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The Honourable George Vere Hobart (1761 – 5 November 1802)[1] was a British politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Grenada, West Indies. He was the father of the 5th Earl of Buckinghamshire.

Hobart was a younger son of George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire and his wife Albinia Bertie, the daughter of Lord Vere Bertie, who was, in turn, a son of the 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven.[2] His elder brother was the Tory politician Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire. His younger brother was the Anglican priest the Hon. Henry Hobart.[2]

Hobart served as a Lieutenant Governor of Canada.[2] He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Grenada in 1802, being subordinate to Lord Seaforth, Governor of Barbados. His term as the first Lieutenant Governor of Grenada was to be less than a year as he died on 5 November 1802, aged 41, after contracting yellow fever.[1] Coun Douly Rankin was responsible for escorting back his widow Janet and daughter Vere, the latter being posthumously-born on the return voyage.[1]

Family

Hobart married firstly Jane Cataneo, the daughter of Horace Cataneo, Esq. of Leeds, Yorkshire.[2] They had three children:

He married secondly Janet Maclean, the daughter of Colonel Alexander Roy Maclean, 15th of Coll and Catherine Cameron, the daughter of Allan Cameron, 5th of Glendessary.[2] They had one daughter:

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  2. 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 Mosley, Charles, ed. (1999). "Buckinghamshire". Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Vol. 1 (106th ed.). pp. 577-578.