Henry Robartes, 3rd Earl of Radnor (c. 1695 – February 1741) was an English landowner,

Earl of Radnor Earl of Radnor, of the County of Radnor, is a title which has been created twice. It was first created in the Peerage of England in 1679 for John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes, a notable political figure of the reign of Charles II. The earldo ...

in the

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and a member of the

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from 1723 until his death.

Early life and family

Robartes was the first son of

Russell Robartes Russell Robartes, FRS (1671–1719) was an English politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1693 to 1713. Robartes was the second son of Robert Robartes, Viscount Bodmin and his wife Sarah Bodvel, daughter of John Bo ...

(1671–1719), by his marriage to Lady Mary Booth, a daughter of

Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington Privy Council of England, PC (13 January 1652 – 2 January 1694) was a Member of Parliament#United Kingdom, Member of Parliament, Privy Council of England, Privy Councillor, Protestant protagonist in the ...

. He had a brother and two sisters. His father was a younger son of

Robert Robartes, Viscount Bodmin Robert Robartes, Viscount Bodmin (7 February 1634 – 8 February 1682) was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons between 1660 and 1679. He was later ambassador to Denmark. Robartes wa ...

, the eldest son and heir of

John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor (160617 July 1685) was an English politician, peer and military officer who fought for the Roundheads, Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War. He retired from public life before the trial and executi ...

. In 1723 he succeeded his father’s older brother

Charles Robartes, 2nd Earl of Radnor Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning wa ...

, in his peerages and estates. He spent little time at

Lanhydrock House Lanhydrock House, commonly known simply as Lanhydrock, is a country house and estate in the parish of Lanhydrock, Cornwall, UK. The house stands in extensive grounds (360 hectares or 890 acres) above the River Fowey, and has been owned and man ...

, his country seat in

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, and when it was visited by the antiquary John Loveday he found it in a sorry state.

Dying unmarried in Paris in 1741, Radnor was succeeded in his peerages by an older unmarried cousin, John Robartes, but left his property to a nephew, George Hunt, the son of his sister Mary, whose heir was his niece Anna Maria Hunt. She married Charles Bagenal Agar, and their son

Thomas Agar-Robartes Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes (known as Tommy) (22 May 1880 – 30 September 1915) was a British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician. Background and education Tommy Agar-Robartes was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Agar-Robartes, ...

inherited the Lanhydrock estate and was created the first

Baron Robartes Baron Robartes was a title that was created twice in British history. It was first created in the Peerage of England on 26 January 1625 for Sir Richard Robartes, 1st Baronet. This creation became extinct in 1757. The second creation came in the ...

.''Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage'' (London: Dean & Son, 1878)
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References

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