Sir Robert Houston, 1st Baronet
Politician
1853 – 1926
Who was Sir Robert Houston, 1st Baronet?
Sir Robert Paterson Houston, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician and shipowner. He was born to a maritime engineer from Renfrewshire, and, after an apprenticeship in Liverpool, Houston also became an engineer. In 1877 he bought a share in a packet steamer with his inheritance, using the profits to start up his own management company in 1880, R.P. Houston & Company. In 1892 he was elected as Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Toxteth, resigning on 26 April 1924 through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. He was created a Baronet, of West Toxteth in the City of Liverpool, in 1922.
Married to Lucy, Lady Houston, he died on his steam yacht Liberty on 14 April 1926.
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