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Vere Hobart, Lord Hobart

1818 – 1875

British peer and colonial administrator

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Lived 1818 – 1875 (aged 56). Vere Hobart, Lord Hobart was a civil servant.

Vere Henry Hobart, Lord Hobart (8 December 1818 – 27 April 1875) was a British colonial administrator.

Hobart was born in Welbourn, Lincolnshire to Augustus Hobart-Hampden, 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire and Mary Williams, daughter of Welsh barrister John Williams. In 1840, he graduated from Trinity College, Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A). Following the death of his grandfather in 1849, his father succeeded to the earldom and Vere was styled as Lord Hobart (his father's courtesy title).

On 4 August 1853, he married Mary Katherine Carr, daughter of the former Bishop of Bombay Rt. Revd. Thomas Carr and Catherine Emily MacMahon. He worked as a clerk in the Board of Trade in 1842. He was the private secretary to Sir George Grey at the Home Office in 1855. On 30 May 1856, he matriculated from Trinity College. He was the Governor of Madras from 15 May 1872 till his death on 27 April 1875, decessit vita patris. He died unexpectedly at Government House, Madras of typhoid fever.

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Trinity College
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Governor of Madras
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Vere Henry Hobart

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Who was Vere Hobart, Lord Hobart?

British peer and colonial administrator (1818-1875)

When was Vere Hobart, Lord Hobart born?

Vere Hobart, Lord Hobart was born on 8 December 1818 in Lincolnshire.

When did Vere Hobart, Lord Hobart die?

Vere Hobart, Lord Hobart died on 27 April 1875 in Chennai.

What was Vere Hobart, Lord Hobart's occupation?

Vere Hobart, Lord Hobart was a civil servant.

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· Wikipedia: Vere Hobart, Lord Hobart

· Wikidata: Q7921181

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