Sir Robert Cunliffe, 5th Baronet

Robert A Cunliffe MP

Sir Robert Alfred Cunliffe, 5th Baronet (17 January 1839 – 18 June 1905) was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1872 and 1885.

Cunliffe was the son of Robert Ellis Cunliffe of the Bengal Civil Service. He was educated at Eton College and joined the Scots Fusilier Guards in 1857. In 1859, he succeeded his grandfather General Sir Robert Henry Cunliffe in the baronetcy.

He retired from the regular army in 1862 and became Lieutenant Colonel commanding the Royal Denbigh Militia. He was a JP and DL for Denbighshire and High Sheriff of Denbighshire in 1868.[1]

In 1872 Cunliffe was elected Member of Parliament for Flint Boroughs and held the seat until 1874.[2] At the 1880 general election Cunliffe was elected MP for Denbigh Boroughs. He held the seat until 1885.[3]

In 1892 he stood unsuccessfully for the Liberal Unionist Party.

General Election 1892: Flintshire[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Samuel Smith 4,597 59.4 n/a
Liberal Unionist Sir Robert Alfred Cunliffe 3,145 40.6 n/a
Majority 1,452 18.8 n/a
Turnout 76.8 n/a
Liberal hold Swing n/a

Cunliffe died at the age of 66.

Cunliffe married Eleanor Sophia Egerton Leigh, only daughter of Major Egerton Leigh of West Hall High Leigh and Jodrell Hall, Cheshire. Their son Foster was a cricketer and historian and died fighting in World War I.

References

  1. ↑ Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F" (part 1)
  3. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
  4. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir John Hanmer, Bt		 Member of Parliament for Flint Boroughs
1872 – 1874 		Succeeded by
Peter Ellis Eyton
Preceded by
Watkin Williams		 Member of Parliament for Denbigh Boroughs
1880 – 1885 		Succeeded by
George Thomas Kenyon


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