Constituency : Leeds Central 1906-22
Robert took Leeds Central from the Tories.
Robert was educated at Westminster School and Cambridge and became a barrister . He was also an ironmaster and director of several mining companies. He was Lord Mayor of Leeds in 1904-05.
Robert raised the issue of non-attendance at school in Parliament.
Robert had an easy win as a couponed Liberal in 1918 but came third in 1922.
In 1919 Robert addressed a public meeting in Leeds in protest at anti-Jewish pogroms in Eastern Europe.
He died in 1944 aged 77.
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