935 Robert Laycock

Constituency :  North  Lincolnshire  1880-1

Robert  took  one of  the  North  Lincolnshire  seats  for  the  Liberals.

Robert  was  the  son  of  a  wealthy  Northern  industrialist  allowing  Robert  to  live  as  a  country  squire  in  Nottinghamshire  breeding  cattle  and  restoring  the  local  church. He  was  a  barrister  but  did  not  practice  much. He  stood  for  North  Nottinghamshire  at  a  by-election  in  1872  and  Nottingham  in  1874.

Robert  died  in  1881  without  having  spoken  in  Parliament. He  was  48.