Robert Parry Nisbet JPDL (1793 – 31 May 1882) was a British public man. He was
High Sheriff of Wiltshire
This is a list of the Sheriffs and (after 1 April 1974) High Sheriffs of Wiltshire.
Until the 14th century, the shrievalty was held ''ex officio'' by the castellans of Old Sarum Castle.
On 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Gov ...
Conservative
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Member of Parliament
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for
Chippenham
Chippenham is a market town
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from a by-election in 1856 to the 1859 general election.
After an early career in the
Indian Civil Service
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Its members ruled over more than 300 million ...
in
Bengal
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, Nisbet settled at
Southbroom House
Southbroom House is an 18th-century Grade II* listed house in Devizes, Wiltshire, England. The house and its grounds were bought by Wiltshire County Council in 1925 for use as a school, and today the house forms part of Devizes School, the town's ...
near
Devizes
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, Wiltshire. In his Will, proved in 1882, he left the large fortune of £52,000, including property at
Dinapore
Danapur is a Indian satellite town and one of the 6 sub-divisions (Tehsil) in Patna district of Bihar state.Will of Mr Robert Parry Nisbet JP DL online at londonancestor.com (accessed 10 April 2008)
Nisbet's grandson
Douglas Robert Hadow
Douglas Robert Hadow (30 May 1846 – 14 July 1865) was a British novice mountaineer who died on the descent after the first ascent of the Matterhorn.
Family
Hadow was born in 1846 at 49 York Terrace, Regent's Park, London, the son of Patrick Do ...
(1846–1865) was killed in a mountaineering accident a few hours after taking part in the
first ascent
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of the
Matterhorn
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. Another grandson,
Frank Hadow
Patrick Francis "Frank" Hadow (2 January 1855 – 29 June 1946) was an English tennis player, who won the Wimbledon championship in 1878.
Personal life
Born 2 January 1855 Regent's Park, his father was Patrick Douglas Hadow who was educated at ...
, won the
Wimbledon championship
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