Robert Biddulph (MP)

Robert Biddulph (3 March 1801 – 28 February 1864) was a British Whig Member of Parliament.

Family

Biddulph was the son of John Biddulph, of Ledbury, Herefordshire, and his wife Augusta (née Roberts). He married Elizabeth, daughter of George Palmer, of Nazeing Park, Essex, in 1830.

• Their elder son, Michael, was a banker and politician and was elevated to the peerage as Baron Biddulph in 1903.
• Second son, Sir Robert, became a General in the Army.
• Third son, Colonel John Biddulph, served in India and published several works.
• Fifth and youngest son, George Tournay Biddulph (25 May 1844 – 1929), also worked for the family banking firm; Cocks Biddulph & Co. and between 1867 and 1907 was treasurer to the House of Charity, Soho, and organiser and then treasurer of Church House, Westminster.

On 3 October 1883 George married his second cousin, Lady Sarah Wilfreda Palmer, daughter of Earl Selbourne and they lived at Douglas House, Petersham.^[1][2]

Career

Robert Biddulph sat as Member of Parliament for Hereford between 1832 and 1837 and also served as a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire.

Later life

Robert Biddulph died in February 1864, aged 62. His wife survived him by 35 years died in January 1899.

References

1. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles, ed. (1905). Armorial families a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour (5 ed.). Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack. pp. 116–117. OCLC 2225898. OL 7244662M. LCC CR1619 .F7.
2. Palmer, Roundell (1898). Memorials, Part II. Personal and Political II. New York: Macmillan. p. 88.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• "thePeerage.com".
• Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 150. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert Biddulph