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Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton, 3rd Baronet.
Member of the United Kingdom Parliament
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About Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton, 3rd Baronet
Sir Robert John Wilmot-Horton, 3rd Baronet,, GCH, PC, FRS, born Robert John Wilmot, was a British politician, sociopolitical theorist, and colonial administrator. He was Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies between 1821 and 1828, and Governor of Ceylon between 1831 and 1837. He is most widely known for his writings on assisted emigration to the colonies of the British Empire.
Everything about Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton, 3rd Baronet →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the 6th Parliament of the United Kingdom, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Governor of British Ceylon, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- December 21, 1784
- Died
- May 31, 1841