Sir Robert Barnham, 1st Baronet (12 October 1606 – c. June 1685) of

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was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1660 to 1679. Boughton Monchelsea Place - geograph

Barnham was the son of Sir Francis Barnham and his wife Elizabeth Leonard, daughter of Sampson Leonard of Chevening. His father had been MP for Maidstone.John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> In 1660, Barnham was elected

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for

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in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected in 1661 for the

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and sat until 1679.History of Parliament Online – Barnham, Robert
/ref> He was created a

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, of Boughton Monchelsey in the County of Kent, on 14 August 1663. Barnham married Elizabeth Henley, daughter of Robert Henley. They had several daughters and a son, Francis Barnham, who died in 1668. Barnham died in circa June 1685, aged 78. According to Burke's ''Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies'' (1844), the baronetcy was inherited by Francis Barnham's son, Robert, who died in 1728, the baronetcy then becoming extinct; Cokayne, in his ''Complete Baronetage'' (1903), however, notes his existence to be "doubtful", Francis having been understood to have died without male issue.Complete Baronetage, vol. III, 1649-1664, ed. G. E. Cokayne, William Pollard & Co. Ltd, 1903, p. 285 Boughton Monchelsea passed to Sir Robert's daughter Philadelphia and her husband Thomas Rider.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnham, Robert 1606 births 1685 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England English MPs 1660 English MPs 1661–1679 People from Boughton Monchelsea