About Robert Farrand
Lived 1792 – 1855 (aged 62–63). Robert Farrand was a British politician and grain trader.
Robert Farrand (14 March 1792 – 2 February 1855) was a British politician.
Farrand was an illegitimate son of Christopher Atkinson Saville, a Member of Parliament for Hedon. He lived at Hale Hall in Norfolk.
Saville arranged for Farrand to stand in Hedon at the 1818 UK general election as a Whig. He won the seat, but was defeated at the 1826 UK general election. He regained it in 1830, this time standing as a Tory. Hedon was disenfranchised in 1832, but Farrand returned to politics when he stood in the 1837 Stafford by-election for the Conservative Party, winning the seat. He held it at the 1837 UK general election, but stood down in 1841.
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Who was Robert Farrand?
British Member of Parliament (1792-1855)
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Robert Farrand was born on 14 March 1792.
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Robert Farrand died in 1855.
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Robert Farrand was a politician and grain trader.
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Robert Farrand was British.
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