The Honourable
''The Honourable'' (Commonwealth English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific Style ...
George Vere Hobart (1761 – 5 November 1802)
was a British politician who served as
Lieutenant Governor of Grenada, West Indies. He was the father of the
5th Earl of Buckinghamshire.
Hobart was a younger son of
George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire and his wife
Albinia Bertie, the daughter of
Lord Vere Bertie, who was, in turn, a son of the
1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven.
His elder brother was the Tory politician
Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire
Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire, (6 May 17604 February 1816), styled Lord Hobart from 1798 to 1804, was a British Tory politician.
Life
Buckinghamshire was born at Hampden House, the son of George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshi ...
. His younger brother was the Anglican priest the Hon.
Henry Hobart.
[Mosley, Charles, ed. (1999). "Buckinghamshire". ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage''. Vol. 1 (106th ed.). pp. 577-578.]
Hobart served as a Lieutenant Governor of Canada.
He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Grenada in 1802, being subordinate to
Lord Seaforth, Governor of Barbados. His term as the first Lieutenant Governor of Grenada was to be less than a year as he died on 5 November 1802, aged 41, after contracting
yellow fever.
was responsible for escorting back his widow Janet and daughter Vere, the latter being posthumously-born on the return voyage.
Family
Hobart married firstly Jane Cataneo, the daughter of Horace Cataneo, Esq. of Leeds, Yorkshire.
They had four children:
[''West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512–1812'']
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George Robert Hobart, 5th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1789–1849), who succeeded to the earldom upon the death of his uncle in 1816, but died without issue
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Augustus Edward Hobart, 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1793–1885), succeeded his brother in 1849; from whom the current Earls of Buckinghamshire descend
* Lady Albinia Jane Hobart (2 May 1788 – 28 May 1867), married
Sir Augustus Foster, 1st Baronet
Sir Augustus John Foster, 1st Baronet, (1 or 4 December 1780 – 1 August 1848) was a British people, British diplomat and politician. Born into a notable British family, Foster served in a variety of diplomatic functions in continental Europe ...
*Lady Harriet Hobart (8 August 1795 – 27 December 1868) married 1820 Jasper Scityon Hagerman of Denmark
He married secondly Janet Maclean, the daughter of Colonel Alexander Roy Maclean, 15th of
Coll
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and Catherine Cameron, the daughter of Allan Cameron, 5th of Glendessary.
They had one daughter:
* Lady Vere Catherine Louisa Hobart (1803–1888), born posthumously; married Capt.
Donald Cameron, 23rd of Lochiel, Chief of Clan Cameron
In 1832, his children were raised to the rank of the children of an earl, as he would have succeeded to the title if he had outlived his brother.
See also
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Earl of Buckinghamshire
Earl of Buckinghamshire is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1746 for John Hobart, 1st Baron Hobart.
History
The Hobart family descends from Henry Hobart, who served as Attorney General and Lord Chief Justice of the ...
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List of Governors of Grenada
References
Bibliography
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1761 births
1802 deaths
Hobart family
Governors of Grenada
Younger sons of earls
18th-century British politicians