Hobart, Lord (1760-1816), a British politician and statesman, was secretary for war and for the colonies in the British government from 1801 to 1804. He influenced government policy regarding the overseas colonies and made many decisions concerning the administration of the New South Wales colony in Australia.
Robert Hobart-Hampden was born on May 6, 1760. He was appointed in 1793 as governor of Madras, India, then under British rule. He later became the fourth Earl of Buckinghamshire. Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, was named in honor of Lord Hobart in February 1804. He died on Feb. 16, 1816.
