Robert Baynes Armstrong

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Robert Baynes Armstrong (1785 – 15 January 1869)[1] was a British Radical politician.[2][3][4][5]

Quick Facts Member of Parliament for Lancaster, Preceded by ...
Robert Baynes Amstrong
Member of Parliament
for Lancaster
In office
9 March 1848  21 February 1853
Serving with Samuel Gregson (18521853)
Thomas Greene (18481852)
Preceded bySamuel Gregson
Thomas Greene
Succeeded bySamuel Gregson
Thomas Greene
Personal details
Born1785
Died (aged 83)
NationalityBritish
Political partyRadical
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Armstrong was elected Radical MP for Lancaster at a 1848—caused by the unseating of Samuel Gregson due to bribery—and held the seat until 1853, when his win at the 1852 general election was too declared void due to corruption and bribery.[6][7][8]

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