The Pitcairn Island Register [microform] : : a record of births, marriages and deaths. 1790-1857.
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Nobbs, George Hunn, 1799-1884
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George Hunn Nobbs was born in Ireland on 16th October 1799. He claimed that his mother was Jemima ffrench and his father was Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquis of Hastings and 2nd Earl of Moira (1754-1826). He was not acknowledged by his father and, for a time, was fostered by a Mr and Mrs Nobbs who lived near Yarmouth and whose name he adopted. He spent an adventurous youth serving in various merchant ships, and visiting both India and Africa. In 1828 he arrived on Pitcairn Islan...