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Hobart, of Intwood, co. Norfolk (E Baronet, 1611)

Creation: let.pat. 11 May 1611

Family name: Hobart

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Arms:

Sable an Estoile of six rays Or between two Flaunches Ermine

Crest:

A Bull passant per pale Sable and Gules bezanty in the nose a Ring Or

Motto:

Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum (No steps backwards)

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Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Bt.

2nd son of Thomas Hobart, of Plumstead, co. Norfolk, by his wife Audrey Hare, dau. of William Hare, of Beeston, co. Norfolk

born

mar.

21 Apr 1590 Dorothy Bell (bapt. 19 Oct 1572; bur. 30 Apr 1641 at Blickling, co. Norfolk), dau. of Sir Robert Bell, of Beaupre Hall, in Outwell, co. Norfolk, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, by his wife Dorothy Beaupre, dau. of Edmund Beaupre, of Beaupre Hall, co. Norfolk

children

1. Henry Hobart (b. 28 Apr 1591; dvp. bef. 17 Nov 1619)

2. Sir John Hobart, 2nd Bt.

3. Sir Miles Hobart, of Plumstead, co. Norfolk (b. 12 Apr 1595; bur. 6 Dec 1639 in St Paul's, Covent Garden), mar. Frances Peyton, 6th dau. of Sir John Peyton, 1st Bt., of Iselham, co. Cambridge, by his wife Alice Osborne, 1st dau. of Sir Edward Osborne, Lord Mayor of London 1583, and had issue:

1a. Sir John Hobart, 3rd Bt.

1a. Alice Hobart, mar. 1651 John Jermy, of Bayfield, co. Norfolk (b. c. 1629; d. 1679), and had issue

4. Henry Hobart (b. 17 Nov 1619)

1. Dorothy Hobart (b. 14 Mar 1591/2; dsp. 11 Apr 1624; bur. at Chilton, co. Suffolk), mar. 19 Jan 1606/7 as his first wife Sir Robert Crane, 1st Bt., of Chilton, co. Suffolk

2. Mary Hobart

3. Elizabeth Hobart (b. 17 Mar 1608; d. 15 Mar 1633), mar. as his first wife John Lisle, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas (b. c. 1608; d. 11 Aug 1664/5), and had issue

4. Francis Hobart (dspm. 21 May 1632; bur. at Highgate, co. Middlesex), mar. 14 May 1629 as his first wife Sir Thomas Hewett, 1st Bt., of Pishobury in Sawbridgeworth, co. Hertford, and had issue

died

29 Dec 1625 (bur. at Blickling, co. Norfolk)

created

11 May 1611 a Baronet of England, styled "of Intwood, co. Norfolk"

suc. by

son

note

admitted to Lincoln's Inn 1575; barrister 1584; Member of Parliament for St Ives 1588-89, for Yarmouth 1597 and 1601, and for Norwich 1604-11; Steward of Norwich 1595; purchased the estate of Intwood, co. Norfolk, 1596 and that of Blickling, co. Norfolk, in 1616; Lent Reader 1601 and 1603; knighted 1603; Serjeant-at-Law 1603-06; Attorney of the Court of Wards 1605; Attorney-General 1606-13; Chancellor to Henry, Prince of Wales, and 1617 to Charles, Prince of Wales; Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas 1613-25

Sir John Hobart, 2nd Bt.

born

19 Apr 1593

mar. (1)

Lady Philippa Sydney (d. 24 Sep 1620; bur. at Blickling, co. Norfolk), 3rd dau. of Robert [Sydney], 1st Earl of Leicester, by his first wife Barbara Gamage, dau. and hrss. of John Gamage, of Coity, co. Glamorgan

only child by first wife

1. Dorothy Hobart (bapt. 1 Jan 1619/20; bur. 7 Feb 1662/3 at St Andrew's, Holborn), mar. (1) Hugh Rogers, of Conington, co. Somerset, (2) Sir John Hele (d. after 1645), and (3) c. 1 Apr 1661 William [Crofts], 1st Baron Crofts

mar. (2)

Feb 1621 Lady Frances Egerton (d. 27 Nov 1664; bur. at Blickling, co. Norfolk), 1st dau. of John [Egerton], 1st Earl of Bridgwater, by his wife Lady Frances Stanley, 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Ferdinando [Stanley], 5th Earl of Derby

only child by second wife

2. Philippa Hobart (bapt. 12 Oct 1635; bur. sp. 19 Jan 1654/5 at Blickling, co. Norfolk), mar. her cousin Sir John Hobart, 3rd Bt.

died

s.p.m.s. 20 Apr 1647 (bur. at Blickling, co. Norfolk)

suc. by

nephew

note

knighted 1611; Member of Parliament for Cambridge 1621-22, for Lostwithiel 1624-25, for Brackley 1626, and for Norfolk 1645-47

Sir John Hobart, 3rd Bt.

bapt.

