Brief Life History of Robert John
When Sir Robert John Wilmot-Horton was born on 21 December 1784, in Osmaston, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Sir Robert Wilmot, was 37 and his mother, Juliana Elizabeth Byron, was 30. He married Lady Anne Beatrix Horton on 6 September 1806, in Croxall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 31 May 1841, in Surrey, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 56, and was buried in Croxall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Robert John Wilmot, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Robt. John Wilmot, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Robert John Wilmot Horton, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (6)
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
One of the many French names of Germanic origin that were introduced into Britain by the Normans; it has since remained in continuous use. It is derived from the nearly synonymous elements hrōd ‘fame’ + berht ‘bright, famous’, and had a native Old English predecessor of similar form (Hreodbeorht), which was supplanted by the Norman name. Two dukes of Normandy in the 11th century bore the name: the father of William the Conqueror (sometimes identified with the legendary Robert the Devil), and his eldest son. It was borne also by three kings of Scotland, notably Robert the Bruce ( 1274–1329 ), who freed Scotland from English domination. The altered short form Bob is very common, but Hob and Dob, which were common in the Middle Ages and gave rise to surnames, are extinct. See also Rupert .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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