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Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet

1824 – 1886

B. 8 December 1824, d. 1886

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About Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet

Lived 1824 – 1886 (aged 61). Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet was a British.

Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet (1823–1886) was a Royal Horse Guards officer, landowner, and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire.

Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, He was promoted, also by purchase, to lieutenant in 1845 and to captain in 1849. In 1861 he was granted brevet rank as a major, and he retired from the army later that year. On 7 November 1862 he inherited the Sheffield baronetcy and the Normanby Hall estate in Lincolnshire and became a Justice of the Peace. Sheffield was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Lincolnshire in 1852 and High Sheriff of the county in 1872.

Sheffield married Priscilla Isabel Laura Dumaresq, a daughter of Colonel Henry Dumaresq and Lady Elizabeth Sophia Butler-Danvers, grand-daughter of Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough, and they had one son and three daughters. Helen (1872–1950) Sir Berkeley Digby George (1876–1946) Dorothy Marie Isolde (1878–1964)

Sheffield died in 1886.

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Education
Christ Church, Eton College
Positions held
High Sheriff of Lincolnshire
Also known as
Robert Sheffield

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet?

b. 8 December 1824, d. 1886

When was Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet born?

Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet was born on 8 December 1824.

When did Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet die?

Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet died on 23 October 1886 in Bath.

What nationality was Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet?

Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet

· Wikidata: Q61087159

· DBpedia: Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet

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