NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hobart, Robert, Earl of Buckinghamshire, 1760-1816 NRA: Hobart Robert (1760-1816) 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire statesman DNB: Hobart, Robert, fourth earl of Buckinghamshire (1760–1816), politician LBT ID: LdBucki4 VIAF ID: 38404156 LOC ID: n86135553 | B/BAP: 1760-05-06 DIED: 1816-02-04 |
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Son of the third earl (d. 1804); educated at Winchester, he was chief secretary for
Ireland (1789-93), governor of Madras (1794-98), secretary for war and the colonies
(1801-04), president of the Board of Control (1812-16). | |