George Vere Hobart

The Honourable George Vere Hobart (1761 – 5 November 1802) 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. His elder brother was the Tory politician Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire. His younger brother was the Anglican priest the Hon. Henry Hobart.

Hobart served as a Lieutenant Governor of Canada. 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. Coun Douly Rankin was responsible for escorting back his widow Janet and daughter Vere, the latter being posthumously-born on the return voyage.

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


 * George Robert Hobart, 5th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1789–1849), who succeeded upon the death of his uncle in 1816, but died without issue
 * Augustus Edward Hobart, 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1793–1885), succeeded his brother in 1849; from whom the current Earls of Buckinghamshire descend
 * Lady Albinia Jane Hobart (died 1867), married Sir Augustus Foster, 1st Baronet

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. They had one daughter:


 * Lady Vere Catherine Louisa Hobart (1803–1888), born posthumously; married Capt. Donald Cameron, 23rd of Lochiel, Chief of Clan Cameron