John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire

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John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire (17 August 1723–3 August 1793) was an English nobleman and politician.

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 1756 and as a Lord of the Bedchamber from 1756-67. 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latter role he had to concede free trade and, more importantly, the enactment of the Papists Act 1778 which partially repealed the Penal laws and provided measures for the relief of Roman Catholics and Dissenters.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 :

Lady Harriet, Marchioness of Lothian, who married William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian was the mother of John Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian

Lady Caroline, who married William Assheton Harbord, 2nd Baron Suffield

Lady Sophia, who married Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

and one daughter by his second wife:

Amelia Stewart, Viscountess Castlereagh, wife of the Foreign Secretary Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh.