Earl of Buckinghamshire is a title in the
Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1746 for
John Hobart, 1st Baron Hobart.
History
The Hobart family descends from
Henry Hobart, who served as
Attorney General 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
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,
Lostwithiel
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,
Brackley
Brackley is a market town and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, bordering Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, from Oxford and from Northampton. Historically a market town based on the wool and lace trade, it was built on the inter ...
and
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
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
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
for Norfolk. In 1656 he married Mary, daughter of the prominent politician
John Hampden
John Hampden (24 June 1643) was an English landowner and politician whose opposition to arbitrary taxes imposed by Charles I made him a national figure. An ally of Parliamentarian leader John Pym, and cousin to Oliver Cromwell, he was one of t ...
.
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 (William Henry; ; 4 November 16508 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the ...
at the
Battle of the Boyne
The Battle of the Boyne ( ga, Cath na Bóinne ) was a battle in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James II of England and Ireland, VII of Scotland, and those of King William III who, with his wife Queen Mary II (his cousin and J ...
in 1690. He also represented Norfolk,
King's Lynn and
Bere Alston
Bere Alston is a village in West Devon in the county of Devon in England. It forms part of the civil parish of Bere Ferrers.
History and geography
With a population of about 2,000, the village lies in the Bere peninsula, between the river ...
in Parliament. Hobart was killed in a duel in 1698. His son, the fifth Baronet, served as
Treasurer of the Chamber The Treasurer of the Chamber was at various points a position in the British royal household.
13th century
The post of Treasurer of the Chamber first arose in the early 13th century. As part of the evolutionary changes that saw the Treasurer of th ...
, as
Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners
The Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms is a post in the Government of the United Kingdom that has been held by the Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords
The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is th ...
and as
Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk
This is an incomplete list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. Since 1689, all Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Norfolk.
* William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, 1549 –
*Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Su ...
. In 1728 he was raised to the
Peerage of Great Britain 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, as
Ambassador to Russia and as
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He died without surviving male issue and was succeeded by his half-brother, the third Earl. He represented
St Ives and Bere Alston in the House of Commons. His eldest son, the fourth Earl, was a prominent politician. He served as
Governor of Madras
This is a list of the governors, agents, and presidents of colonial Madras, initially of the English East India Company, up to the end of British colonial rule in 1947.
English Agents
In 1639, the grant of Madras to the English was finalized b ...
, as
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a British cabinet-level position responsible for the army and the British colonies (other than India).
The Secretary was supported by an Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies.
Hi ...
, as
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is a ministerial office in the Government of the United Kingdom. The position is the second highest ranking minister in the Cabinet Office, immediately after the Prime Minister, and senior to the Minist ...
, as Joint
Postmaster General
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and as
President of the Board of Control. In 1797 he was summoned to the
House of Lords
The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by appointment, heredity or official function. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminste ...
through a
writ of acceleration
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in his father's junior title of Baron Hobart. The town of
Hobart, Tasmania
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/ Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
, was named in honour of Lord Buckinghamshire.
He died without male issue and was succeeded by his nephew, the fifth Earl. He was the son of the Hon. George Vere Hobart, second son of the third Earl. Lord Buckinghamshire briefly represented
St Michael's in Parliament. In 1824 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Hampden. He died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the sixth Earl. He was a clergyman. In 1878 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Hampden. He was succeeded by his grandson, the seventh Earl. He was the second but only surviving son of Frederick John Hobart-Hampden, Lord Hobart, second son of the sixth Earl. Lord Buckinghamshire served briefly as a
Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in 1895 in the
Liberal administration of the
Earl of Rosebery
Earl of Rosebery is a title in the Peerage of Scotland created in 1703 for Archibald Primrose, 1st Viscount of Rosebery, with remainder to his issue male and female successively. Its name comes from Roseberry Topping, a hill near Archibald's wif ...
. 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 licence 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 licence 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 () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
in Parliament and served as
Chairman of Ways and Means
In the United Kingdom, the Chairman of Ways and Means is a senior member of the House of Commons who acts as one of the Speaker's three deputies. The incumbent is Dame Eleanor Laing, MP for Epping Forest, who was first elected to the office on ...
.
Vere Henry Hobart, Lord Hobart, eldest son of the sixth Earl, was
Governor of Madras
This is a list of the governors, agents, and presidents of colonial Madras, initially of the English East India Company, up to the end of British colonial rule in 1947.
English Agents
In 1639, the grant of Madras to the English was finalized b ...
. 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, daughter of the fourth Baronet and sister of the first Earl, was a longtime mistress of
King George II.
The family seat was
Hampden House, near
Great Hampden,
Buckinghamshire.
Hobart Baronets, of Intwood (1611)
*
Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet (1 Jan 1560 – 29 December 1625), of Blickling Hall, was an English politician who succeeded Sir Edward Coke to become Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.
Background and education
The son of Thomas H ...
(died 1625)
*
Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet (19 April 1593 – 20 April 1647) 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. ...
