Robert Shafto (1690-1729)
Robert Shafto may refer to: * Robert Shafto (1690–1729), English politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Durham 1712–1713, 1727–1730 *Bobby Shafto (1732–1797), English MP for Durham 1760–1768, and for Downton 1780–1790 *Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto (1776–1848), MP for the City of Durham 1804–1806 *Robert Duncombe Shafto (1796–1888), English politician, MP for North Durham 1847–1888 See also *Robert "Bobby" Shaftoe, protagonist of Neal Stephenson's novel ''Cryptonomicon ''Cryptonomicon'' is a 1999 novel by American author Neal Stephenson, set in two different time periods. One group of characters are World War II-era Allied codebreakers and tactical-deception operatives affiliated with the Government Code and ...

Robert Shafto (1690–1729)
Robert Shafto (2 December 1690 – December 1729), of Whitworth Hall, Spennymoor, County Durham, was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1712 and 1729 Shafto was the eldest son of Mark Shafto of Whitworth and his wife Margaret Ingleby, daughter of Sir John Ingleby, 2nd Baronet of Ripley, Yorkshire. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford in 1708. Shafto was returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Durham at a by-election on 3 March 1712. On 10 April 1713 he was appointed to help prepare a bill making Stockton, Durham, a separate parish and on 18 June 1713 he voted against the French commerce bill. He did not stand at the 1713 British general election. Shafto succeeded his father in 1723 and married Dorothy Dawnay, daughter of Henry Dawnay, 2nd Viscount Downe on 17 October 1723. He became a Freeman of Durham in 1726. At the 1727 British general election, Shafto was returned unopposed as Tory MP for the City of Durham again. Sha ...
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Bobby Shafto
Robert Shafto (sometimes spelt Shaftoe) (circa 1732 – 24 November 1797) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1760 and 1790. He was the likely subject of a famous North East English folk song and nursery rhyme " Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea" (Roud #1359). Biography Robert Shafto was born around 1732 the son of John Shafto and his wife Mary Jackson, daughter of Thomas Jackson of Nunnington, Yorkshire at his family seat of Whitworth near Spennymoor in County Durham. He was educated at Westminster School from 1740 to 1749, when he entered Balliol College, Oxford.Jessica Kilburn, 'Shafto, Robert (c. 1732–1797)' ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004) He succeeded to the family estates on the death of his father John in 1742. Both his father and uncle Robert Shafto had been Tory Members of Parliament. He continued this tradition, becoming one of the two members for County Durham in 1760, using his nickna ...
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Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto
Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto (23 March 1776 – 17 January 1848) of Whitworth Hall, Spennymoor, County Durham, was a British politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Durham from 1804 to 1806. He served as High Sheriff of Durham This is a list of the High Sheriffs of County Durham, England. In most counties the High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. In the Palatinate of Durham the officeholder was appointed by and was accountable to the Bishop of D ... in 1842. Sources * 1776 births 1848 deaths People from Spennymoor Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for City of Durham UK MPs 1802–1806 High Sheriffs of Durham {{England-UK-MP-stub ...
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Robert Duncombe Shafto
Robert Duncombe Shafto (1806 – 22 March 1889) was a British Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Durham from 1847 to 1868 Events January–March * January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries. * January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Jap .... References * External links * 1796 births 1888 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People from County Durham UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub ...
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