Hobart was the oldest son of Hon. Henry Lewis Hobart , third son of the 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire , and Charlotte Selina Moore , daughter of Richard Moore . He was a civil servant in the War Office between 1860 and 1900 , and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath ( CB ) in 1885 . In October 1901 the Earl Marshal , the Duke of Norfolk , appointed him a Secretary to the Earl Marshal ´s office , to work on preparations for the 1902 coronation of King Edward VII . He received the King Edward VII Coronation Medal , and on 11 August 1902 ( two days after the coronation ) was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order ( KCVO ) for his services
King Edward VII Coronation Medal
King Edward VII Coronation Medal
Robert Hobart