James Hobart Quotes


I am a man whose mind has been ulcerated with a variety of embarrassments for 30 weary months.


Context

Second Earl of Buckinghampshire. For a substantial portion of the English rule over Ireland, the post of Viceroy and Lord Lieutenant were particularly difficult and often undesirable posts.


Citations

James Hobart, 1723-1793, English Viceroy of Ireland, Description of his tenure of office

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Biography

Hobart, John (1723–93), politician, 2nd earl of Buckinghamshire and lord lieutenant of Ireland, was born 17 August 1723, eldest surviving son of John Hobart, British MP and later 1st earl of Buckinghamshire, and his first wife Judith, daughter and coheir of Robert Britiffe. Educated at Westminster school and Christ's College, Cambridge, he became MP for Norwich (1747–56). Lord of the bedchamber to both George II (1756–60) and George III (1760–67), he was envoy to the court of St Petersburg (1762–5).