(1593–1647)
*
Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet
Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet (20 March 1628 – 22 August 1683) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1683.
Hobart was the son of Sir Miles Hobart (son of Sir Henry Hobart, 1 ...
(1628–1683)
*
Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet
Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet (1657–1698) was an English Whig politician and baronet.
Family
Henry Hobart was the eldest son to Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet and his first wife Mary Hampden, daughter to John Hampden. He was knighted at Bl ...
(1657–1698)
*
Sir John Hobart, 5th Baronet (1695–1756) (created Earl of Buckinghamshire in 1746)
Earls of Buckinghamshire (1746)
*
John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire
John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire, (11 October 169322 September 1756) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1728, when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hobart.
Early life
Hobart was the son of Sir ...
(1695–1756)
*
John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire
John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire (17 August 17233 August 1793) was a British nobleman and politician.
Biography
The son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire by his first wife Judith Britiffe, he was educated at Westminster Scho ...
(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 Buckinghamshire
George Hobart
George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire (8 September 173114 November 1804) was a British peer, styled The Honourable George Hobart from 1733 until 1793.
Life
Hobart was the son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire by his ...
(1731–1804)
*
Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire
Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire, (6 May 17604 February 1816), styled Lord Hobart from 1793 to 1804, was a British Tory politician.
Life
Buckinghamshire was born at Hampden House, the son of George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshir ...
(1760–1816)
*
George Robert Hobart-Hampden, 5th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1789–1849)
*Augustus Edward Hobart-Hampden, 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1793–1885)
**
Vere Henry Hobart, Lord Hobart (1818–1875)
**Frederick John Hobart-Hampden, Lord Hobart (1821–1875)
***Henry Frederick Edward John Hobart-Hampden (1857–1871)
*
Sidney Carr Hobart-Hampden-Mercer-Henderson, 7th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1860–1930)
*
John Hampden Mercer-Henderson, 8th Earl of Buckinghamshire (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
An heir presumptive is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir apparent or a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question.
...
is the present holder's fourth cousin once removed Sir John Vere Hobart, 4th Baronet (b. 1945)
The heir presumptive's
heir apparent
An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...
is his son George Hampden Hobart (b. 1982)
* ''John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire (1695–1756)''
** ''George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire (1731–1804)''
***''Hon. George Vere Hobart (1761–1802)''
**** ''Augustus Hobart-Hampden, 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1793–1885)''
*****''Hon. George Augustus Hobart-Hampden (1827–1899)''
******''Ernest Miles Hobart-Hampden (1864–1949)''
*******''Cyril Langel Hobart-Hampden (1902–1972)''
******** George Hobart-Hampden, 10th Earl of Buckinghamshire (born 1944)
***''
Very Rev. Hon. Henry Lewis Hobart (1774–1846)''
****''
Sir Robert Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet (1836–1928)''
*****''Sir Claud Vere Cavendish Hobart, 2nd Baronet (1870–1949)''
******''Sir Robert Hampden Hobart, 3rd Baronet (1915–1988)''
*******(1) Sir John Vere Hobart, 4th Baronet (born 1945)
********(2) George Hampden Hobart (born 1982)
********(3) James Henry Miles Hobart (born 1986)
*******(4) Robert Henry Hobart (born 1948)
*******(5) Anthony Hampden Hobart (born 1956)
********(6) Charles Hampden Hobart (born 1986)
**''Hon. Henry Hobart (1738–1799)''
***''Rev. Henry Charles Hobart (1773–1844)''
****''Charles Robert Hobart (1808–1886)''
*****''Charles Beauchamp Hobart (1842–1893)''
******'' Charles Guy Reginald Beauchamp Hobart (1881–1944)''
*******''Wallace Elliot Hobart (1922–1972)''
********(7). Mark Michael Hobart (b. 1958)
*********(8). Michael Wallace Hobart (b. 1991)
*********(9). Benedict Conrad William Hobart (b. 1993)
*****''Rev. William Henry Hobart (1855–1918)''
******''Rev. Charles Hampden Hobart (1886–1961)''
*******''John Hampden Hobart (1925–2014)''
********(10). Andrew Hampden Hobart (b. 1962)
*********(11). Zachary Kit Hampden Hobart (b. 2003)
********(12). Jeremy Charles Hobart (b. 1963)
*********(13). Wilfred Henry Hobart (b. 2003)
*******''Christopher Beauchamp Hobart (1927–2017)''
********(14). Richard Hampden Hobart (b. 1960)
********(15). Edward Andrew Beauchamp Hobart (b. 1971)
*********(16). Benjamin Hampden Hobart (b. 2003)
*********(17). Max Henry Hobart (b. 2007)
********(18). Robert Anthony Hobart (b. 1973)
*********(19). Daniel Anthony Hobart (b. 2003)
*********(20). Joseph Christopher Hobart (b. 2006)
********(21). John Henry Hobart (b. 1976)
See also
*
Hobart Baronets of Langdown
*
References
Attribution
*
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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External links
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