William Tierney Robarts (1786 - 9 December 1820 in London) was a British politician and businessman. He was the youngest son of Abraham Robarts and his wife Sabine (née Tierney). He grew up with three brothers, including

Abraham Wildey Robarts Abraham Wildey Robarts (1779–1858), of Hill Street, Berkeley Square, Middlesex, was an English politician and banker. Life From a political family, he was the son of Abraham Roberts and his wife Sabine Tierney, sister of George Tierney; and b ...

and George James Robarts, and three sisters. The politician

George Tierney George Tierney PC (20 March 1761 – 25 January 1830) was an Irish Whig politician. For much of his career he was in opposition to the governments of William Pitt and Lord Liverpool. From 1818 to 1821 he was Leader of the Opposition in the H ...

was his uncle. Robarts was a London entrepreneur and from 1810, a director of the Bank of England. On 26 February 1818 he was elected to the House of Commons in the constituency of St. Albans, where he remained until his death. William Tierney Robarts died unmarried and childless on 9 December 1820. In the resulting by-election Henry Wright Wilson was elected to the House of Commons.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Robarts, William 1820 deaths 1786 births Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1818–1820