Robert Culling Hanbury (19 March 1823 – 29 March 1867)
was a
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Liberal and
Whig politician.
Born at St Mary Spital Square Church in
Tower Hamlets
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,
London
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, Hanbury was the son of
Robert Hanbury and Emily Willett Hall. In 1849, he married Caroline, daughter of
Abel Smith and Frances Anne née Calvert, and they had at least five children: Edmund Smith (1850–1913); Evan (born 1854); Emily (born 1855); Mabel (1859–1941); and Caroline Rachel (1862–1949). After Caroline's death in 1863, he remarried to Frances Selina Eardley, daughter of
Culling Eardley
Sir Culling Eardley Eardley, 3rd Baronet (born Smith; 21 April 1805 – 21 May 1863) was a British Christian campaigner for religious freedom and for the Protestant cause, one of the founders of the Evangelical Alliance.
Early life
Born in Londo ...
and Isabella née Carr in 1865. He also had one other child, Anthony Ashley Hanbury, who died in 1914.
Hanbury was first elected Whig MP for
Middlesex
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at the
1857 general election and, becoming a Liberal in 1859, held the seat until his death in 1867.
Outside of politics, Hanbury was a partner in East London brewery
Truman, Hanbury, Buxton & Company.
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Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1857–1859
UK MPs 1859–1865
UK MPs 1865–1868
1823 births
1867 deaths