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Robert Waller (Chipping Wycombe MP)

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Robert Waller (c 1732–1814), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 29 years from 1761 to 1790.

Hall Barn, Buckinghamshire

Waller was the son of Edmund Waller, MP of Beaconsfield and his wife Mary Aislabie, daughter of John Aislabie and the brother of MPs John Waller and Edmund Waller. He was possibly educated at Eton College from 1742 to 1748[1] and matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford aged 18 on 11 June 1751.[2]

In the 1761 general election Waller was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Chipping Wycombe on his family interest. He was returned unopposed at all his subsequent elections in 1768, 1774, 1780 and 1784. He was Groom of the Bedchamber from 1784 to 1801.[1]

Waller lived at Hall Barn, near Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire and died unmarried in October or November 1814.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "WALLER, Robert (?1732-1814), of Hall Barn, Beaconsfield, Bucks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Waller, Robert (1)" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Chipping Wycombe
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With: Viscount FitzMaurice 1761
Isaac Barré 1761-1774
Hon. Thomas FitzMaurice 1774-1780
Viscount Mahon 1780-1786
Earl Wycombe 1786-1790
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