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English politician
Robert Bristow (18 October 1688 – 3 November 1737)
[1] of
Micheldever in Hampshire was an English politician.
His father
Robert (1662–1706) and his brother
John were both Members of Parliament.
[2]
[3]
Bristow himself was a director of the
Bank of England from 1713 to 1716 and 1718 to 1720 and a director of the
East India Company from 1716 to 1717. He was a
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Winchelsea from 1708 to 1737, and was employed in the royal household as
Clerk of the Green Cloth from 1720 until his death.
[1]
He married Sarah, the daughter of
Sir John Ward, MP. His son
Robert (1712–1776) was also an MP.
[2]
References
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b Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). R. Sedgwick (ed.).
"BRISTOW, Robert (1688-1737), of Micheldever, Hants". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
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b Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). R. Sedgwick (ed.).
"BRISTOW, John (1701-68), of Mark Lane, London, and Quidenham, Norf". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
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^ Sedgwick, Romney R. (1970). R. Sedgwick (ed.).
"BRISTOW, Robert (1712-76), of Micheldever, Hants". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 1 June 2014.