About Robert Henry Hurst
Lived 1788 – 1857 (aged 68–69). Robert Henry Hurst was a British politician.
Robert Henry Hurst (1788–1857) was an English Whig politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Horsham from 1832 to 1841, and from 1844 to 1847.
The Hursts were a major landowning family in Horsham, having purchased lands in 1812 when Horsham Common was enclosed. Between 1808 and 1814, Hurst served as an officer in the Grenadier Guards during the Peninsular War.
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British politician (1788-1857)
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Robert Henry Hurst was born in 1788.
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Robert Henry Hurst died in 1857.
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Robert Henry Hurst was a politician.
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