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'''Vere Henry Hobart, Lord Hobart''' (8 December 1818 – 27 April 1875) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] colonial administrator.<ref name="burke">{{cite book |title= [[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood]]|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editor-link=Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |page= 578 |ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}}</ref><br />
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Hobart was born in [[Welbourn]], [[Lincolnshire]] to [[Earl of Buckinghamshire|Augustus Hobart-Hampden, 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire]] and Mary Williams, daughter of Welsh barrister [[John Williams (barrister)|John Williams]]. In 1840, he graduated from [[Trinity College, Oxford]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] (B.A). Following the death of his grandfather in 1849, his father succeeded to the earldom and Vere was styled as Lord Hobart (his father's courtesy title).<ref name="burke"/><ref name="odnb">{{cite web |title=Hobart, Vere Henry, Lord Hobart (1818–1875), administrator in India |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13397 |website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |access-date=30 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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On 4 August 1853, he married Mary Katherine Carr, daughter of the former Bishop of Bombay [[Thomas Carr (bishop)|Rt. Revd. Thomas Carr]] and Catherine Emily MacMahon. He worked as a clerk in the [[Board of Trade]] in 1842. He was the private secretary to [[Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet|Sir George Grey]] at the [[Home Office]] in 1855. On 30 May 1856, he matriculated from the Trinity College. He was the [[Governor of Madras]] from 15 May 1872 till his death on 27 April 1875, ''[[decessit vita patris]]''. He died unexpectedly at Government House, [[Madras]] of [[typhoid fever]].<ref name="burke"/><ref name="times">{{cite news |title= The Late Lord Hobart. |work=[[The Times]] |date=26 May 1875 |page= 11 }}</ref><br />
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