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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).
John was the father of Robert Shafto, better known as Bobby Shaftoe, who vastly increased the family fortune by his marriage in 1774 to Anne Duncombe of Duncombe Park. Their son Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto , (also Member of Parliament for Durham City and later High Sheriff in 1842), who married Catherine Eden, daughter of Sir John Eden Bt of ...
John's son Robert Shafto (1732-1797) was a politician known famously as 'Bobby Shafto'. He married heiress Anne Duncombe. He married heiress Anne Duncombe. He was Member of Parliament for County Durham 1760-1768 and later for Downton, Wiltshire 1780–90.
The Opies (folklorists) have argued for an identification of the original Bobby Shafto with a resident of Hollybrook, County Wicklow, Ireland, who died in 1737. [1] However, the tune derives from the earlier "Brave Willie Forster", found in the Henry Atkinson manuscript from the 1690s, [3] and the William Dixon manuscript, from the 1730s, both from north-east England; besides these early ...
Oakwood Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the city of Fort Worth, Texas. Deeded to the city in 1879, it is the burial place of prominent local citizens, pioneers, politicians, and performers. Located at 701 Grand Avenue, Oakwood is a 62-acre cemetery on the north side of the Trinity River, just across the river from downtown Fort Worth.
Dallas-Fort Worth native Bobby Witt Jr. shares excitement ahead of first MLB All-star game. Lawrence Dow. July 15, 2024 at 1:05 PM. 1 / 2.
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
Fort Behavioral Health has reopened after a 30-day shutdown, but some former staff say it’s still “extremely unsafe” for children living at the facility, a Star-Telegram investigation finds.