Background
Born Robert Otway, he was the only surviving son of Henry Otway and his wife, the 3rd Baroness Braye, of Castle Otway, Tipperary.
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Robert Otway-Cave
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He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, and succeeded his father in 1815, inheriting the family seat at Castle Otway.
Career
In 1818, he took by royal sign manual the additional surname of Cave, the maiden name of his mother, to whose title he was heir apparent. Otway-Cave entered the British House of Commons in 1826, sitting for Leicester the next four years. In August 1832, he was elected for Tipperary, which he represented until December.
He was again returned for the constituency in 1835, a seat he held until his death in 1844.
Otway-Cave died aged 48, after short illness without issue at Bath, Somerset. and was laid to rest in a family tomb in Street Nicholas Church, Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire. The barony passed into abeyance in 1862 on the death of his mother.
Membership
8th United Kingdom Parliament. 10th United Kingdom Parliament. 12th United Kingdom Parliament.
13th United Kingdom Parliament.
14th United Kingdom Parliament.
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November 29, 1844 (aged 48) -
Nationality
United Kingdom