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Authorised form of nameRobartes; Russell (c 1672 - 1724)
Other forms of surnameRoberts
Datesc 1672 - 1724
Place of birthLondon
Date of birthc 1672
Date of death1724
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Chelsea (07 February 1718)
ActivityEducation:
Private school in London; St John's College, Cambridge (matriculated 1689)
Career:
MP for Bodmin (1693-1702, 1708-1713), Lostwithiel (1702-1708); Teller of the Exchequer (1710-1714)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election30/11/1703
Other Royal Society activityIn printed list to 1719
RelationshipsSon of Robert Robartes, Viscount Bodmin, and his wife Sarah, daughter of Colonel John Bodvile of Bodvile Castle, Carnarvon; nephew of Francis Robartes (FRS 1673); brother of Charles Bodvile Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor (FRS 1693); married Mary, daughter of Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington; uncle of John Robartes, 4th Earl of Radnor (FRS 1732)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll (from GEC); Venn; GEC
Authority:
Burial information from GEC
CodeNA514
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