Background
The heir to his father"s banking business, the London-based Child & Company, he was Chairman of the East India Company in 1715.
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Robert Child
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Robert Child was eldest surviving son of Sir Francis Child, Member of Parliament, Lord Mayor of London and Jeweller to King William III. His father took Osterley Park, after a default on its mortgage, which Child subsequently inherited. lieutenant then became Child"s principal seat.
Membership
3rd Parliament of Great Britain. 4th Parliament of Great Britain]
He also served as a (Member of Parliament) for Helston from 1710 to 1713, and for Devizes from 1713 to 1715. Child was for Helston between 1710 and 1713.
He then stood for his father"s old constituency of Devizes, where he was between 1713 and 1715.
