Robert La Touche (October 1773 – 19 May 1844) was an Irish Whig politician. La Touche was the

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for Harristown in the Irish House of Commons between 1794 and the disenfranchisement of the constituency under the Acts of Union 1800.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p. 101 (Retrieved 29 March 2020). He subsequently represented

Kildare Kildare () is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. , its population was 8,634 making it the 7th largest town in County Kildare. The town lies on the R445, some west of Dublin – near enough for it to have become, despite being a regional cen ...

in the

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from 1802 to 1830 as a Whig. He was the son of the politician John La Touche.

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