Robert Robartes, Viscount Bodmin

Robert Robartes, Viscount Bodmin (7 February 1634 – 8 February 1682) was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1679. He was later ambassador to Denmark.

Robartes was the eldest son of John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor and his wife Lucy Rich, second daughter of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick.^[1]. He was educated at Felsted School in Essex.

In 1660, Robartes was elected Member of Parliament for Cornwall in the Convention Parliament.^[2] He was elected MP for Bossiney in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1679.^[3]

He was ambassador to Denmark in 1681.^[1]

Robartes died at the age of 48.

Robartes married Sarah, daughter of John Bodvel of Bodvile Castle North Wales. The title of Radnor descended to his son, Charles (1660–1723), who was mentioned by Johnathan Swift in his Journalto Stella.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Dictionary of National Biography
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)

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Date of birth	7 February 1634
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