Background
The son of John Hobhouse, a merchant at Bristol, he received his education at Bristol grammar school and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1778.
The son of John Hobhouse, a merchant at Bristol, he received his education at Bristol grammar school and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1778.
Brasenose College.
In 1781 he proceeded Master of Arts, and was called to the bar at the Middle Temple. At the general election of 1796 Hobhouse stood for parliament at Bristol without success, but in February 1797 he was elected Member of Parliament for Bletchingley in Surrey, in 1802 for Grampound in Cornwall, and in 1806 for Hindon in Wiltshire. He then represented Hindon till he withdrew from political life in 1818.
In 1803 he took office under Henry Addington as secretary to the board of control.
He resigned this post in May 1804, and in 1805 was appointed chairman of the committees for supplies. He was also first commissioner for investigating the debts of the nabobs of the Carnatic.
Hobhouse was made a baronet on 22 December 1812. He was president of the Bath and West of England Society (1805-1817), chairman of the committee of the Literary Fund, and a fellow of the Royal Society and of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
He died in Berkeley Square on 14 August 1831.
Hobhouse was twice married:
In April 1793, to Amelia, daughter of Joshua Parry of Cirencester.
Royal Society; American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1st United Kingdom Parliament. 2nd United Kingdom Parliament.
3rd United Kingdom Parliament.
4th United Kingdom Parliament. 5th United Kingdom Parliament.
18th Parliament of Great Britain.