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Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet SL (1 January 1560 – 29 December 1625), of Blickling Hall, was an English politician who succeeded Sir Edward Coke to become Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.
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b. c.1554, 2nd s. of Thomas Hobart (d.1560) of Plumstead, Norf. and Audrey, da. of William Hare of Beeston, Norf.1 educ. Peterhouse, Camb. 1570; Furnival’s Inn; L. Inn 1575,2 called 1584.3 m. settlement 20 Apr. 1590 (with £500),4 Dorothy (bur. 30 Apr. 1641),5 da. of Sir Robert Bell†, c. bar. exch. of Beaupré Hall, Outwell, Norf., 12s. 4da. kntd. 23...
Assoc. bencher, L. Inn 1583, gov. 1591, bencher 1596-1603, Lent reader 1601, 1603, 1608, 1610, double reader 1602, marshal 1600-1, treas. 1606-7;9 under-steward, Gt. Yarmouth, Norf. 1590-1605, steward, Norwich, Norf. 1595-1618;10 fee’d counsel, King’s Lynn, Norf. 1594,11 Gt. Yarmouth 1596;12 sjt.-at-law 1603-5; att. Ct. of Wards 1605-6; att.-gen. 1...
Established in East Anglia for many centuries, the Hobart family rose to prominence through Sir James Hobart of Hales Hall, attorney-general and privy councillor to Henry VII. Hobart attended Cambridge University before entering Lincoln’s Inn in 1576.35 In 1583 he was made an associate bencher, and in the following year was called to the bar.36Appo...
Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet (1657 – 21 August 1698) was an English Whig politician and baronet. He represented several seats in the House of Commons of England between 1681 and 1698, when he was killed in a duel with Oliver Le Neve.
Aug 5, 2024 · Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet Hobart, was a member of Parliment from 1588-1589, 1597-1601, and 1604-1611. He was Attorney General for England and Wales, from 1606-1613, and chief Justice of the Court of Common pleas from 1613-1625 (his death).
- December 29, 1625
Jan 12, 2024 · He died on 21 August 1698 at Cawston Heath, England, killed in a duel with Oliver Le Neve (who was found guilty of manslaughter). Hobart was buried in the Blickling family vault. A plinth with urn, called the Duel Stone, which commemorates the duel, stands in a National Trust plot on Norwich Road in Cawston.
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- August 21, 1698
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Mar 25, 2024 · Henry Hobart died December 29, 1625, in Blickling, Norfolk, England, about 72 years old. His wife, Dorothy (Bell) Hobart died April 30, 1641, in Convent Garden, Middlesex, England, at the age of 89. Source: Summary of the Hubbard Family. genyourway.com
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Within a fortnight another customs commissioner had died, and Hobart was not overlooked again. The day after the vacancy occurred, Trumbull, on Sunderland’s order, ‘sent for him to town’, and by 5 June it was known that he was to be appointed.
