Preceded by The Earl Harcourt | Name John 2nd Role Politician | |
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Died 1793, Blickling, United Kingdom Parents John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire Siblings George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire Cousins Henry Howard, 10th Earl of Suffolk Grandparents Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet Nephews Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire, Henry Hobart, George Vere Hobart | ||
Succeeded by The Earl of Carlisle | ||
John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire (17 August 1723 – 3 August 1793) was an English nobleman and politician.
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Biography
The son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire by his first wife Judith Britiffe, he was educated at Westminster School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was Member of Parliament for Norwich from 1747–56, 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 Lord of the Bedchamber from 1756–67, having succeeded his father as Earl in 1756. He was Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Russia from 1762-5 and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1776–80, when his Chief Secretary was Sir Richard Heron, Bt. In the latter role he had to concede free trade and, more importantly, the enactment of the Papists Act 1778 which partially repealed the Penal laws and provided measures for the relief of Roman Catholics and Dissenters.
Family
He married firstly Mary Anne Drury, daughter of Sir Thomas Drury, 1st Baronet, and secondly Caroline, daughter of William James Conolly, but died without surviving male issue and was succeeded by his half-brother.
He had three daughters by his first wife :
and one daughter by his second wife:
He was laid to rest in the family mausoleum at Blickling Hall, 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 Joseph Bonomi the Elder, based on the Roman tomb of Cestius Gallus.