Robert Otway-Cave

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Robert Otway-Cave (1796 – 29 November 1844),[1] styled The Honourable from 1839, was an Irish aristocrat and British politician.

Life[edit]

Early life and succession[edit]

Born Robert Otway, he was the only surviving son of Henry Otway and his wife, the 3rd Baroness Braye, of Castle Otway, County Tipperary in Ireland.[2] His uncle was Sir Robert Otway, 1st Baronet, an admiral in the Royal Navy.[3] He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating in 1815.[4]

Otway succeeded his father in 1815, inheriting the family seat at Castle Otway. In 1818, he took by royal sign manual the additional surname of Cave, the maiden name of his mother, to whose title he was heir apparent.[3]

Political career[edit]

Otway-Cave entered the British House of Commons in 1826, sitting for Leicester the next four years.[5] In August 1832, he was elected for Tipperary, which he represented until December.[6] He was again returned for the constituency in 1835, a seat he held until his death in 1844.[6]

Personal life[edit]

On 23 October 1833, he married Sophia Burdett, the eldest daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet.[2] Otway-Cave died aged 48, after a short illness, at Bath, Somerset. He had no issue;[3] he was laid to rest in a family tomb in St Nicholas Church, Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire. Castle Otway passed, on his wife's death in 1849, to his cousin, Vice-Admiral Robert Jocelyn Otway.[7] The barony passed into abeyance in 1862 on the death of his mother.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lodge, Edmund (1859). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (28th ed.). London: Hurst and Blackett. p. 74.
  2. ^ a b "ThePeerage - Hon. Robert Otway-Cave". Retrieved 8 December 2006.
  3. ^ a b c Sylvanus, Urban (1845). The Gentleman's Magazine. London: John Harris and Son. p. 201.
  4. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Otway, (Hon.) Robert" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  5. ^ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Leicester". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Tipperary". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ Burke, Bernard (1912). Genealogical and Heraldic history of the landed families of Ireland.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Leicester
1826 – 1830
With: Sir Charles Abney-Hastings 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Tipperary
August 1832 – December 1832
With: John Hely Hutchinson 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Tipperary
1835 – 1844
With: Richard Lalor Sheil 1835–1841
Valentine Maher 1841–1844
Nicholas Maher 1844 		Succeeded by


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