Constituency : Eskdale 1885-1900
Robert won the new seat of Eskdale.
Robert was educated at Rugby and Cambridge. He was a director of the Midland Railway.
After a number of very close contests Robert was finally defeated by the Lowther candidate in 1900.
Robert was knighted in 1910 and spent his later years writing , with such works as Cicero in Old Age and Belgium in History ( that one can't have taken him long ).
He died in 1926 aged 87.
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