Robert Sparrow (1741–1822) was an English country landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1775.
Robert Sparrow
Lifeedit
Sparrow was the eldest son of Robert Sparrow of Worlingham and his wife Anne Bence, daughter of Robert Bence of Henstead, Suffolk and was baptized on 24 October 1741. He was educated at Bury St Edmunds Grammar School, and was admitted at Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1759 and at Middle Temple in 1759. He succeeded his father to Worlingham Hall on 20 October 1765.[1][2]
Sparrow was returned as Member of Parliament for Bedford at the 1774 general election on the interest of his brother-in-law Sir Robert Bernard, 5th Baronet but was unseated on petition 23 March 1775. In his short period in Parliament he voted with Opposition on, 22 February 1775 regarding John Wilkes and does not appear to have spoken in the House [1]
Worlingham Hall
Sparrow was High Sheriff of Suffolk for 1777–8. He considered standing at Bedford again in 1784 but decided against it.[1] In 1785 he decided to rebuild Warlingham Hall and commissioned John Soane to produce plans. Nothing was done with these and Soane was finally paid after threat of litigation in 1796.[3] In 1800 he decided to proceed with development of the hall and commissioned Francis Sandys to produce revised plans which were implemented.[3]
Sparrow's first marriage was to Mary Bernard, daughter of Sir John Bernard, 4th Baronet, on 8 July 1771. They had a son Robert Bernard Sparrow, and daughter Mary.[1] His son married and had a son, but both predeceased him. Their daughter Mary married Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford and inherited Worlingham Hall.[4]
After the death of his first wife on 9 February 1793, Sparrow married secondly Mary Brockhaus of Hardwick, Suffolk in 1797.[1]
Referencesedit
^ abcdef"SPARROW, Robert (1741-1822), of Worlingham, Suff". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
^"Sparrow, Robert (SPRW759R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ abCountry Life Outstanding Suffolk country house for sale 25 March 2010
^Alfred Suckling, 'Worlingham', in The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk: Volume 1 (Ipswich, 1846), pp. 103-111. British History Online (accessed 23 December 2017)
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