Trevor, Robert 4th Lord Trevor of Bromham

Robert Trevor was born in 1706, he was the son of Thomas Trevor the 1st Lord Trevor by his second wife Ann Bernard nee Weldon whom he had married in 1702.

Robert married in 1743 and in 1754 he changed his name by Royal Licence to Hampden to inherit the Estates of his great grandfather John Hampden.

4^th Baron Robert Trevor fathered an illegitimate son Robert in 1729, we do not know the mother.

4^th Baron Robert was sent to The Hague as secretary to the British Embassy under Horatio Walpole in 1734 and eventually took the post of Minister – Plenipotentiary in 1741 and he regularly corresponded with Horace Walpole of Strawberry Hill House in London.

In 1743 he married Constantia de Huybert at The Hague and in the next few years “illegitimate Robert” was joined by various half-brothers and sisters born in The Netherlands.

In 1746 the 4^th Baron was appointed Commissioner of the Revenue in Ireland, and Joint Postmaster General from 1759 to 1765.

In 1754 he took the additional name Hampden on succeeding to the Estates of his Great Grandfather John Hampden.

In 1776 he was created 1^st Viscount Hampden of Great and Little Hampden in Buckinghamshire for services to the State, although according to Horace Walpole the ennoblement was gained through the influence of his son in law the Duke of Suffolk who was leader of the Whig Party.

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b: 1706
d: 1783