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was appointed instead. After Hobart complained to
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On 9 July 1684, he married
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in a by-election on the interest of his brother-in-law, the
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History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715
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Hundred Years of a Peculiarly English Class
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in 1671 and succeeded his father as baronet in 1683.
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277:for the arrest of his local rival,
134:Henry Hobart was the eldest son to
273:, Hobart successfully lobbied the
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344:plot on Norwich Road in Cawston.
184:, later raised to the peerage as
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594:Member of Parliament
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267:Association of 1696
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