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Robert Henley Ongley

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Also Known As

Robert Ongley

Robert Henley

Born: 1721

Died: 23 October 1785

Peerages

1st Baron Ongley - 30 July 1776

son of Robert Henley

son of Anne Merryam

husband of Frances Gosfright

Education

Christ Church, Oxford   (1741 -)

Middle Temple   (1737 -)

Elections fought

15 April 1754		Bedford		Unopposed
1 April 1761		Bedfordshire	Tory	Unopposed
28 March 1768		Bedfordshire	Whig	Unopposed
21 October 1774		Bedfordshire	Whig	986	70.96
19 April 1784		Bedfordshire	Pittite	973	64.93
1 July 1784 Petition - Baron Ongley declared elected by order of the House, Hon St Andrew St John being unseated.
19 May 1785 Petition - following scrutiny, the votes for Hon St Andrew St John were declared as 829 and Baron Ongley 825. Hon St Andrew St John was therefore declared elected.