Robert Yerburgh

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"Chester". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1893.

Robert Armstrong Yerburgh, DL, JP (17 January 1853 – 18 December 1916), was a British barrister and Conservative politician.

Early life[]

Yerburgh was the son of the Reverend Richard Yerburgh and Susan Higgin and had ten full brothers and sisters: Richard Eustre, Susan Edith, John Eardley, Oswald, Mary Florence, Edmond Rochfort, Rachel, Harry Beauchamp, Lucy Isabel, and Charlotte Elizabeth. By his father's second marriage in 1863 he had two half-sisters, Annie Constance and Mabel Stanley.^[1] He was educated at Rossall School, Harrow School, and University College, Oxford.

Career[]

After Oxford, Yerburgh was called to the bar. In 1886 he was elected to the House of Commons for Chester, standing for the Unionists, a seat he lost in 1906, but he was elected again in 1910. He was intended for a peerage in 1916 but died in December of that year, before the patent had been completed, aged 63. He was also a Deputy Lieutenant for Lancashire and a Justice of the Peace for Kirkcudbrightshire.

Private life[]

In 1888 Yerburgh married Elma Amy, a daughter of Daniel Thwaites, and the couple lived at Billinge Scar, near Blackburn, before moving to Woodfold Hall. They had two sons. Their eldest son, Robert, also became a Conservative politician and was elevated to the peerage as Baron Alvingham in 1929. Elma Amy Yerburgh died in 1946.

Notes[]

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References[]

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source][better source needed]}
• Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". thepeerage.com.^{[unreliable source]}

External links[]

• Yerburgh family history (1912)
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert Yerburgh