Abraham Robarts (MP for Worcester)
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Edmund Wigley
Viscount Deehurst
Abraham Robarts | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Worcester | |
| In office 1796–1816 | |
| Preceded by | Edmund Lechmere Edmund Wigley |
| Succeeded by | William Gordon Viscount Deehurst |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 September 1745 |
| Died | 26 November 1816 (aged 71) |
| Spouse |
Sabine Tierney
(m. 1774; died 1816) |
| Children | 9, including Abraham, James, William, George |
| Parent(s) | Abraham Robarts Elizabeth Wildey |
Abraham Robarts (27 September 1745 – 26 November 1816) was an English banker and politician. He was a factor in the West Indies trade, and a director of the East India Company.[1]
Career
Early in his career he was a partner with James Tierney in the firm of Tierney, Lilly and Robarts, Spanish merchants.[1]
He became a Director of the Royal Exchange Insurance Company from 1781 to 1786 and then served as a director of the East India Company six times between 1786 and 1815, normally for three years each time.[2]
In 1792, he became a city banker in partnership with Sir William Curtis in the firm of Robarts, Curtis, Were, Hornyold and Berwick, of Cornhill.[1]
Robarts went into politics first in 1784, as an unsuccessful candidate in Wootton Bassett. He established himself as Member of Parliament at Worcester in 1796, when his local banking associate Edmund Lechmere MP (1747–1798) got into financial difficulties and had to give up the seat. Robarts was an uncontested candidate, and won successive terms, sitting until his death in 1816.[1]
