520 HERA 
groom of the bed-chamber to the king, married to 
L' uifa, coi»ntefs' of Mansfield, and filler of the prefent 
vifcount Cathcart, -nd has iffue, Georgiana-Mprray- 
Greville, boi n J tily 28, 1798, and Louifa-Murray.\Gre- 
ville, horn February 8, 1800; Anne, born Auguft 26, 
1760, died May 26, 1783. HL lordfhip, dying July 6, 1773, 
Was fucceeded by George, the prefent and fecond earl. 
Creations. — Baron Brooke, January 9, 1620; Earl 
Brooke, July 7, >746 ; and earl of Warwick, November 
27, 1759- 
Residences. —Warwick Cafile, in the county of 
Warwick ; and Ealing, in the county of Middlefex.— 
Armoriai. Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto. — Vix ea noflra voco. —“ I can fcarcely call 
thefe tilings our own.” . 
HOBART, EARL OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 
ROBERT HOBART, Earl of BUCKINGHAM¬ 
SHIRE, Baron Hobart of Blickling, and a Baronet; 
fucceeded his father, the late earl, November 14, 1804; 
born May 6, 1760; Clerk of the Pleas in the Exchequer 
in Ireland, and a Privy Counfellor there, and was called 
by writ to the Houfe of Peers, November 30, 1798, 
during the life-time of his father, as baron Hobart, 
He married, firfi, January 4, 1792, Margaretta, relift 
of Thomas Adderley, of Innilhannon, in the county of 
Cork, efq. by which lady, who died Augult 9, 1796, he 
has illue, Jane, born February 22, 1794. The earl mar¬ 
ried, fecondly, June i, 1799* Eleanor-Agnes Eden, 
daughter of lord Auckland. 
The family of Hobart .was of confiderable eminence in 
the reign of Richard II. James Hobart, in the reign of 
Henry VII. was conftituted, July 8, i486, his majefty’s 
attorney-general, and died in 1507. Henry, his great- 
grandfon, was alfo appointed, July 4,'1606, attorney- 
general to James I. Fie was advanced, May 22, 1611, 
to the degree of a baronet; and farther promoted, No¬ 
vember 26, 1613, to the office of lord chief juftice of the 
court of common pleas. He died December 26, 1625, 
leaving iffue, 1. Sir John, fecond baronet. 2. Sir Miles 
Hobart, knight, who diftinguifiied himfelf in the oppo- 
- fition to Charles I. and was imprifoiied in 1629, for 
detaining the fpeakev in the chair of the houfe of com¬ 
mons, after the king had commanded his prefence in the 
houfe of lords. He was liberated from confinement in 
1631, and died in 1639. The parliament retained fo 
high a fenfe of his fervices, that in 1646 they voted the 
fum of five thoufand pounds to be given to his family, 
as a fmall acknowledgment of his merits. Sir Henry, 
fourth baronet, grandfon of fir Miles, was a zealous 
advocate for the meafure of the revolution; and was 
killed in d duel by Oliver Le Neve, efq. in 1699. 
Sir John, fifth baronet, his fon, was by George II. 
created baron Hobart of Blickling, and appointed, De¬ 
cember 24, 1744, captain of the band of gentlemen 
penfioners. He was two years after created earl of 
BuckingKamfliire.- He married, firfi, Judith, daughter 
of Robert Britiffe, of Bqconfthorpe, in the county of 
Norfolk, efquire; by which lady he had iffue Henry, 
who died an infant ; John, the late earl ; Robert, who 
died May 22, 1733 ; alfo five daughters, of whom Do¬ 
rothy married fir Charles-Hotham Tliompfon, bart. and 
died in 1798, having had iffue one daughter, Henrietta. 
He married, fecondly,Elizabeth, fifterto Robert Briftow, 
efq. and by her, had iffue, George, the third earl ; Hen¬ 
ry, married, in July 1761, to Anne-Margaret, daughter 
of John Briftow, efq. by whom he had iffue, j. Anne- 
Catharine, married to Montagu Wilkinfon, efq. 2. Ma. 
ria-Anne, married to captain Frazer. 3. Leonora. 
4. Henry. His lordfhip dying September 22, 1756, was 
fucceeded by his Ion, John, thfe fecond earl, born in 
1 722 ; married to Mary-Anne, daughter and co-heir of 
lir Thomas Drury, baronet, and by her, who died De¬ 
cember 30, 1769, had iffue, Harriet, married to Armar 
Corry, firft earl of Belmore, which marriage was difi. 
folved by ait of parliament in J792; and Ihe married, 
LDRY. 
the fame month, William earl of Ancram, eldeft fon of 
John marquis of Lothian ; Caroline, born February 24, 
1767, married to William-Aftieton Haibord, eldeft fon 
of lord Suffield ; Sophia, married to Richard car! of 
Mount-Edgecombe, died in Auguft 1806, leaving iffue. 
