Background
Robert Wilmot was born the natural son of Sir Robert Wilmot the first baronet of Osmaston Hall, the Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Robert Wilmot was born the natural son of Sir Robert Wilmot the first baronet of Osmaston Hall, the Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
By virtue of a special remainder granted to his father he was allowed to inherit the title of the Wilmot baronets of Osmaston. Wilmot married first Juliana Elizabeth Byron, the daughter of Admiral Byron on 17 September 1783 at Pirbright. Wilmot remarried Mariana Howard in 1795, Mariana was the heiress of Charles Howard of Stafford.
In the following year, Wilmot was the High Sheriff of Derbyshire.