Constituency : Middlesex 1857-67
Robert was a partner in the brewing firm that became Truman's.
Robert was a Palmerstonian moderate who warned that pushing for manhood suffrage would drive away moderate reformists. He helped set up the Farningham Home for Little Boys , a home for destitute children.
He died in 1867 aged 44. A Memorial Fund was established at the Home and the Hanbury Medal prize was instituted which is still administered by the NCH today.
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