1018 Robert Menzies

Constituency : East  Perthshire  1885-9

Robert  was  the  first  MP  for the  new  seat  of  East  Perthshire, easily  defeating  his  Conservative  opponent.

Robert  was  the  son  of  an  Edinburgh  distiller. He  was  educated  at  Harrow  and  Oxford  and  became  a  barrister.

Robert  spoke  in  favour  of  Home  Rule  and  against  coercion.

He  died  in  1889  aged  just  33.