Robert Inglis
Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 2nd Baronet (born January 12, 1786 , † May 5, 1855 in London ) was a British Conservative politician.
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It was from the first marriage of Sir Hugh Inglis, 1st Baronet , to Catherine, the heir to Harry Johnson, lord of Milton Bryant in Bedfordshire .
Robert Harry Inglis attended Winchester College ; he studied at Christ Church, Oxford . He devoted himself to the study of law; In 1806 he received his BA, 1809 his MA.
Inglis became a barrister in 1818 . In 1820, when his father died, he inherited his title of nobility as Baronet , of Milton Bryan in the County of Bedford. Elected to the House of Commons as MP for Dundalk in 1824 and Ripon for Ripon in the House of Commons in 1824 , after Robert Peel resigned his mandate for the University of Oxford in 1829 because of his change of opinion on the matter of Catholic emancipation , he opposed the same as the anti-Catholic candidate and won with a large majority.
Since then a representative of the university in the lower house, he was considered the leader of the high church party of the same, opposed the Catholic emancipation, the parliamentary reform, the abolition of the grain tariffs and the emancipation of the Jews and proved himself to be a resolute opponent of all innovations in the state and in the church.
In 1847 he was President of the British Association, and in 1850 he succeeded Walter Scott in the honorary post of Professor of Antiquities at the Royal Academy of Arts. In January 1854 he resigned from parliament for health reasons.
On February 18, 1807, he married Mary, daughter of Joseph Seymour Biscoe of Pendhill Court, Bletchingley, Surrey.
Inglis died on May 5, 1855, at his home in Bedford Square, London. In the absence of male descendants, his title of nobility expired on his death.
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- Entry to Inglis; Sir; Robert Harry (1786-1855) in the Archives of the Royal Society , London
Web links
- Inglis . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 8 . Altenburg 1859, p. 911-912 ( zeno.org ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Inglis, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Inglis, Robert Harry; Inglis, Sir Robert, 2nd Baronet |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician, member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1786 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5, 1855 |
| Place of death | London |