Robert Perfect Explained

Robert Perfect
Office:Member of Parliament
for Lewes
Term Start:17 March 1847
Term End:6 July 1852
Predecessor:Henry FitzRoy
Howard Elphinstone
Successor:Henry FitzRoy
Henry Brand
Alongside:Henry FitzRoy
Birth Date:1790
Nationality:British
Party:Whig

Robert Perfect (1790 – 29 July 1875)[1] was a British Whig politician.[2] [3]

Perfect was elected a Whig Member of Parliament for Lewes at a by-election in 1847—caused by the resignation of Sir Howard Elphinstone, 2nd Baronet—and held the seat until 1852 when he did not seek re-election.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 20 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181120212235/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Lcommons2.htm. 20 November 2018 . usurped . 4 September 2018 .
  2. News: Political Notabilia. 17 May 2018. Gloucestershire Chronicle. 20 March 1847. 4. British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  3. News: Provincial News. 17 May 2018. Sheffield Independent. 27 March 1847. 3. British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  4. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. 183.