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Robert Myddelton Biddulph (20 June 1805 – 21 March 1872) was a British landowner and Member of Parliament for the

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Early life

He was the elder son of Robert Myddelton Biddulph (1761–1814) of Burghill by his wife Charlotte Myddelton of

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, Denbighshire. He was educated at

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. He succeeded his father in 1814 and his mother in 1843, inheriting the Chirk estate. His younger brother was

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(1809–1878), an officer in the

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and courtier.

Career

He was Member of Parliament for Denbigh Boroughs from 1830 to 1832 and for

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from 1832 to 1835 and from 1852 to 1868. He was

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of the

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Militia from 1840, Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire from 1841, and an aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria from 1869, holding all these offices until his death.

Personal life

On 31 May 1832, he married Frances Mostyn-Owen, daughter of William Mostyn-Owen of Woodhouse in

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, and granddaughter of William Mostyn Owen ( 1742–1795), a

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for

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. They had three sons (one of whom predeceased him) and three daughters. His children included: * Mary Caroline Myddelton Biddulph (d. 1890) * Richard Myddelton Biddulph (1837–1913), who married Catherine Arabella Howard (d. 1899), granddaughter of

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(a younger brother of Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk). At his death, his eldest son, Richard, succeeded to Chirk Castle, his wife inherited his London house at 35

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, and his brother

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received a life interest in the estate at Burghill. An 1869 portrait by

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was presented to Biddulph's widow in 1873. It was acquired by the

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in 2004 and is in the Myddelton collection at Chirk.Colonel Robert Myddleton Biddulph MP (1805-1872)
National Trust Collections. Accessed 25 February 2012.

Descendants

His grandchildren included Agnes Mary Myddelton Biddulph (d. 1920), Catherine Myddelton Biddulph (d. 1889), Colonel Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949), and Algernon Hugh Myddelton Biddulph (1872-1906). Agnes married Hedworth Trelawny Barclay, son of Alexander Charles Barclay, and was the mother of Vera Agnes Barclay who married Captain Honourable Thomas James Amherst Cecil (1887–1955), son of Lord William Cecil, the younger son of

William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter PC (30 April 1825 – 14 July 1895), styled Lord Burghley between 1825 and 1867, was a British peer and Conservative politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household between 1866 and 1867 and as ...

References

;Notes ;Sources * Margaret Escott
MYDDELTON BIDDULPH, Robert (1805-1872), of Chirk Castle, Denb. and 35 Grosvenor Place, Mdx.
in ''The House of Commons 1820-1832'',

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, 2009.

External links

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