Constituency : Peterborough 1895-1906 ( Liberal Unionist )
Robert took Peterborough from Alpheus Morton at the third attempt.
Robert was educated at Marlborough and Cambridge. He became a barrister. He contested Abingdon for the Liberals in 1895 then joined the Liberal Unionists and stood for them at Edinburgh South in 1886 where he lost to Hugh Childers. He first contested Peterborough in a by-election in 1889 then reduced Morton's majority to 158 in 1892.
Robert retained the seat in 1900.
Robert stuck with Chamberlain over tariff reform.
Robert was knighted in 1905.
Robert was heavily defeated in 1906. He contested Peterborough again in January 1910 , reducing the Liberal majority to 43.
In 1914 Robert supported allowing tenant farmers to become owner-occupiers.
He died in 1920 aged 75.
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