NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wilmot Horton, Robert, Sir, 1784-1841 NRA: Horton, Sir Robert John Wilmot- (1784-1841) 3rd Baronet Politician DNB: Horton, Sir Robert John Wilmot-, third baronet (1784-1841), politician and colonial governor LBT ID: RoHorto1841 VIAF ID: 53220905 LOC ID: n87912672 | B/BAP: 1784-12-21 DIED: 1841-06-08 |
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Byron's cousin; he was MP for Newcastle under Lyme (1818-30), governor of Ceylon
(1831-37), and was Augusta Leigh's representative at the destruction of Byron's memoir; he
succeeded to his title in 1834. | |