Sir Peter Geoffrey Roberts, 3rd Baronet (23 June 1912 – 22 July 1985) was a British

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politician. He was elected at the 1945 general election as

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(MP) for Sheffield Ecclesall. When that constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, he was elected for the newly created

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constituency. He retired from

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at the 1966 election, when the seat was taken by Labour candidate

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. Sir Peter married Judith Hempson in 1939: they had a son and four daughters. Sir Peter was succeeded as Baronet by his son Samuel, married to Georgina Cory since 1977. Lady Roberts and Sir Samuel run the

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Estate near

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. Lady Roberts became the first woman Chairman of the Norfolk

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. He was

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in 1970.

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* 1912 births 1985 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1910s-stub