George James Robarts

George James Robarts CB (c. 1782 – 16 October 1829), was a British politician who served Parliament for Wallingford.^[1]

George James Robarts CB
Member of Parliament for Wallingford
In office 1820–1826 Serving with William Hughes
Preceded by	William Hughes Ebenezer Maitland
Succeeded by	William Hughes Robert Knight
Personal details
Born	1782
Died	16 October 1829(1829-10-16) (aged 46–47)
Political party	Whig
Relations	Abraham Wildey Robarts (brother) William Tierney Robarts (brother) George Tierney (uncle)
Children	2
Parent(s)	Abraham Roberts Sabine Tierney

Early life

Robarts was born in c. 1782 into a well known, and wealthy, political family.^[1] He was the second son of Abraham Roberts and his wife Sabine Tierney (sister of George Tierney). Among his brothers were Abraham Wildey Robarts, William Tierney Robarts, and James Thomas Robarts of the East India Company.^[2]

Career

Robarts served in the Peninsular War and commanded the Prince of Wales's Hussars at the Battle of Morales (a cavalry skirmish between the Duke of Wellington's vanguard and the rear guard of the French army on 2 June 1813 near the village of Morales which is in the vicinity of Toro, Zamora in Spain),^[3] and fought at the Battle of Vitoria on 21 June 1813. He was promoted to Lt.-Col.^[1] Robarts was transferred to the 24th Hussars on 12 November 1814.^[1]

Personal life

Robarts died unmarried with two illegitimate children from his relationship with Mary Ann Harben:^[1]

• Georgiana Charlotte Harben Robarts (c. 1820–1832), who died young.^[4]
• James George Harben Robarts (1823–1886)^[4]

References

1. Fisher, David R. "ROBARTS, George James (?1782-1829), of Grosvenor Street, Mdx". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
2. Taylor, Lawrence. "ROBARTS, Abraham (1745-1816), of Finsbury Square, Moorfields, London and North End, Hampstead, Mdx". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
3. Frazer 1859.
4. Chancery, Great Britain Court of (1844). Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery ...: With Notes and References to Both English and American Decisions ... Gould, Banks & Company. p. 636. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

Works cited

• Frazer, Sir Augustus Simon (1859), "Letter XLVIII", in Malet, Harold Esdaile; Sabine, Sir Edward (eds.), Letters of Colonel Sir Augustus Simon Frazer, K.C.B. commanding the Royal horse artillery in the army under Wellington: Written during the peninsular and Waterloo campaigns, Historical records of the Eighteenth Hussars, Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, pp. 130–132

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Hughes Ebenezer Maitland	Member of Parliament for Wallingford 1818 – 1837 With: William Hughes	Succeeded by William Hughes Robert Knight