Thomas Agar-Robartes, 1st Baron Robartes
Thomas James Agar-Robartes, 1st Baron Robartes (18 March 1808-9 March 1882), was a British politician.
Background
Robartes was the son of the Hon. Charles Bagenal Agar, youngest son of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden. His mother was Anna Maria Hunt, heiress of Lanhydrock, great-niece of Henry Robartes, 3rd Earl of Radnor and 4th Baron Robartes (which titles became extinct in 1757; see the Earl of Radnor 1679 creation for more information).
Political career
Robartes was returned to Parliament for Cornwall East in 1847, a seat he held until 1868. In 1869 the barony of Robartes held by his mother’s ancestors was revived when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Robartes, of Lanhydrock, and of Truro in the County of Cornwall.
Family
Lord Robartes died in March 1882, aged 73. He was succeeded in the barony by his son, Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden, who in 1899 also succeeded his second cousin as sixth Viscount Clifden.
References
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs [self-published source][better source needed]
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Agar-Robartes
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Cornwall East 1847–1868 With: William Henry Pole Carew 1847–1852 Nicholas Kendall 1852–1868 |
Succeeded by Sir John Salusbury-Trelawney, Bt Edward Brydges Willyams |
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
New creation | Baron Robartes 1869–1882 |
Succeeded by Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes |
- Pages with broken file links
- Accuracy disputes from February 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from February 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP template without an unnamed parameter
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template without an unnamed parameter
- 1808 births
- 1882 deaths
- Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall
- UK MPs 1847–52
- UK MPs 1852–57
- UK MPs 1857–59
- UK MPs 1859–65
- UK MPs 1865–68