John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire (17 August 17233 August 1793) was a British nobleman and politician. Blickling Hall - south-west facade

Biography

The son of

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 ...

by his first wife Judith Britiffe, he was educated at

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and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was Member of Parliament for

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from 1747 to 1756, having also been elected for St Ives in 1747 but opting to sit for Norwich. He held office as Comptroller of the Household in 1755-56 and as a

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from 1756 to 1767, having succeeded his father as Earl in 1756. He was Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Russia from 1762 to 1765 and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1776 to 1780, when his Chief Secretary was Sir Richard Heron, Bt. In the latter role, he had to concede

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and, more importantly, the enactment of the

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which partially repealed the Penal laws and provided measures for the relief of Roman Catholics and

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Family

He married firstly Mary Anne Drury, daughter of

Sir Thomas Drury, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Drury, 1st Baronet FRS (1712 – 19 January 1759) of Wickham Hall near Maldon, Essex, and Overstone, Northamptonshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1741 and 1747. Background Drury was born in Lond ...

, and secondly, Caroline, daughter of

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, but died without surviving male issue and was succeeded by his half-brother

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 ...

. He had three daughters by his first wife: *Lady Harriet, Marchioness of Lothian (1762–1805), who married

William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian, (4 October 1763 – 27 April 1824), was a British soldier, landowner and politician. He was the son of William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian. He served as a representative peer from 1817 to 1824. Life Ke ...

, and was the mother of

John Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian John William Robert Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian (1 February 1794 – 14 November 1841), styled Lord Newbottle until 1815 and Earl of Ancram from 1815 to 1824, was a Tory politician. He served briefly as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard under ...

*Lady Caroline (died 1850), who married

William Assheton Harbord, 2nd Baron Suffield Colonel William Assheton Harbord, 2nd Baron Suffield (21 August 1766 – 1 August 1821), was a Member of Parliament for Ludgershall (1790–1796) and Plympton Erle (7 February 1807 – 4 February 1810). He was colonel of a fencible cavalry regim ...

*Lady Sophia (1768–1806), who married

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and three sons, who died young, and one daughter by his second wife: *

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(1772–1829), wife of the Foreign Secretary

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He was laid to rest in the family mausoleum at

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, the family seat in Norfolk. The bodies of his two wives are also in the mausoleum, which is an unusual grade II* listed pyramidal structure designed by architect

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, based on

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References

*''Concise Dictionary of National Biography'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Buckinghamshire, John Hobart, 2nd Earl Of 1723 births 1793 deaths 2 Diplomatic peers Ambassadors of Great Britain to Russia Fellows of the Royal Society Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1747–1754 British MPs 1754–1761

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Lords Lieutenant of Ireland