Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire, PC (6 May 1760 – 4 February 1816), known as Lord Hobart from 1793 to 1804, was a Tory Party politician of the late 18th and early 19th century.
Buckinghamshire was the son of George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire and Albinia Bertie, granddaughter of Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven.
He later served as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1801 to 1804, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1805 and again in 1812, as Postmaster General from 1806 to 1807 and as President of the Board of Control from 1812 to 1816.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE The first earl of Buckinghamshire (to be distinguished from the earls of Buckingham, q.v.) was John Hobart (c.
In 1740 Hobart became lordlieutenant of Norfolk and in 1746 earl of Buckinghamshire, his sister, Henrietta Howard, countess of Suffolk, being the mistress of George II.
Robert Hobart, 4th earl of Buckinghamshire (1760-1816), the eldest son of the 3rd earl, was born on the 6th of May 1760.
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