Robert Pulsford Explained

Robert Pulsford
Office:Member of Parliament
for Hereford
Term Start:5 October 1841
Term End:31 July 1847
Predecessor:Edward Clive
Henry William Hobhouse
Successor:Robert Price
Henry Morgan-Clifford
Alongside:Robert Price (1845–1847)
Edward Clive (1841–1845)
Birth Date:1814
Death Place:Hennock, Devon, England
Nationality:British
Party:Whig

Robert Pulsford (1814 – 3 June 1888)[1] was a British Whig politician.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Baptised on 21 April 1815 at Church of St John-at-Hackney, Pulsford was the son of William Pulsford and Martha, daughter of William Hobson. He died in 1888 at Hennock, Devon, leaving £192,468 to three sons and five daughters.[5]

Pulsford was elected a Whig Member of Parliament for Hereford at a by-election in 1841—caused by the resignation of Henry William Hobhouse—and held the seat until 1847 when he did not seek re-election.[4] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "H" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 6 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181106181531/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Hcommons2.htm. 6 November 2018 . usurped . 13 October 2017 .
  2. News: Perthshire Courier . 6 November 2018 . 14 October 1841 . 1 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  3. News: Miscellaneous Epitome . 6 November 2018 . Norfolk Chronicle . 16 October 1841 . 4 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  4. Book: Stooks Smith , Henry. . . The Parliaments of England . 1844-1850 . 2nd . 1973 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-13-2 . 140–142 .
  5. Web site: Robert Pulsford the younger . Legacies of British Slave-ownership . University College London . 6 November 2018.
  6. 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. 150–151.