Albinia Vere Hobart, Countess of Buckinghamshire was an English noblewoman and socialite. She was the co-heiress of her father, Lord Vere Bertie, and became the Countess of Buckinghamshire by marriage
Portrait by Daniel Gardner
Albinia Bertie as a young girl, by Thomas Hudson
William Pitt the younger and Hobart. Here she is the victim of a 1792 engraving by James Gillray "A sphere, projecting against a plane"
This 1796 caricature by James Gilray shows Albinia from behind at left, next to Lady Georgiana Gordon, later Duchess of Bedford, at the age of 14. The title and the lecherous servant refer to Lady Godiva. Lady "Godina" is holding the diamond nine, called the "Pope" in the game of Pope Joan. The man opposite Albinia is John Sneyd (1763–1835). The rout-party may have been at Albinia's house.
George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire, styled The Honourable George Hobart from 1733 until 1793, was a British politician who represented St Ives and Bere Alston in the House of Commons of Great
Albinia Hobart, Countess of Buckinghamshire
…their pledges, and the other Hobart, the Countess of Buckinghamshire, supporting her relative Sir Cecil Wray, 13th Baronet. Albinia married The Hon. George Hobart in 1757, and so became Countess of Buckinghamshire when he inherited the title in 1793. The Hobarts lived in Hobart House, Ham Common, in Richmond…
Detail from a 1797 cartoon depicting Buckinghamshire
The Loss of the Faro Bank (James Gillray, 1797). Buckinghamshire brings the news that the "Faro Bank" has been stolen to gamblers including his wife, popularly thought to exploit the gullible.