The earl married, fecondly, September 24, 1770, Caro¬ 
line, daughter of William ConoHy, efq. of Ireland, and 
by her had iffue, John, who died jn December 1775; 
Henry-Philip, who died February 15, 1776 ; George, 
died on October 30, 1778 ; Amelia, married to Robert 
vifcount Caftlereagb. His lordfhip died Auguft 3, 1793; 
and was fucceeded by his brother, George, the third 
earl, who married, in May 1737, Alhinia, daughter and 
co-heir of lord Vere Bertie, fon of Robert, firft duke of 
Ancafter, by whom he had iffue, George, who died 
young; Robert, the prefent earl; Henry-Lewis, pre. 
bendary of Canterbury, and reftor of Chipping-Warden, 
in Northampton (hire ; George-Vere, died December 
1802, having married Mifs Macleane, daughter of colo¬ 
nel Macleane, of Coll, in North Britain ; Albinia, born 
in 1759, married to - Cumberland, efq. Henrietta- 
Anne-Barbara, married the right honourable John Sul¬ 
livan, by whom ftie has iffue; Charlotte, married to 
Edward-Defborough Taylor, efq. Maria-Anne, married 
to George, third earl of Guildford, and died in 1794* 
leaving a daughter, Maria, born December 26, 1793. 
The earl died November 14, 1804, and was fucceeded 
by his eldeft fon, Robert, fourth and prefent earl. 
Creations. — Baron Hobart of Blicking, in the coun¬ 
ty of Norfolk, May 28, 1728. Earl of Buckingham- 
ftiire, September 5, 1746. 
Residences. —Notton-houfe, Lincolnfliire; and R.oe- 
liampton, in Surrey.—Town-houfe, St. James’s-fquare. 
Armorial Bearings. —See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— AuElor preciofa facit. —“ The founder makes 
it more valuable.” 
FITZWILLIAM, EARL FITZWILLIAM. 
WILLI AM-WENT WORTH FITZWILLIAM, 
Earl FITZWILLIAM, Vifcount Milton, Lord Fitz- 
william, and Baron of Milton, in England; alfo Earl 
Fitzwiliiam, Vifcount Milton, and Baron Fitzwilliam, 
of Lifford in Ireland ; Lord Lieutenant and Cuftos Ro- 
tulorum of the Weft Ridingof Yorkfliire, High Steward 
of Hull, Cuftos Rotulorum of the Soke of Peterborough, 
and Recorder of Higham Ferrers ; born May 30, 1748 ; 
fucceeded his father, the late earl, Auguft 9, 1756; 
married, July 11, 1770, Charlotte Ponfonby, youngeft 
daughter of William, fecond earl of Befborough, by 
Caroline Cavendifti, eldeft daughter of William, third 
duke of Devonlhire, by whom he has iffue, Charles- 
William, vifcount Milton, heir apparent, born May 4, 
1786, married, July 8, 1806, Charlotte, daughter of 
Thomas lord Dundas, by lady Charlotte Fitzwilliam, 
daughter of William, firft earl Fitzwilliam, and has 
iffue a daughter, born July 12, 1807. 
The family of Fitzwiliiam is delcended from fir Wil¬ 
liam Fitzgodric, coufin to Edward the Confeffor. Sir 
William Fitzwilliam, his fon, was appointed by that 
monarch ambafiador to the court of William duke of 
Normandy, afterwards William I. furnamed the Con¬ 
queror ; and attending.that monarch in his expedition 
into England, in the quality of marftial of his army, he 
fignalized his valour at the battle of Haftings, Otlo«. 
ber 34, 1066. Sir William, third in defcent from fir 
William, married Ela, daughter of William de War- 
renne earl of Surrey, great-grand fon of William the Con¬ 
queror. Sir William, his grandfon, married Ela, daugh¬ 
ter ofHameline Plantagenet earl of Surrey, natural bro¬ 
ther to Henry II. Sir John, fifth in defcent from fir Wil¬ 
liam, Bad iffue, 1. William. 2. Edmund, whole great- 
grandfon, fir Thomas, had iffue three ions ; Thomas and 
John, killed at the battle of Flodden-field; and William, 
who was appointed by Henry VIII. in 1533,lord keeper of 
the privy feal; and exchanged that office, Aug. 16,1536, 
for the appointment of lord high admiral of England and 
Ireland. 
