Robert Pierpoint (British Politician)
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Robert Pierpoint (8 June 1845 – 22 January 1932) was member of parliament for
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from 1892 to 1906. Pierpoint was educated at
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and
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where he obtained his MA in 1871. He was then
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at the
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and became a justice of the peace. He married at the old Church of the Annunciation, Bryanston street on 17 December 1902 Marie Eugénie, widow of John Wills.


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1845 births 1932 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1840s-stub