Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton
Member of the United Kingdom Parliament
Died when: 56 years 161 days (677 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Sir Robert John Wilmot-Horton, 3rd Baronet, GCH, PC, FRS (21 December 1784 – 31 May 1841) was a British politician, sociopolitical theorist, and colonial administrator.
He was Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies between 1821 and 1828, and Governor of Ceylon between 1831 and 1837.He is most widely known for his writings on assisted emigration to the colonies of the British Empire.
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