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Hobart, John, 1723-1793
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1723-1793
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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.