Constituency : Norfolk East 1892-1918
Robert took Nofolk East from the Tories.
Robert was educated at Cholmeley School and University College Hospital and became a surgeon. He also qualified as a barrister , one of few men to practise both medicine and law. The former MP for Nuneaton, Jasper Johns was his father-in-law.
Robert's maiden speech was in favour of allotments to prevent the drift of labour away from the country districts.
Robert was knighted in 1908.
In 1910 Robert introduced a Bill to reform the Poor Law.
Robert stood down in 1918.
He died in 1926 aged 71.
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