Sir Robert Salusbury, 1st Baronet (10 September 1756 – 17 November 1817) was a British Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Robert Salusbury of Cotton Hall, Denbighshire and educated at

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(1775) before studying law from 1776 at

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, where he was

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in 1785. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for

Monmouthshire Monmouthshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South East Wales, south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the s ...

from 1792 to 1796 and for

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from 1796 to 1812. He was made a baronet on 4 May 1795 and was

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for 1786–87. In 1780, he married Catherine, daughter and eventual heiress of Charles Van of Llanwern. They had three sons and two daughters. In 1816, he was jailed in the

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for bankruptcy and died at Canterbury in 1817.

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1756 births 1817 deaths Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Members of Lincoln's Inn Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Welsh constituencies British MPs 1790–1796 British MPs 1796–1800 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Welsh constituencies UK MPs 1801–1802 UK MPs 1802–1806 UK MPs 1806–1807 UK MPs 1807–1812

Robert The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, prais ...

High sheriffs of Monmouthshire {{GreatBritain-baronet-stub