Robert Parry Nisbet

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Robert Parry Nisbet

Deputy Lieutenant for the county,[2] and Conservative Member of Parliament for Chippenham from a by-election in 1856[3] to the 1859 general election.[4][5]

After an early career in the

Dinapore, India, to his family, £50 to be spent on coals and blankets for the poor of Southbroom, and £1 to each resident of the almshouses near the gates of his house.[6]

Nisbet's grandson

Wimbledon championship
in 1878.

References

  1. ^ "No. 20944". The London Gazette. 13 February 1849. p. 431.
  2. ^ "No. 21351". The London Gazette. 20 August 1852. p. 2275.
  3. ^ "No. 21871". The London Gazette. 11 April 1856. p. 1393.
  4. ^ "No. 21993". The London Gazette. 28 April 1857. pp. 1497–1498.
  5. ^ THE HOUSE OF COMMONS CONSTITUENCIES BEGINNING WITH "C"[usurped] online at angeltowns.com (accessed 10 April 2008)
  6. ^ Will of Mr Robert Parry Nisbet JP DL online at londonancestor.com (accessed 10 April 2008)

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Chippenham
1856–1859
With: Henry George Boldero
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by
John Wyndham
High Sheriff of Wiltshire
1849
Succeeded by
Henry Ludlow