Henry William Hobhouse

Henry William Hobhouse
Henry William Hobhouse
Member of Parliament ; for Hereford
	In office; 1 July 1841 – 5 October 1841 Serving with Edward Clive
Preceded by	Edward Clive; Daniel Higford Davall Burr
Succeeded by	Edward Clive; Robert Pulsford
Personal details
Born	8 August 1791
Died	22 May 1868 (aged 76)
Nationality	British
Political party	Whig
Spouse	Mary Anne Palmer (m. 1841)
Children	Two, including Sir Charles Parry Hobhouse, 3rd Baronet
Parent(s)	Benjamin Hobhouse; Charlotte Cam

Henry William Hobhouse (8 August 1791 – 22 May 1868)^[1] was a British Whig politician.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Hobhouse was the son of Benjamin Hobhouse and Charlottee née Cam, daughter of Samuel Cam; and he was also a brother of John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton. In 1814, he married Mary Anne Palmer, daughter of John Palmer, and they had at least two children: John Byron Hobhouse (1817–1842); and Sir Charles Parry Hobhouse, 3rd Baronet (1825–1916).^[5]

After unsuccessfully contesting Finsbury in 1835,^[6] Hobhouse was elected a Whig Member of Parliament for Hereford at the general election in May 1841 but resigned five months later by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.^[7]^[4]^[8]

He was also in the Honourable East India Company Service.^[5]

References

^ Rayment, Leigh (13 October 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "H"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
^ "General Election". Morning Post. 2 July 1841. p. 7. Retrieved 6 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "District News". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 3 July 1841. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 6 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 140–142. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
^ ^a ^b Lundy, Darryl (28 March 2012). "Henry William Hobhouse". The Peerage. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
^ "Finsbury Election". Morning Advertiser. 3 January 1835. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 150–151. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
^ House Of Commons, Great Britain. Parliament (1878). Parliamentary papers. Vol. 62, Part 2.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Edward Clive Daniel Higford Davall Burr	Member of Parliament for Hereford Jul. 1841–Oct. 1841 With: Edward Clive	Succeeded by Edward Clive Robert Pulsford