Henry William Hobhouse

Henry William Hobhouse
Member of Parliament
for Hereford
In office
1 July 1841 – 5 October 1841
Serving with Edward Clive
Preceded byEdward Clive
Daniel Higford Davall Burr
Succeeded byEdward Clive
Robert Pulsford
Personal details
Born8 August 1791
Died22 May 1868(1868-05-22) (aged 76)
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig
Spouse
Mary Anne Palmer
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(m. 1841)​
ChildrenTwo, 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]

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  2. ^ "General Election". Morning Post. 2 July 1841. p. 7. Retrieved 6 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "District News". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 3 July 1841. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 6 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b Lundy, Darryl (28 March 2012). "Henry William Hobhouse". The Peerage. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Finsbury Election". Morning Advertiser. 3 January 1835. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ House Of Commons, Great Britain. Parliament (1878). Parliamentary papers. Vol. 62, Part 2.