, 2ND EARL OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, elder son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv), and his first wife; b. 17 Aug 1723; adm. Apr 1732; left 1739; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 30 Oct 1739, residing Jan 1739/40 – Mich. 1743, matr. 1740; Grand Tour 1745-7 (including Italy); MP Norwich 1747 – 22 Sep 1756; Comptroller of the Household Dec 1755 – Nov 1756; Privy Councillor 27 Jan 1756; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire 22 Sep 1756; a Lord of the Bedchamber 15 Nov 1756 – 5 Nov 1767; Ambassador to Russia Aug 1762 – Jan 1765; Lord Lieut. of Ireland 18 Dec 1776 – Dec 1780; during his Viceroyalty free trade was granted to Ireland, measures for the relief of Roman Catholics and dissenters were passed, and the Volunteer movement rapidly spread; member, Society of Dilettanti 1746; FRS 3 Feb 1785; DL Norfolk 1745; described by Horace Walpole as “fat, fair, sweet and seen through in a moment”; m. 1st, 14 Jul 1761 Mary Ann, dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Sir Thomas Drury, Bart., MP; m. 2nd, 24 Sep 1770 Caroline, sister of Thomas Conolly (qv); d. 3 Aug 1793. DNB.
HOBART, ROBERT, 4TH EARL OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, second son of George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv); b. 6 May 1760; adm. 13 Jun 1770; left 1776; Lieut., 7th Foot 23 Jul 1778; Capt., 30th Foot 25 Jul 1778; 5th Dragoons 17 Nov 1780; Maj., 18th Dragoons 15 Aug 1783; retd. 2 Nov 1784; served in American war; ADC to Duke of Rutland, Lord Lieut. Ireland, 1784-7, and to Marquis of Buckingham, Lord Lieut. Ireland, 1787-9; MP (I) Portarlington 1784-90, Armagh 1790-7; MP Bramber 15 Dec 1788-90, Lincoln 1790-6; Chief Secretary for Ireland Apr 1789 – Dec 1793; Privy Councillor (I) 21 Apr 1789; Privy Councillor (GB) 1 May 1793; Governor of Madras Oct 1793- Aug 1798, arriving in India summer 1794; summoned to House of Lords in father’s barony as Lord Hobart 30 Nov 1798; Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Mar 1801- Jan 1805; succeeded father as 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire 14 Oct 1804; Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster Jan –Jul 1805; Joint Postmaster General Feb 1806- May 1807; President, Board of Control, from 4 Apr 1812 (also Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster, May – Jun 1812); m. 1st, 4 Jan 1792 Margaretta, widow of Thomas Adderley MP, Innishannon, co. Cork (and mother of Edward Hale Adderley, qv), and dau. of Edmund Bourke, Corry, co. Mayo; m. 2nd, 1 Jun 1799 Hon. Eleanor Agnes Eden, dau. of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland PC, politician and diplomat; d. from effects of a fall in St. James’s Park 4 Feb 1816. DNB.
HOBART, HON. ROBERT, younger son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv), and his first wife; b.; adm. (aged 6) Jun 1732; d. 22 May 1733.
HOBART, THOMAS, son of Thomas Hobart, St. Martin’s in the Fields, Westminster, and (?) Anne Gifford, Wiltshire; b.; adm.; KS 1684; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1687, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1687, aged 18, scholar 2 May 1688; 10th in “ordo” 1690/1; BA 1690/1; MA 1694; adm. Leyden Univ. 30 Aug 1691; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1693, Major Fellow 26 Jun 1694 – c. 1699; migr. to Christ’s Coll., Fellow from 1699; MD 1700; travelling tutor with Edward Hyde, Viscount Cornbury in Italy 1710-11, and with Thomas Coke (afterwards 1st Earl of Leicester) in Italy and other European countries 1712-8; by his will he left mourning rings to John Colbatch (qv), Sir Robert Cotton, Bart. (qv), Stephen Phillips (qv), and William Wade (qv), and “the manuscripts which I bought in his and Dr Ferrari’s Company at Lyons” to Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. (qv); d. at Clermont, France, before end Apr 1727 (will proved PCC 27 Apr 1727)
HOBART-HAMPDEN, AUGUSTUS EDWARD, 6TH EARL OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, brother of George Robert Hampden, 5th Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv); b. 1 Nov 1793; adm.; left 1812; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 May 1812; BA 1815; MA 1818; ordained deacon 1816, priest 1817; Rector of Benington, Lincs. 14 Dec 1817; Rector of Welbourn, Lincs., 20 May 1818; Rector of Waltham on the Wolds, Leics., 25 Jul 1820-47; Rector and Prebendary of Wolverhampton, Staffs., 1844-7; succ. brother as 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire 1 Feb 1849; assumed additional surname and arms of Hampden 5 Aug 1878; m. 1st, 12 Sep 1816 Mary, sister of Charles Williams (left 1811, qv); m. 2nd, 15 Aug 1826 his cousin Mary Isabella, eldest dau. of Rev. Godfrey Egremont, Vicar of Crowle, Lincs.; d. 29 Oct 1885.
HOBBES, ROBERT; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1597, adm. scholar 1598, matr. 1598; BA 1601/2; MA 1605; ordained deacon and priest (Peterborough) 25 Jul 1605; Rector of Wainfleet All Saints, Lincs., 1605-15; Vicar of Warnham, Sussex, 2 Aug 1615-26; Vicar of Madehurst, Sussex, from 3 May 1626; m.; d. Jul or Aug 1629.
HOBBYE, RICHARD; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1576, adm. scholar 1577, matr. Easter 1577; BA 1580/1; MA 1584 (incorp. Oxford 14 Jul 1584).