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Robert Alexander Shafto Adair

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 25 August 1811, Ballymena, County Antrim

Died: 5 February 1886

Peerages

1st Baron Waveney - 10 April 1873

2nd Baronet - 24 February 1869

son of Sir Robert Shafto-Adair

son of Elizabeth Maria Strode

husband of Theodosia Meade

brother of Hugh Edward Adair

Elections fought

15 July 1841		Eastern Suffolk	Whig	1,787	35.86
18 April 1843		Eastern Suffolk	Liberal Party	1,818	38.11
16 July 1845		Cambridge	Whig	729	49.42
31 July 1847		Cambridge	Whig	811	65.72
9 July 1852		Cambridge	Whig	737	48.58
18 August 1854		Cambridge	Radical	757	52.28
29 April 1857		Cambridge	Radical	729	49.66
4 May 1859		Eastern Suffolk	Liberal Party	1,883	42.03
12 July 1865		Canterbury	Liberal Party	614	44.46
20 February 1867		Eastern Suffolk	Liberal Party	2,120	46.00
24 November 1868		Eastern Suffolk	Liberal Party	3,321	48.71
21 August 1869		Antrim County	Liberal Party	2,294	29.10
1 June 1870		Eastern Suffolk	Liberal Party	3,285	48.73