Background
Hobhouse was the son of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, 1st Baronet, by his second wife Amelia, daughter of Reverend Joshua Parry.
Hobhouse was the son of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, 1st Baronet, by his second wife Amelia, daughter of Reverend Joshua Parry.
The Whig politician and pamphleteer Lord Broughton was his half-brother. Hobhouse died in December 1876, aged 69.
13th United Kingdom Parliament. 15th United Kingdom Parliament]
He sat as Member of Parliament for Rochester from 1837 to 1841 and for Lincoln from 1848 to 1852.