Abraham Robarts (1745–1816) was an English banker and politician. He was a factor in the West Indies trade, and a director of the

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Sout ...

Life

Early in his career he was a partner with James Tierney in the firm of Tierney, Lilly and Robarts, Spanish merchants. He became a Director of the Royal Exchange Insurance Company from 1781 to 1786 and then served as a director of the East India Company 6 times between 1786 and 1815, normally for three years each time. In 1792 he became a city banker in partnership with Sir William Curtis in the firm of Robarts, Curtis, Were, Hornyold and Berwick, of Cornhill. Robarts went into politics first in 1784, as an unsuccessful candidate in . He established himself as Member of Parliament at in 1796, when his local banking associate Edmund Lechmere (1747–1798) got into financial difficulties and had to give up the seat. Robarts was an uncontested candidate, and won successive terms, sitting until his death in 1816. He died a wealthy man in 1816.

Family

Robarts married Sabine Tierney, sister of

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, and they had four sons and five daughters. The children included: *

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James Thomas Robarts James is a common English language surname and given name: * James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambigua ...

*Sabine, eldest daughter, married

Charles Thellusson Charles Thellusson (2 February 1770 – 2 November 1815), was a British merchant, banker and politician. Early life Thellusson was born on 2 February 1770. He was the third son of Peter Thellusson, a wealthy London merchant, and his wife Ann Wood ...

*Sidney, married in 1817

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, Member of Parliament for *Marianne Jane Roberts, the youngest child

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robarts, Abraham 1745 births 1816 deaths English bankers Directors of the British East India Company Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1796–1800 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1801–1802 UK MPs 1802–1806 UK MPs 1806–1807 UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1812–1818