Francis Robartes FRS (c. 1649 – 3 February 1718) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  at various times between 1673 and 1718.

Robartes was the son of John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor and his wife Lucy Rich, second daughter of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick

Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick

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. He was baptised at Lanhydrock Cornwall on 6 January 1650. He was at school at Chelsea under Mr Cary and was admitted at Christ's College, Cambridge

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 on 2 May 1663 aged 13. Robartes was known as a musical composer and a writer on the theory of sound. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society

Royal Society

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 in 1673.

In 1673, Robartes was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Bossiney

Bossiney (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the Cavalier Parliament

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 and sat until 1679. He was elected MP for Cornwall

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 in 1679 and sat until 1681. He was elected for Cornwall again in 1685 and sat until 1687. In 1689 he was elected MP for Lostwithiel

Lostwithiel (UK Parliament constituency)

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  and sat until 1690 when he was re-elected for Cornwall. He was elected MP for Tregony

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 in 1695 and sat until 1702 when he was elected MP for Bodmin

Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He sat for Bodmin until 1708, for Lostwithiel again from 1709 to 1710 and for Bodmin from 1710 to 1718. He was a Teller of the Exchequer from 1704 to 1710.

Robartes became a vice-president of the Royal Society.

Robartes died at Chelsea, London aged 68.

Robartes married Anne Fitzgerald, daughter of Wentworth Fitzgerald, Earl of Kildare. He was the brother of Robert Robartes

Robert Robartes, Viscount Bodmin

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 and Hender Robartes

Hender Robartes

Hender Robartes was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1688.Robartes was the son of John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor and his wife Lucy Rich, second daughter of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick.In 1660, Robartes was elected Member of Parliament for Bodmin in the...

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