Robert Haworth (1801 – 21 December 1875) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born at

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to Richard Haworth and Lizzie Burch. He married Alice Whittaker around 1822, with whom he had eight children; a second marriage on 7 October 1854 to Thirza Tapp Webber produced a further four children. He migrated to Australia around 1835. In 1860 he was elected to the

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for

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, but he did not re-contest in 1864. Haworth died at

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in 1875.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Haworth, Robert 1801 births 1875 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians People from Bury, Greater Manchester