Robert Delaval
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Robert Delaval was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
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 in 1659.

Delaval was the son and heir of Ralph Delaval of Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. He entered Lincoln's Inn
Lincoln's Inn
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 in 1619 and matriculated at University College, Oxford
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 on 23 June 1621. In 1659, he was elected Member of Parliament
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 for Morpeth
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.

Delaval was the father of Sir Ralph Delaval, 1st Baronet
Sir Ralph Delaval, 1st Baronet
Sir Ralph Delaval, 1st Baronet was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1685....

MP for Northumberland.
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