Thomas Agar-Robartes

Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes (22 May 1880-30 September 1915), was a British Liberal politician.

Agar-Robartes was the eldest son of Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden, and his wife Mary (née Dickenson) and was brought up at Lanhydrock House, Bodmin. He was elected Member of Parliament for Bodmin in the 1906 general election, but lost his seat in June 1906 following a controversial election petition by the defeated candidate alleging illegal payments to potential voters. He was elected to the St Austell Division of Cornwall in a by-election in 1908 and held the seat until his death. Serving as a Captain in the Coldstream Guards, he was wounded in the Battle of Loos on 28 September and killed on 30 September 1915 [ [http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=53707 CWGC entry] ] after rescuing a wounded comrade under heavy fire for which he was recommended for the Victoria Cross. He is buried in Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, near Béthune. His younger brother Francis later succeeded their father in the viscountcy.

He is commemorated by a memorial in Truro Cathedral [http://ww1cemeteries.com/british_cemeteries_memorials/agar_robartes_mem_truro.htm] and in stained glass at Wimpole [ [http://www.wimpole.info/church.htm Wimpole Parish Church ] at www.wimpole.info] and Church Norton. [ [http://victorians.westsussex.gov.uk/theme/wscc-theme-2/ccm/content/environment/the-west-sussex-countryside/the-coastal-plain/pagham-harbour-local-nature-reserve/harbour-views-newsletter/features/heritage.en;jsessionid=ampfuslcnAO5 West Sussex County Council: Heritage ] at victorians.westsussex.gov.uk]

References

* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/ www.thepeerage.com]
* [http://www.arrington.org.uk/commemorations_one.asp#robartes Wimpole War Memorial]