Famous People with Name Hobart

Hobart Amory Hare Baker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hobart Amory Hare Baker: known as Hobey Baker, was a noted American amateur athlete of the early 20th century. He was the only member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and Hockey Hall of Fame, and U.S. college hockey's annual award for most outstanding player is named in

Hobart Baldwin Bigelow            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hobart Baldwin Bigelow: was an American politician and the 50th Governor of Connecticut. Bigelow served as councilman of New Haven from 1863 to 1876. He then served as a mayor of New Haven from 1879 to 1881. He also served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives

Garret Augustus Hobart            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Garret Augustus Hobart: was the 24th Vice President of the United States (1897-1899) and the sixth Vice President to die while in office. In addition, he served in various positions in the Republican Party: chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee, 1880–91, and the

John Sloss Hobart            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Sloss Hobart: was an American jurist and politician. He was a member of the Federalist Party who served as United States Senator from New York, and later as a United States federal judge. Hobart was member of the Committee of Correspondence in 1774. He was a Deputy to

Robert Hobart, 4th Earl Of Buckinghamshire            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Robert Hobart, 4th Earl Of Buckinghamshire: Buckinghamshire was the son of George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire and Albinia Bertie, granddaughter of Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven. He was elected Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Bramber in 1788, a seat he held until 1790, and then sat for Lincoln from 1790 to 1796. He was also MP for Armagh Borough in the Irish House of Commons from 1790 to 1797. In 1793 he was invested a member of the Privy Council, and appointed Governor of Madras, in which post he remained until 1797. On his return to Britain in 1797 he was summoned to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration in his father’s junior title of Baron Hobart. He later served as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1801 to 1804, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1805 and again in 1812, as Postmaster General from 1806 to 1807 and as President of the Board of Control from 1812 to 1816.