Robert Mayne (1724–1782) was a British merchant, banker and politician who sat in the

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from 1774 to 1782. Mayne was the fifth son of William Mayne of Powis Logie,

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and his second wife Helen Galbraith, daughter of William Galbraith of Balgair, Stirling. He married Anne Knight, daughter of John Knight on 24 October 1763. By 1770 he was a banker in Jermyn St and traded under various partnerships. He married as his second wife Sarah Otway, daughter of Francis Otway on 15 June 1775. In 1774 Mayne's brother Sir William Mayne acquired control of both seats at Gatton. Robert Mayne was returned to replace his brother as

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for Gatton at a by-election on 27 December 1774. While in Parliament he was also a major Government contractor provisioning troops in America or the West Indies with contracts from 1776 to 1782. In the 1780 general election he contested Stockbridge and

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where he was unsuccessful but was also returned again for Gatton. He supported the Administration of Lord North and is not recorded as having spoken in Parliament. Mayne's business went bankrupt in 1782, and he committed suicide on 5 August 1782.

External links

Philip Mould Historical Portraits Mrs Robert Mayne by Joshua Reynolds

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayne, Robert 1724 births 1782 deaths People from Clackmannanshire British bankers British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1780–1784 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Suicides in the United Kingdom