About Robert Blackwood
Lived 1752 – 1785 (aged 32–33). Robert Blackwood was a politician.
Robert Blackwood (April 1752 – 31 January 1785), was an Anglo-Irish politician.
Blackwood was the eldest son of Sir John Blackwood, 2nd Baronet, and Dorcas Stevenson, later Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye. He was returned to the Irish Parliament for Killyleagh in 1776, a seat he held until his death nine years later. He died in Belfast in January 1785, after a fall from his horse. He never married and his younger brother James eventually succeeded their father in the baronetcy and their mother in the barony.
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Who was Robert Blackwood?
(1752–1786) Irish politician
When was Robert Blackwood born?
Robert Blackwood was born in 1752.
When did Robert Blackwood die?
Robert Blackwood died on 31 January 1785.
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Robert Blackwood was a politician.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Robert Blackwood (Irish MP)
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