Robert Hobart

For other people named Robert Hobart, see Robert Hobart (disambiguation).

Sir Robert Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet, KCVO, CB (13 September 1836 – 4 August 1928) was a British Liberal Party politician.

## Biography[edit]

Hobart was the oldest son of Hon. Henry Lewis Hobart, third son of the 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire, and Charlotte Selina Moore, daughter of Richard Moore. He was a civil servant in the War Office between 1860 and 1900, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1885. In October 1901 the Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk, appointed him a Secretary to the Earl Marshal's office, to work on preparations for the 1902 coronation of King Edward VII.[1] He received the King Edward VII Coronation Medal, and on 11 August 1902 (two days after the coronation) was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) for his services.[2][3]

Hobart was the Official Verderer of the New Forest and sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for New Forest from 1906 until 1910.

On 14 July 1914, he was created a Baronet, of Langdown, in the County of Southampton.[4]

### Election results[edit]

1905 New Forest by-election[5] Electorate 10,818  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Henry Francis Compton | 4,539  | 51.1  | n/a
| Liberal | Sir Robert Henry Hobart | 4,340  | 48.9  | n/a
Turnout | 8,879  | 82.1  | n/a
Majority  | 199  | 2.2  | n/a
| Conservative hold | Swing | n/a  |
General election January 1906[6] Electorate 11,030  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Sir Robert Henry Hobart | 4,949  | 50.2  | +1.3
| Conservative | Henry Francis Compton | 4,901  | 49.8  | -1.3
Turnout | 9,850  | 89.3  | +7.2
Majority  | 48  | 0.4  | 2.6
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.3  |

## Family[edit]

On 13 May 1869, Hobart married Hon. Julia Trollope, oldest daughter of the 1st Baron Kesteven. He died in August 1928 aged 91 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his only son Claud.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "The Earl Marshal". The Times. No. 36584\. London. 12 October 1901. p. 9.
2. ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36844\. London. 12 August 1902. p. 8.
3. ^ "No. 27467". The London Gazette. 22 August 1902. p. 5461.
4. ^ "No. 28854". The London Gazette. 31 July 1914. p. 5962.
5. ^ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 by Craig
6. ^ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 by Craig

* Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

## External links[edit]

* Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert Hobart

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Preceded by

Henry Francis Compton

|  Member of Parliament for New Forest
1906 – January 1910 | Succeeded by

Walter Perkins

Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation |  Baronet
(of Langdown)
1914–1928  | Succeeded by

Claud Vere Cavendish Hobart

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