Robert Sheffield, styled Marquess of Normandy, ([1]) 2d but 1st surv. s. and h. ap. (by 3d wife) b. and bap. 11 Dec. 1711 at Margaret's, Westm. He d. an infant 1 Feb. 1714/5, and was apparently bur. there but removed therefrom (with his br.) to Westm. Abbey.([2])
VII. 1721 to 1735 2. Edmund (Sheffield), Duke of Buckingham and Normanny (1703), Marquess of Normanby (1694), Earl. of Mulgrave (1626), and Baron Sheffield of Butterwyke (1547), 3d but only surv. s. and h.(by 3rd wife ) was b. 3 and bap. 20 Jany. 1715/6 at St. Margaret's, Westm.; matric. at Oxford (Queen's Coll.) 2 Aug. 1732. In 1734 he served under his mother's brother, the Duke of Berwick, in Germany, being his aide-de-camp at Fort Kiel and Philipsburgh. Her d. a minor and unm., of rapid consumption] 30 Oct. 1735, and was bur. 31 Jany. following in Westm. Abbey. Will dat. 14 Oct. 1731, pr. 6 Dec. 1735 by his Mother, the solo legatee and devisee. At his death the Peerages conferred on his Father, as well, presumably, as those of earlier date, became extinct. ([3])
Earldom. XII 1746. 1. John (Hobart), Baron Hobart of Blickling, was, on 5 Sep. 1746, cr. EARL OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.(<r4) He was s. and h. of Sir Henry Hobart, Bart., of Blickling. co. Norfolk, by Elizabeth, 1st da. mid coheir of Joseph Maynard.([4]) of Clifton Keynes, Bucks; was b. about 1695, suc. his father as 5th Bart. 21 Aug. 1698; was ed. at Clare Hall, Cambridge ; M.P. for St. Ives, 1715-27; for Norfolk, 1727-28; Vice-Admiral of Norfolk, 1719; one of the Lords of Trade, 1721; K.B. 27 May 1725; Treasurer of the Chamber. 1727-44; on 28 May 1728 he was cr. BARON HOBART OF BLICKLING.([5]) co. Norfolk; Assay Master to the Duchy of Cornwall, 1730; Lord Lieut, of Norfolk, 1739; Capt. of the Gent. Pensioners, 1744; P.C. 1745, being in the next year (1746) cr. Earl of Buckinghamshire as above.([6]) He m., firstly 8 Nov. 1717 at Thorpe Market, Norfolk, Judith, da. and coheir of Robert Britiffe, of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, Recorder of Norwich. She d. 7 Feb. 1727 and was bur. at Blickling. He m. secondly 10 Feb. 1728, Elizabeth, da. of Robert Bristow, M.P., by Catharine, da. of Robert Woolley of London. He d. in St. James Su.., Midx., 22 Sep. 1756, aged 61. Will dat. 13 Feb. 1749 to 28 Dee. 1750, pr. 27 Sep. 1756. His widow d, 12 Sep. 1762, and was bur. 25th at Richmond, Surrey.
XIII. 1757. 2. John (Hobart), Earl of Buckinghamshire, &c, 2d but 1st surv. s. and h., by 1st wife; b. 1722; M.P. for Norwich, 1747-56; Comptroller of the Household, 1755; P.C. 1756; Lord of the Bedchamber to Geo. II. and III., 1756-60, and 1760-67; Ambassador to St. Petersburg, 1762-65; Loud Lieut, of Ireland, 1776-80; F.S.A., 1784, Sec. He m. firstly 11 July 1761, at Lady Dairy's house, St. Anne's, Soho, Mary Anne, da. and coheir of Lt. Gen. Sir Thomas Dury, Bart., of Overstone, co. Northampton, by Martha, da. of Sir John Tybrell., Bart. She d. s.p.m,
- ↑ (a) "Robert, Ld. Marquis of Normanby, son to His Grace &c, born this day." Par. Reg. of Baptisms at St. Margarets.
- ↑ (b) See Col. Chester's note to his "Westm. Abbey Registers," p. 302, and Dart's "Antitq. of Westm. Abbey."
- ↑ (c) On his death, under his Father's will, his bastard br., Charles Herbert (s. of his Father by Frances, "Mrs. Lambert") suc. to a great part of the estates including Normanby, co. Lincoln, He took the name of Sheffield, and was cr. a Baronet in 1755.
- ↑ (e) He was s. and h. of the well-known Sir John Maynard, who was first Commissioner of the Great Seal at the age of 87 in 1689-90.
- ↑ (f) He is supposed to have owed his peerage to the influence of his sister Henrietta "Mrs. Howard" (afterwards [1731] Countess of Suffolk) said to have been Mistress to George II., when Electoral Prince. This lady d. 26 July 1767, aged 86.
- ↑ (d) The patents at this period are in English, and the word " Buckinghamshire" is used instead of, (as formerly), "comitatus de Buckingham."
