Robert Henry Hurst (1788–1857) was an English Whig politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from 1832 to 1841, and from 1844 to 1847. The Hursts were a major landowning family in

, having purchased lands in 1812 when Horsham Common was enclosed. Between 1808 and 1814, Hurst served as an officer in the

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during the

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. Hurst was elected to the

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at the 1832 general election. He was re-elected in

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and

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, but did not stand in 1841 general election. However his

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successor Robert Scarlett succeeded to the peerage in 1844, and Hurst was elected unopposed at the resulting by-election. He did not seek re-election in

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. Hunt married Dorothy Breynton, the daughter of John Breynton of Haunch Hall,

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. Their son

Robert Henry Hurst (junior) Robert Henry Hurst (1 June 1817 – 12 February 1905) was an English Liberal Party politician and Recorder for Hastings and Rye. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Horsham from 1865 to 1868, and from 1875 to 1876. Hurst was born in Bright ...

was later MP for Horsham.

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1788 births 1857 deaths Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 {{England-UK-MP-stub