Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire

The Right Honourable Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire, P.C.
*Born: 6 May 1760
*Died: 4 February 1816
==Known as==
*1760-1784: Robert Hobart, Esq.
*1784-1789: Robert Hobart, Esq., M.P.
*1789-1793: The Rt. Hon. Robert Hobart, M.P.
*1793-1797: The Rt. Hon. Robert Hobart, commonly called Lord Hobart, M.P.
*1797-1798: The Rt. Hon. Robert Hobart, commonly called Lord Hobart
*1798-1804: The Lord Hobart, P.C.
*1804-1816: The Earl of Buckinghamshire, P.C.
==Education==
*Westminster School
==Political Offices==
*Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1789-1793
*Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, 1801-1804
*Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1805, 1812
*Postmaster-General, 1806-1807
*President of the Board of Control, 1812-1816
==Colonial Offices==
*Governor of Madras, 1793-1798
==Sinecures==
*Clerk of the Pleas of the Exchequer, 1798-1816
==Peerage Titles==
*1798 - summoned to parliament by a writ of acceleration as Baron Hobart (Peerage of Great Britain)
*1804 - inherited his father's title of Earl of Buckinghamshire (Peerage of Great Britain)
==Privy Council==
*Irish Privy Counsellor, 1789
*Privy Counsellor, 1791
==Parliamentary Seats==
===Parliament of Great Britain===
*Member of Parliament for Bamber, 1788-1790
*Member of Parliament for Lincoln, 1790-1796
===Parliament of Ireland===
*Member of Parliament for Portarlington, 1784-1790
*Member of Parliament for Armagh, 1790-1797
==Military Ranks==
*Captain, 1778
*Major, 1783
==Military Units==
*30th Regiment of Foot, 1776-1783
*18th Light Dragoons, 1783-1784
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Hobart, Robert, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire
Category:Secretaries of State
Category:Secretaries of State for War and the Colonies