JAMES HOBART
(Second Earl of Buckinghampshire)
Second Earl of Buckinghampshire. The 1st Amendment was passed with a historical background of the press and its influence vexing English government, even in Ireland.
Second Earl of Buckinghampshire. For a substantial portion of the English rule over Ireland, the post of Viceroy and Lord Lieutenant were particularly difficult and often undesirable posts.
Hobart, John (1723–93), politician, 2nd earl of Buckinghamshire and lord lieutenant of Ireland, was born 17 August 1723, eldest surviving son of John Hobart, British MP and later 1st earl of Buckinghamshire, and his first wife Judith, daughter and coheir of Robert Britiffe. Educated at Westminster school and Christ's College, Cambridge, he became MP for Norwich (1747–56). Lord of the bedchamber to both George II (1756–60) and George III (1760–67), he was envoy to the court of St Petersburg (1762–5).
