Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden Pasha (1 April 1822 – 19 June 1886), also known as Hobart Pasha, was a British Captain, blockade runner and later Ottoman Mushir.
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Early life
Hobart-Hampden was born on 1 April 1822 in Walton-on the-Wolds, Leicestershire to Augustus Edward Hobart-Hampden, 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire and Mary Hobart-Hampden (née Williams). Through his mother, Hobart-Hampden was the grandson of John Williams, a barrister, and was the nephew of Sir Edward Vaughan Williams, a judge. The third of four brothers, Hobart-Hampden was the younger brother of Vere Hobart, Lord Hobart, a colonial administrator, the uncle of Sidney Hobart-Hampden-Mercer-Henderson, 7th Earl of Buckinghamshire and the cousin of Roland Vaughan Williams.
Hobart-Hampden was educated at Cheam School.