Abraham Robarts

Abraham Robarts (27 September 1745 – 26 November 1816) was an English banker and politician. He was a factor in the West Indies trade, and a director of the East India Company.

Early life Robarts was born on 27 September 1745, a son of Capt. Abraham Robarts of Stepney, Middlesex, by the former Elizabeth Wildey (daughter and heiress of Samuel Wildey of Stepney).

In 1792, he became a city banker in partnership with Sir William Curtis in the firm of Robarts, Curtis, Were, Hornyold and Berwick, of Cornhill. who married Charles Thellusson, MP for Worcester and son of merchant Peter Thellusson, in 1795. Abraham Wildey Robarts (1779–1858), MP for Maidstone who married Charlotte Anne Wilkinson in 1808. Sophia Charlotte Robarts (1781–1855), who died unmarried. George James Robarts (1782–1829), MP for Wallingford. Sidney Robarts (1788–1852), who married John Edward Madocks, MP for Denbigh Boroughs and nephew of William Madocks, in 1817. James Thomas Robarts (1784–1825), of the East India Company who married Charlotte Lloyd in 1825. After his death she married Robert Dent Esq. in 1826. Marianne Jane Roberts (1787–1842).

Robarts died a wealthy man upon his death on 26 November 1816. Their son, Abraham John Robarts of Robarts, Lubbock & Co., married Hon. Edith Barrington (a daughter of the 8th Viscount Barrington) and were the parents of banker Gerald Robarts.

Through his daughter Sidney, he was a grandfather of Henry Robarts Madocks (–1902), who married Hon. Amelia Napier (daughter of Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier). Among their children were Ermine Mary Katherine Murray (née Madocks), Viscountess Elibank (wife of the 2nd Viscount Elibank).