Henrietta Hobart

1689 - 1767  (78 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.

• Name	Henrietta Hobart
  Birth	1689
  Gender	Female
  Death	26 Jul 1767
  Siblings	1 Sibling
  + 1. Henrietta Hobart,   b. 1689   d. 26 Jul 1767  (Age 78 years) ▻ Earl Charles Howard,  m. 2 Mar 1705 ;   King Georg II von Hannover;   George Berkeley,  m. 1735 + 2. Earl John Hobart,   b. 11 Oct 1693   d. 22 Sep 1756, St.James's, Middlesex, England  (Age 62 years) ▻ Judith Britiffe,  m. 8 Nov 1717 ;   Elizabeth Bristow,  m. 10 Feb 1728
  Person ID	I272307	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Henry Hobart,   b. Abt 1658   d. 21 Aug 1698 (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Maynard   d. 22 Aug 1701, Gunnersbury, Ealing, London, Middlesex, England
  Marriage	9 Jul 1684
  Family ID	F115652	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Earl Charles Howard,   b. 1675   d. 28 Sep 1733, Bath, Somerset, England (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	2 Mar 1705	St.Benet's, Paul's Wharf
  Children	1. Earl Henry Howard,   b. 1 Jan 1706   d. 22 Apr 1745, Audley End, Essex, England (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F133404	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2006

  
  

  Family 2	King Georg II von Hannover,   b. 1683, Herrenhausen b.Hanover d. 25 Oct 1760, Kensington Palace, Kensington, Middlesex, England (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F296388	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2009

  
  

  Family 3	George Berkeley,   b. Aft 1680   d. 29 Oct 1746 (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1735
  Family ID	F178179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2009

  
  

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  Having become the ward of the Earl of Suffolk , she married his youngest son, Charles Howard , in 1706, hoping to provide for her siblings. They had one son, Henry Howard, 10th Earl of Suffolk . The marriage was unhappy; Charles was a wife-beater and compulsive gambler. In 1714, they travelled to Hanover , hoping to ingratiate themselves with the future George I of Great Britain . Henrietta met and became mistress to his son, the future George II, and was appointed a Woman of the Bedchamber to his wife, Caroline of Ansbach . In 1723, the prince made a financial settlement with her husband in exchange for her services as royal mistress. She and her husband officially separated, and after Charles Howard's death in 1733, Henrietta re-married, in 1735, the Hon. George Berkeley , son of the Earl of Berkeley . After leaving the position of mistress to George II, Henrietta purchased land on the banks of the river Thames , having received a very large financial settlement from him. Marble Hill House in Twickenham was built for her on this site by the architect Roger Morris , who collaborated in its design with the Earl of Pembroke, one of the 'architect earls'. When her second husband died, in 1746, she retired there permanently. Her many friends included Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough , and Alexander Pope wrote of her, in his poem "On a certain lady at court": I knew a thing that's most uncommon (Envy be silent and attend!) I knew a reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet a friend. Her correspondents also included Horace Walpole (a near neighbour in later life) and Jonathan Swift .