Biography of Caroline Hobart Baroness Suffield -1850

Caroline Hobart Baroness Suffield was born to [her father] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire and [her mother] Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire.

After 1605. The current Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map] was built by Robert Lyminge after 1605 for Henry Hobart 1st Baronet [aged 45]. The estate passed through the Hobart family to [her father] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire. It then passed to his daughter Caroline Hobart Baroness Suffield who was married to [her future husband] William Assheton Harbord 2nd Baron Suffield. The couple did not have any issue. The estate then passed to Caroline's great-nephew William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian; grandson son of her sister Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore.

William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian: In 1832 he was born to John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. On 14th November 1841 John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian died at Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map]. His son William succeeded 8th Marquess Lothian, 11th Earl Lothian, 9th Earl Lothian. He inherited the Blickling, Norfolk estate and made significant changes. On 12th August 1857 William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian and Constance Harriet Mahonesa Talbot Marchioness Lothian were married. She by marriage Marchioness Lothian. She the daughter of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford. He the son of John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. They were first cousins.

On 22nd September 1756 [her grandfather] John Hobart 1st Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 62] died. His son [her father] John [aged 33] succeeded 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire, 2nd Baron Hobart, 6th Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. [her mother] Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire [aged 16] by marriage Countess Buckinghamshire.

On 30th December 1769 [her mother] Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire [aged 29] died.

Before 20th February 1772 [her father] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 48] and Caroline Conolly Countess Buckinghamshire were married. She by marriage Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of [her grandfather] John Hobart 1st Earl Buckinghamshire and [her grandmother] Judith Britiffe.

On 2nd March 1780 [her brother-in-law] Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 39] and [her sister] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Countess Belmore in the County of Fermanagh. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of [her father] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 56] and [her mother] Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire.

On 21st February 1789 [her brother-in-law] Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 24] and [her sister] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of [her father] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 65] and [her mother] Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 68] and Emma Gilbert Countess Mount Edgcumbe.

On 6th December 1789 [her brother-in-law] Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 49] was created 1st Viscount Belmore of Fermanagh. [her sister] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 27] by marriage Viscountess Belmore of Fermanagh.

On 4th April 1793 [her brother-in-law] William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian [aged 29] and [her sister] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 30] were married. She the daughter of [her father] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 69] and [her mother] Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of William John Kerr 5th Marquess Lothian [aged 56] and Elizabeth Fortescue 5th Marchioness Lothian.

On 3rd August 1793 [her father] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 69] died. His half brother [her uncle] George [aged 61] succeeded 3rd Earl Buckinghamshire, 3rd Baron Hobart, 7th Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. Albinia Bertie Countess Buckinghamshire [aged 54] by marriage Countess Buckinghamshire. [her sister] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 31] inherited Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map].

In 1794 [her brother-in-law] Robert Stewart 2nd Marquess Londonderry [aged 24] and [her half-sister] Amelia Hobart Marchioness Londonderry [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of [her father] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire and Caroline Conolly Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 54] and Sarah Frances Seymour-Conway.

On 4th February 1795 George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 74] died. His son [her brother-in-law] Richard [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 3rd Baron Edgcumbe. [her sister] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe [aged 27] by marriage Countess of Mount Edgcumbe.

On 14th July 1805 [her sister] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 43] died.

In 1806 [her sister] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe [aged 38] died.

On 4th February 1810 Harbord Morden aka Harbord 1st Baron Suffield [aged 76] died. His son [her future husband] William [aged 43] succeeded 2nd Baron Suffield, 3rd Baronet Harbord of Suffield in Norfolk. Caroline Hobart Baroness Suffield by marriage Baroness Suffield.

Before 7th February 1821 William Assheton Harbord 2nd Baron Suffield [aged 54] and Caroline Hobart Baroness Suffield were married. She the daughter of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire. They were half second cousins.

On 6th April 1821 Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 81] died. His son [her brother-in-law] Robert [aged 51] succeeded 2nd Marquess Londonderry. [her half-sister] Amelia Hobart Marchioness Londonderry [aged 49] by marriage Marchioness Londonderry.

On 1st August 1821 [her husband] William Assheton Harbord 2nd Baron Suffield [aged 54] died. His brother [her brother-in-law] Edward [aged 39] succeeded 3rd Baron Suffield, 4th Baronet Harbord of Suffield in Norfolk. Georgiana Venables-Vernon Baroness Suffield [aged 35] by marriage Baroness Suffield.

After 1st August 1821. St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map]. Memorial to [her former husband] William Assheton Harbord 2nd Baron Suffield [deceased] erected by his widow Caroline Hobart Baroness Suffield.

On 12th February 1829 [her half-sister] Amelia Hobart Marchioness Londonderry [aged 56] died.

In 1850 Caroline Hobart Baroness Suffield died.