The Earl of Buckinghamshire | |
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| Lord Lieutenant of Ireland | |
| In office 7 December 1776 – 19 November 1780 | |
| Preceded by | The Earl Harcourt |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Carlisle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 August 1723 |
| Died | 3 August 1793(1793-08-03) (aged 69) |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Anne Drury Caroline Conolly |
| Children | 7 |
| Parent(s) | John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire Judith Britiffe |
John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire (17 August 1723 – 3 August 1793) was a British politician, courtier and diplomat.
The son ofJohn Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire by his first wife Judith Britiffe, he was educated atWestminster School andChrist's College, Cambridge.[1] He was Member of Parliament forNorwich from 1747 to 1756, having also been elected forSt Ives in 1747 but opting to sit for Norwich. He held office asComptroller of the Household in 1755-56 and as aLord of the Bedchamber from 1756 to 1767, having succeeded his father as Earl in 1756.[2] He wasAmbassador from the United Kingdom to Russia from 1762 to 1765 andLord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1776 to 1780, when hisChief Secretary wasSir Richard Heron, Bt. In the latter role, he had to concedefree trade and, more importantly, the enactment of thePapists Act 1778 which partially repealed thePenal laws and provided measures for the relief ofRoman Catholics andDissenters.
He married firstly Mary Anne Drury, daughter ofSir Thomas Drury, 1st Baronet, and secondly, Caroline, daughter ofWilliam James Conolly, but died without surviving male issue and was succeeded by his half-brotherGeorge Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire.
He had three daughters by his first wife:[3]
and three sons, who died young, and one daughter by his second wife:
He was laid to rest inthe family mausoleum atBlickling Hall, the family seat in Norfolk. The bodies of his two wives are also in the mausoleum, which is an unusualGrade II* listed pyramidal structure designed by architectJoseph Bonomi the Elder, based onPyramid of Cestius inRome.[4]
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forNorwich 1747–1756 With:Horatio Walpole 1747–1756 Edward Bacon 1756 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Comptroller of the Household 1756 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1776-80 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by New government | Lord of the Bedchamber 1760–1767 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Russia 1762–1764 | Succeeded by |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by | Earl of Buckinghamshire 1756–1793 | Succeeded by |
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