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He married Catherine Widdrington. Their son Mark Shafto was High Sheriff of County Durham in 1709. Two of their sons represented Durham City in Parliament. Robert from 1712 until his death in 1729 and John 1729–1742. John's son Robert Shafto (1732-1797) was a politician known famously as 'Bobby Shafto'. He married heiress Anne Duncombe.
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).
Robert Duncombe Shafto (1806 – 22 March 1889) was a British Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Durham from 1847 to 1868. [1] [2]
Robert Shafto may refer to: Robert Shafto (1690–1729) , English politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Durham 1712–1713, 1727–1730 Bobby Shafto (1732–1797), English MP for Durham 1760–1768, and for Downton 1780–1790
Robert Shafto (2 December 1690 – December 1729), of Whitworth Hall, Spennymoor, County Durham, was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1712 and 1729. Whitworth Hall and deer park
Adair was the second son of Sir Robert Shafto Adair, 1st baronet, and his first wife Elizabeth Maria Strode. [2] He was educated at Harrow, and at St John's College, Oxford. [3] Adair was elected at the 1847 general election as one of the two MPs for Ipswich, and held the seat until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1874 general ...
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, 1st Baron Waveney (25 August 1811 – 15 February 1886) [1] was a British Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridge for 8 of the years from 1847 to 1857.
Robert Shafto Hawks became the director of the Hawks company subsequent to the death of his father, and was knighted by the Prince Regent, in 1817, for his suppression of riots. [3] Shafto Hawks was involved in freemasonry in which he served as Worshipful Master of the oldest lodge in Northumberland. [21]