Biography of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire 1723-1793

John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire were married. He the son of John Hobart 1st Earl Buckinghamshire and Judith Britiffe. They were sixth cousins.

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 John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire. It then passed to his daughter Caroline Hobart Baroness Suffield who was married to 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.

In 1717 [his father] John Hobart 1st Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 23] and [his mother] Judith Britiffe were married. She by marriage Lady Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk.

On 17th August 1723 John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire was born to [his father] John Hobart 1st Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 29] and [his mother] Judith Britiffe.

On 7th February 1727 [his mother] Judith Britiffe died.

On 10th February 1728 [his father] John Hobart 1st Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 34] and [his step-mother] Elizabeth Bristow Countess Buckinghamshire were married. She by marriage Lady Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk.

Around 1735 John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 11] educated at Westminster School [Map].

Around 1739 John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 15] educated at Christ's College, Cambridge University [Map].

In 1746 [his father] John Hobart 1st Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 52] was created 1st Earl Buckinghamshire. [his step-mother] Elizabeth Bristow Countess Buckinghamshire by marriage Countess Buckinghamshire.

In 1747 John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 23] was elected MP Norwich.

In 1755 John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 31] was appointed Comptroller of the Household.

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

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

On 17th April 1762 [his daughter] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore was born to John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 38] and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire [aged 22]. She married (1) 2nd March 1780 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore and had issue (2) 4th April 1793 William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian, son of William John Kerr 5th Marquess Lothian and Elizabeth Fortescue 5th Marchioness Lothian, and had issue.

1765. Francis Cotes [aged 38]. Portrait of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 41].

In 1768 [his daughter] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe was born to John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 44] and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire [aged 28]. She married 21st February 1789 Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, son of George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe and Emma Gilbert Countess Mount Edgcumbe, and had issue.

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

On 20th February 1772 [his daughter] Amelia Hobart Marchioness Londonderry was born to John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 48] and [his wife] Caroline Conolly Countess Buckinghamshire. She married 1794 Robert Stewart 2nd Marquess Londonderry, son of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry and Sarah Frances Seymour-Conway.

In 1776 John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 52] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

In 1780 Thomas Gainsborough [aged 52]. Portrait of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 56].

On 2nd March 1780 [his son-in-law] Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 39] and 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 John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 56] and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire.

Before 2nd August 1788 Thomas Gainsborough [aged 61]. Portrait of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 64].

On 21st February 1789 [his son-in-law] Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 24] and Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 65] and 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 4th April 1793 [his son-in-law] William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian [aged 29] and Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 30] were married. She the daughter of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 69] and 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 John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 69] died. His half brother [his half-brother] George [aged 61] succeeded 3rd Earl Buckinghamshire, 3rd Baron Hobart, 7th Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. [his sister-in-law] Albinia Bertie Countess Buckinghamshire [aged 54] by marriage Countess Buckinghamshire. [his daughter] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 31] inherited Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map].

[his daughter] Caroline Hobart Baroness Suffield was born to John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire. She married before 7th February 1821 her half second cousin William Assheton Harbord 2nd Baron Suffield, son of Harbord Morden aka Harbord 1st Baron Suffield and Mary Assheton Baroness Suffield.