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Sir Robert Ladbroke (1713 – 31 October 1773) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1770. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1747.
Ladbroke was a member of a Warwickshire family who set up in business in London, becoming an Alderman of London in 1741 and Sheriff of London in 1743. He was knighted in 1744. He was elected Lord Mayor of London in 1747 and a Member of Parliament for London from 1754 to 1770.
In 1771 he became partner, with his son and son-in-law Walter Rawlinson, in the London bank of Ladbroke, Rawlinson and Porker.
He purchased Idlicote House in
Sir Robert Ladbroke (1713 – 31 October 1773) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1770. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1747.
Ladbroke was a member of a Warwickshire family who set up in business in London, becoming an Alderman of London in 1741 and Sheriff of London in 1743. He was knighted in 1744. He was elected Lord Mayor of London in 1747 and a Member of Parliament for London from 1754 to 1770.
In 1771 he became partner, with his son and son-in-law Walter Rawlinson, in the London bank of Ladbroke, Rawlinson and Porker.
He purchased Idlicote House in Idlicote
Idlicote is a small settlement and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire, about north-east of Shipston-on-Stour and south-east of Stratford-upon-Avon. Population details can be found under Honington. The best known feature is Idli ...
, Warwickshire in 1759. He married Elizabeth, the daughter of John Brown of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate. Their only son Robert, also both banker and politician, would later sell Idlicote and move to Surrey. Robert junior married Elizabeth Hannah Kingscote (b. 22 Mar 1751) on 19 September 1769 in the Municipal Borough of Walthamstow, Essex. Their son was banker and cricketer Felix Ladbroke
Felix Calvert Ladbroke (1771 - 14 March 1840) was an English banker and amateur cricketer.
Biography
He was born in Idlicote, near Shipton-on-Stour, Warwickshire, the second son of Robert Ladbroke, banker and Member of Parliament for Warwick. Hi ...
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His grave in Christ Church in Spitalfields has a monument designed by John Flaxman RA.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.150
See also
* List of Lord Mayors of London * List of Sheriffs of LondonReferences
1713 births 1773 deaths 18th-century lord mayors of London 18th-century English people Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1754–1761 British MPs 1761–1768 British MPs 1768–1774 Councilmen and Aldermen of the City of London Sheriffs of the City of London English bankers 1740s in London {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub