About Patrick Francis Robertson
Lived 1807 – 1885 (aged 77). Patrick Francis Robertson was a politician.
Patrick Francis Robertson (24 August 1807 – 20 January 1885) was a British businessman and a Liberal Conservative MP for Hastings, East Sussex, England.
Early life Robertson was born on 24 August 1807 in Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland, the oldest son of Daniel Robertson (1755–1817) and Isabella Small (1774–1811). His father was a professor of Oriental Languages at St. Mary's College, St. Andrews, Scotland, from 1809 to 1817.
Political career Robertson was a Deputy-Lieutenant of Sussex and a Justice of the Peace for the borough of Hastings.
In 1847 Robertson was an unsuccessful candidate for Parliament.
Robertson's estate in Hastings, on Old London Road, was named Halton House.
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Businessman, M. P. for Hastings
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Patrick Francis Robertson died on 20 January 1885.
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Patrick Francis Robertson was a politician.
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