Francis Robartes

Francis Robartes FRS (c. 1649 – 3 February 1718) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1673 and 1718.

Early life

Robartes was the fourth son of John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor and his second wife Letitia Isabella Smythe (1630–1714). He was baptised at Lanhydrock in Cornwall on 6 January 1650. He was at school at Chelsea under Mr Cary and was admitted at Christ's College, Cambridge on 2 May 1663 aged 13. Robartes was known as a musical composer and a writer of the theory of sound. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1673.[1]

Political career

In 1673, Robartes was elected Member of Parliament for Bossiney in the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1679.[2] He was elected MP for Cornwall in 1679 and sat until 1681.[2] He was elected for Cornwall again in 1685 and sat until 1687. In 1689 he was elected MP for Lostwithiel and sat until 1690[2] when he was re-elected for Cornwall. He was elected MP for Tregony in 1695 and sat until 1702[2] when he was elected MP for Bodmin.[2] He sat for Bodmin until 1708, for Lostwithiel again from 1709 to 1710 and for Bodmin from 1710 to 1718. He was a Teller of the Exchequer from 1704 to 1710.

Later life

Robartes became a vice-president of the Royal Society.[3] He was the brother of Robert Robartes and Hender Robartes.[1] Robartes married firstly Penelope Pole, daughter of Sir Courtenay Pole, 2nd Baronet and Urith Shapcote, but had no issue. He married secondly Lady Anne Fitzgerald, daughter of Wentworth Fitzgerald, 17th Earl of Kildare and Lady Elizabeth Holles, and widow of Hugh Boscawen of Tregothnan, and their son, John, inherited the title of 4th Earl of Radnor.

Robartes died at Chelsea, London, aged 68.[1]

Ancestry

John Robartes
Richard Robartes, 1st Baron Robartes
Philip Gaverigan
John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor
John Hender of Botreaux Castle
Frances Hender
Francis Robartes
Sir Thomas Smythe
Sir John Smythe
Sarah Blount
Isabella Smythe
Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick
Isabella Rich
Penelope Devereux, Lady Rich

References

  1. ^ a b c "Robartes, Francis (RBRS663F)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ a b c d e History of Parliament Online - Robartes, Francis
  3. ^ Robartes, Francis (1710). "Concerning the Proportion of Mathematical Points to Each Other. By the Honourable Francis Robartes Esq; Vice-President of the Royal Society". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 27: 325–336, 470–472. Bibcode:1710RSPT...27..470R. doi:10.1098/rstl.1710.0050.
Parliament of England Preceded byRobert RobartesRichard Rous Member of Parliament for Bossiney 1673–1679 With: Robert Robartes Succeeded byJohn TregagleWilliam Coryton Preceded byJonathan TrelawnySir John Coryton, Bt Member of Parliament for Cornwall 1679–1681 With: Sir Richard Edgcumbe Succeeded byLord LansdownViscount Bodmin Preceded byLord LansdownViscount Bodmin Member of Parliament for Cornwall 1685–1687 With: Lord Lansdown Succeeded bySir John Carew, BtHugh Boscawen Preceded bySir Robert SouthwellSir Matthias Vincent Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel 1689 –1690 With: Walter Kendall Succeeded bySir Bevil GranvilleWalter Kendall Preceded bySir John Carew, BtHugh Boscawen Member of Parliament for Cornwall 1690–1695 With: Hugh Boscawen Succeeded byJohn SpeccotHugh Boscawen Preceded byThe Earl of KildareHugh Fortescue Member of Parliament for Tregony 1695–1702 With: James Montagu 1695-1698Philip Meadowes 1698-1701Hugh Fortescue 1701-1702 Succeeded byHugh BoscawenJoseph Sawle Preceded byJohn Grobham HoweJohn Hoblyn Member of Parliament for Bodmin 1702–1708 With: John Hoblyn 1702-1706Thomas Herne 1706-1708 Succeeded byJohn TrevanionRussell Robartes Parliament of Great Britain Preceded byJames KendallJoseph Addison Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel 1709– 1710 With: Russell Robartes 1709Horatio Walpole 1710 Succeeded byJohn HillHugh Fortescue Preceded byJohn TrevanionRussell Robartes Member of Parliament for Bodmin 1710–1718 With: Russell Robartes 1710-1713Thomas Sclater 1713-1715John Legh 1715-1718 Succeeded byCharles BeauclerkJohn Legh
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