Constituency : Flint Boroughs 1872-4; Denbigh Boroughs 1880-85
Robert was elected unopposed after Sir John Hanmer was elevated to the peerage although the local radicals who would have preferred a nonconformist candidate grumbled about lack of consultation. In fact the selection process was more democratic than had hitherto been the case.
Robert was the son and heir of a baronet who worked in the Bengal Civil Service. He was educated at Eton then served in the Scots Fusilier Guards from 1857 to 1862. He then became main partner in a firm of solicitors.
Robert switched to Denbigh Boroughs for 1880. He was defeated by the Tories in 1885
He died in 1905 aged 66.
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