Robert Hobart 4th Earl Buckinghamshire 1760-1816

On 16th May 1757 [his father] George Hobart 3rd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 25] and [his mother] Albinia Bertie Countess Buckinghamshire [aged 18] were married at Chislehurst, Kent. He the son of [his grandfather] John Hobart 1st Earl Buckinghamshire and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Bristow Countess Buckinghamshire.

On 6th May 1760 Robert Hobart was born to George Hobart 3rd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 28] and Albinia Bertie Countess Buckinghamshire [aged 21] at Hampden House, Great Hampden.

In 1784 Robert Hobart [aged 23] was elected MP Portarlington which seat he held until 1790.

On 30th September 1785 [his brother-in-law] George Augustus North 3rd Earl Guildford [aged 28] and [his sister] Maria Frances Hobart Countess Guilford [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of [his father] George Hobart 3rd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 54] and [his mother] Albinia Bertie Countess Buckinghamshire [aged 46]. He the son of Frederick North 2nd Earl Guildford [aged 53] and Anne Speke Countess Guilford [aged 45]. They were fifth cousin once removed.

In 1788 Robert Hobart [aged 27] was elected MP Bramber which seat he held until 1790. He sat concurrently in the Houses of Commons of Ireland and Great Britain.

In 1790 Robert Hobart [aged 29] was elected MP Armagh Borough which seat he held until 1797.

In 1790 Robert Hobart [aged 29] was elected MP Lincoln which seat he held until 1796. He sat concurrently in the Houses of Commons of Ireland and Great Britain.

Before 1791 Thomas Adderley [aged 78] and [his future wife] Margaretta Bourke [aged 35] were married. The difference in their ages was 43 years.

In 1792 Robert Hobart [aged 31] and Margaretta Bourke [aged 37] were married. He the son of George Hobart 3rd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 60] and Albinia Bertie Countess Buckinghamshire [aged 53].

On 5th August 1792 Frederick North 2nd Earl Guildford [aged 60] died. His son [his brother-in-law] George [aged 34] succeeded 3rd Earl Guildford, 9th Baron North, 5th Baron Guildford. [his sister] Maria Frances Hobart Countess Guilford [aged 30] by marriage Countess Guildford.

In 1793 Robert Hobart [aged 32] was appointed Governor of Madras which office he held until 1798.

In 1793 [his daughter] Sarah Albinia Louisa Hobart was born to Robert Hobart 4th Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 32] and [his wife] Margaretta Bourke [aged 38]. She married 1814 Frederick John Robinson 1st Earl Ripon, son of Thomas Robinson 2nd Baron Grantham and Mary Jemima Yorke Baroness Grantham, and had issue.

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

On 23rd April 1794 [his sister] Maria Frances Hobart Countess Guilford [aged 32] died.

On 9th March 1796 Alan Hyde Gardner 2nd Baron Gardner [aged 26] and [his step-daughter] Maria Elizabeth Adderley Baroness Gardner [aged 20] were married at either Fort George, Chennai, or Fort George, West Indies.

On 7th August 1796 [his wife] Margaretta Bourke [aged 41] died. She was buried at St Mary's Church, Madras.

In 1797 Robert Hobart [aged 36] by writ of acceleration 4th Baron Hobart.

In 1799 Robert Hobart [aged 38] and Eleanor Eden [aged 22] were married. He the son of George Hobart 3rd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 67] and Albinia Bertie Countess Buckinghamshire [aged 60].

On 14th November 1804 [his father] George Hobart 3rd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 73] died. His son Robert [aged 44] succeeded 4th Earl Buckinghamshire, 8th Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. [his wife] Eleanor Eden [aged 27] by marriage Countess Buckinghamshire.

In 1814 [his son-in-law] Frederick John Robinson 1st Earl Ripon [aged 31] and Sarah Albinia Louisa Hobart [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Robert Hobart 4th Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 53] and Margaretta Bourke.

On 28th May 1814 [his father-in-law] William Eden 1st Baron Auckland [aged 69] died. His son [his brother-in-law] George [aged 29] succeeded 2nd Baron Auckland of West Auckland.

On 4th February 1816 Robert Hobart 4th Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 55] died from a fall from a horse. His nephew George [aged 26] succeeded 5th Earl Buckinghamshire, 5th Baron Hobart, 9th Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. Monument at All Saints' Church, Nocton [Map] sculpted by John "The Younger" Bacon [aged 39].

George Hobart-Hampden 5th Earl of Buckinghamshire: On 1st May 1789 he was born to George Vere Hobart. On 1st February 1849 George Hobart-Hampden 5th Earl of Buckinghamshire died. His brother Augustus succeeded 6th Earl Buckinghamshire, 6th Baron Hobart, 10th Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk.

In October 1851 [his former wife] Eleanor Agnes Eden Countess Buckinghamshire [aged 74] died.