Robert Biddulph (MP)
Robert Biddulph DL JP (3 March 1801 – 28 February 1864) was a British Whig Member of Parliament.
Family[edit]
Biddulph was the son of John Biddulph, of Ledbury, Herefordshire, and his wife Augusta (née Roberts). He married Elizabeth, daughter of George Palmer, of Nazeing Park, Essex, in 1830.
- Their elder son, Michael, was a banker and politician and was elevated to the peerage as Baron Biddulph in 1903.
- Second son, Sir Robert, became a General in the Army.
- Third son, Colonel John Biddulph, served in India and published several works.
- Fifth and youngest son, George Tournay Biddulph (25 May 1844 – 1929), also worked for the family banking firm; Cocks Biddulph & Co. and between 1867 and 1907 was treasurer to the House of Charity, Soho, and organiser and then treasurer of Church House, Westminster.
On 3 October 1883 George married his second cousin, Lady Sarah Wilfreda Palmer, daughter of Earl Selbourne and they lived at Douglas House, Petersham.[1][2]
Career[edit]
Robert Biddulph sat as Member of Parliament for Hereford between 1832 and 1837 and also served as a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire.
Later life[edit]
Robert Biddulph died in February 1864, aged 62. His wife survived him by 35 years died in January 1899.
References[edit]
- ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles, ed. (1905). Armorial families a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour (5 ed.). Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack. pp. 116–117. OCLC 2225898. OL 7244662M. LCC CR1619 .F7.
- ^ Palmer, Roundell (1898). Memorials, Part II. Personal and Political. Vol. II. New York: Macmillan. p. 88.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 150. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
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