20 Mar 1627/8

mar. (1)

his cousin Philippa Hobart (bapt. 12 Oct 1635; bur. sp. 19 Jan 1654/5 at Blickling, co. Norfolk), dau .and hrss. of his uncle Sir John Hobart, 2nd Bt., of Blickling, co. Norfolk, by his second wife Lady Frances Egerton, 1st dau. of John [Egerton], 1st Earl of Bridgwater

mar. (2)

Jun 1656 Mary Hammond (bapt. 1 May 1630; widow of Col Robert Hammond; d. betw. 7 Jan 1686 and 2 May 1689), 6th dau. of John Hampden "the Great Patriot", of Great Hampden, co. Buckingham, by his first wife Elizabeth Simeon, dau. and hrss. of Edward Simeon, of Pirton, co. Oxford

children by second wife

1. Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Bt.

2. James Hobart (bur. vp. 22 Oct 1676)

3. Brig John Hobart, Governor of Pendennis Castle, co. Cornwall (d. 7 Nov 1734)

4. Thomas Hobart, of Lincoln's Inn, co. Middlesex (d. unm.)

1. Philippa Hobart (b. c. 1661; dsps. after 23 Apr 1683), mar. after 28 Apr 1680 as his first wife Sir Charles Pye, 2nd Bt., of Hone in Marston-on-Dove, co. Derby, and had issue

2. Mary Hobart (d. unm.)

died

22 Aug 1683 (bur. at Blickling, co. Norfolk)

suc. by

son by second wife

note

Member of Parliament for Norfolk 1654-55, 1656-58, 1673, 1678-79 and 1681; sum by writ to Cromwell's "House of Lords" 1657-58; Sheriff of Norfolk 1665-66 ; he entertained King Charles II at Blickling 1671

Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Bt.

born

c. 1658

mar.

9 Jul 1684 Elizabeth Maynard (d. 22 Aug 1701; bur. at Blickling, co. Norfolk), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Joseph Maynard, of Clifton Reynes, co. Buckingham (by his Mary Mosley, dau. of Sir Edward Mosley, 1st Bt., of Rolleston, co. Stafford), son and heir ap. of Sir John Maynard, Serjeant-at-Law

children

1. Sir John Hobart, 5th Bt., later 1st Baron Hobart later 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire

1. Henrietta Hobart, a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Caroline 1714-31, Groom of the Stole to Queen Caroline 1731-34 and mistress of her husband King George II (d. 26 Jul 1767), mar. (1) 2 Mar 1705/6 Charles [Howard], 9th Earl of Suffolk, and (2) 26 Jun 1735 Hon George Berkeley MP, Master of St Katherine's Hospital (dsps. 29 Oct 1746), 3rd son of Charles [Berkeley], 2nd Earl of Berkeley, and had issue by both husbands

2. Catherine Hobart (d. 2 Jun 1725), mar. Lieut Gen Charles Churchill MP (d. 1745)

3. Dorothy Hobart (d. Sep 1722)

died

21 Aug 1698 (bur. at Blickling, co. Norfolk)

suc. by

son

note

knighted 1671; Member of Parliament for King's Lynn 1681, for Norfolk 1689-90 and 1695-98, and for Beeralston 1694-95; General of the Horse to King William III, whom he attended at the Battle of the Boyne 1690; he was killed in a duel on Chawston Heath

Sir John Hobart, 5th Bt., later 1st Baron Hobart later 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire, KB PC

created

28 May 1728 Baron Hobart, of Blickling in the County of Norfolk

5 Sep 1746 Earl of Buckinghamshire

The Baronetcy has been held by the Barons Hobart (Earls of Buckinghamshire from 5 Sep 1746) since 28 May 1728.

First written 7 May 2012

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