Robert Tracy (1706? – 28 September 1767) of

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, nr. Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire was an English Member of Parliament. He was born the eldest son of John Tracy of Stanway and educated at

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(1724). He succeeded his father in 1735. He entered Parliament in 1734 as the member for

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, sitting until 1741. He was afterwards elected in 1748 to represent

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until 1754. In 1734 he became a trustee and common councilman for the newly formed colony of

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on the east coast of America. He was active in persuading

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to release more funds for the colony. He died in 1767. He had married in 1735 Anna Maria, the daughter of Sir Roger Hudson, a director of South Sea Company. They had no children. The Stanway estate passed to his niece Henrietta Keck, daughter of his brother Anthony Tracy (who had changed his surname to Keck). Henrietta changed her surname to Tracy and later married to

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, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Tracy, Robert 1700s births 1767 deaths People from Tewkesbury Alumni of New College, Oxford Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1747–1754 Year of birth uncertain

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