Robert Mitford (1612–1674) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1659. Mitford was the son of Cuthbert Mitford, of Mitford, Northumberland. He was admitted at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in 1634. He may have been admitted at Gray's Inn on 26 March 1634. In 1659, he was elected

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for

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in the

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. Mitford died at the age of about 62 and was buried at Mitford, Northumberland, on 28 June 1674. Mitford married Philadelphia Wharton, daughter of Humphrey Wharton of Gillingwood, North Riding of Yorkshire.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitford, Robert 1612 births 1674 deaths English MPs 1659 Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Members of Gray's Inn

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