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Robert Henry Hurst (1788–1857) was an English Whig politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Horsham from 1832 to 1841, and from 1844 to 1847.

Hurst was elected to the House of Commons at the 1832 general election. He was re-elected in 1835 and 1837, but did not stand in 1841 general election. However his Conservative successor Robert Scarlett succeeded to the peerage in 1844, and Hurst was elected unopposed at the resulting by-election. He did not seek re-election in 1847.

His son Robert Henry Hurst (junior) was later MP for Horsham.

References

• "House of Commons constituencies beginning with H (part 4)". Leigh Rayment's Peerage pages. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
• Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832-1885 (2nd ed.). Aldershot. p. 155. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert Henry Hurst (senior)