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Robert Inglis
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'''Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 2nd Baronet''' (
12 January 1786–
5 May 1855) was an English
Conservative Party (UK) Conservative politician, noted for his staunch
High church views.
He was the son of
Hugh Inglis Sir Hugh Inglis, Bt, a minor politician and
Member of Parliament MP (
1802-
1806). Robert, who succeeded to his father's
baronetcy in
1820, was MP for Dundalk 1824-1826, Ripon
1828-
1829 and
Oxford University until
1854.
Inglis was strongly opposed to measures which, in his view, weakened the
Anglican Church. When
Robert Grant (politician) Robert Grant, MP for Inverness, petitioned for Jewish relief in 1830, Inglis was violently opposed. Inglis alleged that the Jews were an alien people, with no allegiance to England, and that to admit Jews to parliament would "separate Christianity itself from the State." {{ref|hansard.xxii.798}} He also alleged that if they were admitted to parliament "within seven years...Parliamentary Reform would be carried." {{ref|hansard.xxiii.1304-1306}} Inglis was joined in his public opposition by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Henry Goulburn, and the
Solicitor General for England and Wales Solicitor General and future
Lord Chancellor,
Edward Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards Sir Edward Sugden. Although the Jews were not emancipated fully until
1858,
Reform Bill of 1832 Parliamentary Reform occurred in
1832, just two years later. Inglis also likened
Buddhism to "
idolatry" in connexion with the British colony of
Ceylon during a debate over the relationship of "Buddhist priests" to the British colonial government in
1852.{{ref|hansard.cxxiii.713-714}}
In
1845 he broke with
Robert Peel Sir Robert Peel and opposed the
Maynooth Grant, which would have granted a yearly
Pound sterling £26,000 subsidy to the Catholic
St Patrick's College, Maynooth Maynooth seminary. Other opponents included, oddly enough,
John Bright and
Benjamin Disraeli, although on different grounds.
In
1851, when
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby Lord Stanley (who became the Earl of Derby later that year) attempted to form a protectionist administration, Inglis was offered the
President of the Board of Control presidency of the Board of Control, which he accepted initially, only to withdraw a few days later. He was made a
Privy Counsellor in
1854, and died the next year, at the age of 69. On his death the baronetcy became extinct.
Errata
Disraeli apparently viewed Inglis with contempt, and described him as "a wretched speaker, an offensive voice, no power of expression, yet perpetually recalling and correcting his cumbersome phraseology." {{ref|blake.disraeli.304}}
Notes
#{{note|hansard.xxii.798}} ''Hansard'', 2nd Series, xxii, 798.
#{{note|hansard.xxiii.1304-1306}} ''Hansard'', 2nd Series, xxiii, 1304–1806.
#{{note|hansard.cxxiii.713-714}} ''Hansard'', 3rd Series, cxxiii, 713–714.
#{{note|blake.disraeli.304}} Robert Blake, ''Disraeli'' (New York, 1967), 304, ''op. cit.''.
References
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Category:1786 births Inglis, Robert
Category:1855 deaths Inglis, Robert
Category:British MPs Inglis, Robert
Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Inglis, Robert
Category:Members of the Privy Council Inglis, Robert
Category:UK Conservative Party politicians Inglis, Robert
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