Sir Robert Tyrwhitt (by 1504 – 10 May 1572), was an English courtier and politician. He was the second son of Sir Robert Tyrwhitt and Maud Tailboys, and was brought up at court, becoming an Esquire of the Body. He acquired substantial landholdings and was knighted in 1543. In 1544, when Master of the Horse for Queen Catherine, he served on a military campaign in France, responsible for the transport of ordnance. He was a

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(MP) of the

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for

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in 1545 and for

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in April 1554 and 1559. He was appointed

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for 1540–41 and

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for 1557–58. In 1548 he bought the manor of

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, Huntingdonshire, which he made his home. He was also given custody of a house at

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, Surrey, where he and his wife, a courtier herself, later took up residence. He died at Leighton Bromswold on 10 May 1572. He had married twice: firstly Bridget, the daughter and heiress of Sir John Wiltshire of Stone Castle, Kent and widow of Sir Richard Wingfield of Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire and Sir Nicholas Harvey of Ickworth, Suffolk and secondly

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, the daughter of Sir

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of Brede, Sussex.

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He is sometimes confused or conflated with a nephew, Robert Tyrwhitt, MP, particularly as both men married women named Elizabeth Oxenbridge.

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