1121 Robert Everett

Constituency : Woodbridge  1885-6, 1892-5,1906-10

Robert took  the  new  seat  of  Woodbridge  which  became  something  of  a  bellweather.

Robert  was  a  yeoman  farmer  from  a  relatively  humble  background. He  stood  for  East  Suffolk  in  1880. He  was  a  member  of  Ipswich  Town  Council  then  East  Suffolk  County  Council. He  was  a  Baptist  lay  preacher.

Robert's  maiden  speech  was  in  favour  of  manhood  suffrage  and  a  certain  amount of  female  suffrage.

Robert  stood  down  in  January  1910.

Robert  wrote  two  pamphlets  on  agricultural  issues. He  was  also  a  member  of  Suffolk  County  Council. He  was  a  supporter  of  bimetallism. He  was  an  opponent  of  vivisection  and  compulsory  vaccination. He  called  for  a  division  of  rates  between  owner  and  occupier.

He  died  in  1916 aged  83.