Richard Bateman-Robson (1753–1827), of

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and

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, was an English politician. He was born the younger son of Henry Holland, a builder of Church Row, Fulham, Middlesex. His elder brother was Henry Holland, the well-known architect and son in law of

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, through his marriage to Brown's eldest daughter, Bridget. Richard married Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of solicitor Bateman Robson of

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and took the surnames of Bateman Robson by royal licence in 1791. They had no children. By 1795 he had bought from the 5th Duke of Bedford an estate at

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which gave him control over one of the borough's parliamentary seats and was returned unopposed the following year. He was a

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(MP) for

from 1796 to 1802 and 1806 to 1807, for

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on 11 April 1806 – 1806 and for

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in 1812 – 19 February 1813. He became Chairman of

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in 1817.

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