About Robert Hildyard
Lived 1800 – 1857. Robert Hildyard was a British politician.
Robert Charles Hildyard (1800 – 7 December 1857) was a British Conservative politician.
Hildyard was born in Winestead, East Riding of Yorkshire in 1800. He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge (then known as Katharine Hall), and was President of the Cambridge Union Society in 1824. He was first elected Conservative MP for Whitehaven at the 1847 general election and held the seat until his death in 1857.
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Who was Robert Hildyard?
politician, died 1857
When was Robert Hildyard born?
Robert Hildyard was born in 1800.
When did Robert Hildyard die?
Robert Hildyard died in 1857.
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Robert Hildyard was a politician.
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Robert Hildyard was British.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Robert Hildyard (MP for Whitehaven)
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