Sir Robert Burdett, 4th Baronet (28 May 1716 – 13 February 1797) was a British politician and member of the Englishgentry.
Burdett was the posthumous son of Robert Burdett, son ofSir Robert Burdett, 3rd Baronet of Bramcote, Warwickshire. His mother was the Hon. Elizabeth, daughter of William Tracy, 4th Viscount Tracy. His father and grandfather both died in January 1716 and Burdett succeeded in the baronetcy at his birth in May 1716, four months after the death of his grandfather. He was educated as a gentleman commoner atWinchester College (around 1731),[2] thenNew College, Oxford.
In 1738 he served asHigh Sheriff of Derbyshire. In 1748 he was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives forTamworth, a seat he held until 1768.
Burdett married firstly Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Charles Sedley, in 1739 and by her had 3 sons and 2 daughters. After her death in 1747 he married secondly Lady Caroline, daughter ofJohn Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland, and widow ofSir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet, in 1753. She died in 1769.
He commissionedForemarke Hall in Derbyshire to be built in 1794 as a stately home in 1760 for his sonFrancis Burdett. The architect was David Hiorns, a famous architect then whose architectural firm in London still thrives today. According to a directory published in 1846,[3] the hall was "erected about the year 1762" by Sir Robert, replacing an earlier house on the site.
Sir Robert died in February 1797, aged 80, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandsonSir Francis Burdett, the noted reformist politician, and the eldest son ofFrancis Burdett, who had predeceased him in 1794.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Tamworth 1748–1768 With:Thomas Villiers 1748–56 Viscount Villiers 1756–65 Edward Thurlow 1765–68 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Baronet (of Bramcote) 1716–1797 | Succeeded by |