Sir John Hobart, 2nd Baronet (19 April 1593 – 20 April 1647) was an

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politician and baronet.

Background

Born in

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, he was the eldest 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 Dorothy Bell, daughter of Sir Robert Bell. Hobart was knighted at

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on 10 November 1611, and succeeded his father as baronet in 1625.

Career

Hobart was

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for

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in 1621,

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from 1624 to 1625 and

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in 1626. He then returned to the

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for

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in 1645, a seat he held until his death in 1647. He was Justice of the Peace for Middlesex from 1624 to 1629 and for Norfolk from 1625 to his death, and was appointed

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for 1632–33. He completed the building of

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, a major Jacobean country house.

Family

He married firstly in July 1614 Lady Philippa Sidney, a daughter of

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. They had a daughter. Philippa died in 1620. and Hobart married secondly Lady Frances Egerton, eldest daughter of John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgwater in February 1621, and had by her of nine children an only surviving daughter. He died, aged 54, in Norwich after a long illness and was buried in

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in Norfolk nine days later. Hobart was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hobart, John, 2nd Baronet 1593 births 1647 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England High Sheriffs of Norfolk

Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1626 English MPs 1640–1648 Politicians from Norwich People from Blickling Members of Parliament for Norfolk