John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton and 2nd Baronet, PC (1786–1869) was the eldest son of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, born at Redland near Bristol, educated at Westminster School and at Cambridge, where he became intimate with Lord Byron, and accompanied him in his journeys in the Peninsula, Greece, and Turkey, and acted as his "best man". In 1816 he was with him after his separation from his wife, and contributed notes to the fourth canto of Childe Harold, which was dedicated to him. 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bristol is a city in south-western England, through which flows the River Avon. ... Motto: Dat Deus Incrementum Westminster School (in full, The Royal College of St. ... The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the regional centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... Lord Byron, English poet Lord Byron (1803), as painted by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824) was the most widely read English language poet of his day. ... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

On his return he threw himself into politics with great energy as an advanced Radical, and wrote various pamphlets, for one of which he was in 1819 imprisoned in Newgate. In the following year he entered Parliament, sitting for Westminster. 1819 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Newgate was a gate in the west of London Wall round the City of London. ...

After the attainment of power by the Whigs he held various offices, including those of Secretary at War, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and President of the Board of Control. The Secretary at War was a position with some responsibility over the administration of the British military. ... The Chief Secretary was the most important position for determining Ireland after the Lord Lieutenant, and was frequently a cabinet level position in the 19th and early twentieth centuries. ... The President of the Board of Control was a British government official in the late 18th and early 19th century responsible for overseeing the British East India Company and generally serving as the chief official in London responsible for Indian affairs. ...

He published Journey through Albania (1813), Historical Illustrations of the Fourth Canto of Childe Harold (1818), and Recollections of a Long Life (1865), for private circulation, and he left in MS. Diaries, Correspondence, and Memoranda, etc., not to be opened till 1900, extracts from which were published by his daughter, Lady Dorchester, also under the title of Recollections from a Long Life (1909). 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1818 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

He is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, London. His barony died with him, as he had no direct heirs, whilst the baronetcy — under an older and more lenient patent — passed to a more distant relative. Kensal Green Cemetery, located in Kensal Green, London, England, was incorporated in 1832, and is the oldest of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries still in operation. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

This article incorporates text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature is a collection of biographies of writers by John W. Cousin, published around 1910. ...

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