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Robert Shafto (sometimes spelt Shaftoe) (circa 1732 – 24 November 1797) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1760 and 1790. He was the likely subject of a famous North East English folk song and nursery rhyme, "Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea" (Roud #1359).
Bobby Shaftoe may refer to: Bobby Shafto, 18th-century English politician and subject of a famous song; Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea, the song itself; Bobby Shaftoe, a lead character in Neal Stephenson's novel Cryptonomicon; Sergeant Bob Shaftoe, a related 17th-century character in Stephenson's The Baroque Cycle
People from Spennymoor by occupation ... Pages in category "People from Spennymoor" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Bobby Shafto ...
Whitworth Hall Country Park is a parkland based set in 73 acres (300,000 m 2) 8 miles (13 km) from Durham in England, which rests on the outskirts of the town of Spennymoor in County Durham. The park includes Whitworth Hall , a Grade II listed stately mansion (the ancestral home of Bobby Shafto an 18th-century MP ) hotel, deer park, lake and ...
The following people have the name Shafto: Bobby Shafto, 18th century British Member of Parliament (MP), the likeliest subject of a famous North East English folk song; Henry Shafto Harrison (1810–92) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Wanganui, New Zealand; Robert Duncombe Shafto (1796–1888), British Liberal Party politician
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