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'''Sidney Carr Hobart-Hampden-Mercer-Henderson, 7th Earl of Buckinghamshire''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE|DL}} (14 March 1860 – 15 January 1930), styled '''Lord Hobart''' from 1875 to 1885, was a British [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician.
==Life==
Buckinghamshire was the second but only surviving son of Frederick John Hobart-Hampden, Lord Hobart, second son of Reverend Augustus Edward Hobart-Hampden, 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire. His mother was Catherine, daughter of the Right Reverend Thomas Carr, [[Anglican Diocese of Bombay|Bishop of Bombay]]. His father died in 1875 and in 1885 he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom. He sat on the Liberal benches in the [[House of Lords]] and served briefly as a [[Lord-in-waiting]] (government whip in the House of Lords) from January to June 1895 in the [[Liberal Government 1892-1895|Liberal administration]] of [[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery|Lord Rosebery]]. He was also an Honorary [[Colonel]] of the 4th Battalion of the [[Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry]] and served as a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of [[Buckinghamshire]]. In 1919 he was appointed an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]].
===Family===
Lord Buckinghamshire married Georgiana Wilhelmina, daughter of the Hon. Hew Adam Dalrymple Hamilton Haldane-Duncan-Mercer-Henderson (son of the [[Earl of Camperdown|1st Earl of Camperdown]]) and Edith Isabella Mercer-Henderson, in 1888. They had one son and two daughters; daughter [[Sidney Farrar]] emigrated to Kenya and became the first woman elected to the [[Legislative Council of Kenya]].<ref>Elizabeth Watkins, Olga in Kenya: Repressing the Irrepressible, Britwell Books, 2005, {{ISBN|1905203748}}, 9781905203741, p. 215</ref> In 1903 Hobart assumed by Royal Licence the additional surnames of Mercer-Henderson for himself and his issue. Buckinghamshire died in January 1930, aged 69, and was succeeded in the earldom by his only son, [[John Mercer-Henderson, 8th Earl of Buckinghamshire|John]]. Lady Buckinghamshire died in March 1937, aged 69.
==References==
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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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*{{cite web |title=Sidney Carr Hobart-Hampden-Mercer-Henderson, 7th Earl of Buckinghamshire |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p8465.htm#i84648 |website=ThePeerage.com |accessdate=15 February 2020}}
==External links==
*{{Hansard-contribs | mr-sidney-hobart-hampden-mercer-henderson | the Earl of Buckinghamshire }}
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