Robert Child may refer to: *

Robert Child (agriculturalist) Robert Child (1613–1654) was an English physician, agriculturalist and alchemist. A recent view is that his approach to agriculture belongs to the early ideas on political economy. Early life The son of John Child of Northfleet in Kent he wa ...

(1613–1654), English physician, agriculturist and alchemist * Sir

Robert Child (Devizes MP) Sir Robert Child (bap. 6 June 1674 – 6 October 1721) was an English banker and politician. The heir to his father's banking business, the London-based Child & Co., he was Chairman of the East India Company in 1715. He also served as a memb ...

(1674–1721), English banker, Chairman of the East India Company 1715, Member of Parliament (MP) for Devizes 1713–15 * Robert Child (Wells MP) (1739–1782), English banker and politician, MP for Wells 1765–82

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