| 词条 | Robert Hucks |
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Robert Hucks (1699–1745) of Clifton Hampden was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1741. Hucks was baptised on 5 March 1699, the eldest surviving son of William Hucks. He was admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge on 6 January 1717 and at Inner Temple on 11 January 1720.[1] He married married Sarah Coghill, daughter of Henry Coghill of Pennes Place, in Aldenham on 22 December 1730.[2] Hucks was elected as Member of Parliament for Abingdon at the 1722 general election and consistently voted with the government. He was re-elected in a contest at the 1727 general election. In 1733 he was appointed Recorder of Wallingford. He faced another contested election in 1734 and was elected again as MP for Abingdon. He was an enemy of religious establishments and in 1736 he opposed a grant to repair Henry VII’s chapel and promoted a mortmain bill to prevent land being alienated to religious and charitable institutions. In 1737 he resigned as a councillor of the Georgia Trust over plans to endow land for a church there. He succeeded his father in 1740 and assumed his office as King’s brewer. He did not stand at the 1741 general election. In 1743 he presented the Treasury with a petition on behalf of London victuallers which sought the repeal of the Pot Act, which imosed a levy on publicans. He became treasurer of the Foundling Hospital in 1744.[2] Hucks died aged 46 on 21 December 1745 and was buried on 30 December at Aldenham, where there is a monumental inscription. He and his wife had two sons and six daughters.[2] [1]References1. ^1 {{acad|id= HKS716-|name=Hucks, Robert}} {{s-start}}{{s-par|gb}}{{s-bef2. ^1 2 {{cite web| url =https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/hucks-robert-1699-1745 | title= HUCKS, Robert (1699-1745), of Clifton Hampden, nr. Abingdon, and Aldenham, Herts.| publisher= History of Parliament Online| accessdate = 28 October 2018}} | before = James Jennings }}{{s-title | title = Member of Parliament for Abingdon | years = 1722–1741 }}{{s-aft | after = John Wright }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hucks, Robert}} 6 : 1699 births|1745 deaths|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies|British MPs 1722–27|British MPs 1727–34|British MPs 1734–41 |
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