Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet (20 March 1628 – 22 August 1683) was an

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landowner and politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1654 and 1683. Hobart was the son of Sir Miles Hobart (son of

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 ...

), and his wife Frances Peyton, daughter of

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, and was born in Ditchingham, Norfolk.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage'' 1900
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in 1647. In 1654, Hobart was elected

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for

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in the

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. He was re-elected MP for Norfolk in 1656 for the

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. History of Parliament Online – John Hobart
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Hobart was appointed

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in 1667 and was host to

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at Blickling in 1671. He was elected again as MP for Norfolk in the

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from 1673 until February 1679 and from May of the same year until his death. His cousin Philippa, daughter of his uncle John, was his first wife, whom he married in 1647. In June 1656, Hobart married secondly Mary Hampden, daughter of

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at St Giles's-in-the-Fields in

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. Hobart had one son by his first wife and four sons and two daughters by his second wife. Hobart was buried in

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a week after his death and was succeeded by his eldest son

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