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Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet (c. 1658 – 21 August 1698) was an English politician. August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Events January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. ...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2005 est. ...
The son of Sir John Hobart, 3rd Baronet and Mary Hampden was knighted in Blickling in Norfolk, by King Charles II on 29 September 1671 and succeeded to his father's baronetcy on 22 August 1683. Hobart was Member of Parliament (MP) for King's Lynn from 1681 to 1685, for Thetford from January to February 1689, for Norfolk from 1689 to 1690 and from 1695 to 1698, and for Bere Alston from 1694 to 1695. Blickling is a village and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England, about 1½ miles north-west of Aylsham. ...
Norfolk (pronounced IPA: ) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ...
Charles II King of England, Scotland and Ireland Charles II (29 May 1630–6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 30 January 1649 (de jure) or 29 May 1660 (de facto) until his death. ...
September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Events May 9 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. ...
A baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart, modern abbreviation Bt) is the holder of a species of knighthood known as a baronetcy. ...
August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ...
Events June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the worlds first university museum. ...
A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ...
Kings Lynn was a constituency which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 18885, and one member thereafter. ...
Thetford was a constituency of the British House of Commons. ...
Hobart served in the Army of King William III as General of the Horse, and fought in the Battle of the Boyne as his Equerry. He was killed in a duel with Oliver Le Neve in Cawston Heath and was buried in Bickling on 26 August 1698. His opponent was found guilty of manslaughter. William III of England (The Hague,14 November 1650 â Hampton Court, 8 March 1702; also known as William II of Scotland and William III of Orange) was a Dutch aristocrat and a Protestant Prince of Orange from his birth, Stadtholder of the United Netherlands from 28 June 1672, King of...
Combatants Jacobite Forces -6000 French troops, 19,000 Irish Catholic troops Williamite Forces -English, Scottish, Dutch, Danish, Huguenot and Ulster Protestant troops Commanders James VII and II William III of England Strength 25,000 36,000 Casualties ~1,500 ~750 William III (William of Orange) King of England, Scotland and...
The Master of the Horse was (and in some cases, is) a historical position of varying importance in several European nations. ...
August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ...
Events January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. ...
On 9 July 1684, Hobart married Elizabeth Maynard, daughter of Joseph Maynard. They had three children: July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ...
Events France under Louis XIV makes Truce of Ratisbon separately with the Empire and Spain. ...
Henrietta Howard (1688 - July 26, 1767), was a mistress of King George II of Great Britain. ...
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