Robert Clarges (''c''. 1693 - before 1727) was an English

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MP. Clarges was the third son of Sir Walter Clarges, 1st Baronet, the first son of his marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Gould,

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, widow of Sir Robert Wymondsell. He was educated at

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and

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. His father died in 1706 whilst Clarges was still a minor and his inheritance of Stoke Poges Rectory Manor was held in trust for him until he became of age. He was elected MP for

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from 1713 to 30 May 1716. Clarges was described as a Tory who might often vote Whig. He voted against the

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. His election was declared void on 30 May 1716. He died unmarried apparently before April 1727 (he was not mentioned in his mother's will of that date). His estate was administered by his mother and elder brother. The Rectory Manor passed to his brother George.

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