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Alexander Robertson (MP)

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Alexander Robertson (14 February 1779 – 17 December 1856)[1] was an English politician.

He was elected at the 1818 as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the rotten borough of Grampound in Cornwall,[2] and was re-elected in 1820.[2]

The borough was disenfranchised in 1821 for gross corruption, but its two MPs retained their seats until the dissolution of Parliament in 1826.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
  2. ^ a b Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 488. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Grampound
18181826
With: John Innes
Constituency disenfranchised