{{Short description|Canadian-American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Robert Desty | image = Robert Desty Crop Edit Alt.jpg | caption = | state_senate = California | district = 8th | term = '''''Not seated''''' | predecessor = John C. Murphy | successor = James D. Byrnes | birth_name = Robert d'Aillebout d'Estimauville de Beaumouchel | birth_date = {{birth date|1827|02|17}} | birth_place = Quebec, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|1895|09|27|1827|02|17}} | death_place = Rochester, New York, U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma mater = | employer = | occupation = Lawyer, jurist | party = Workingmen's {{small|(1879)}} | boards = | spouse = {{marriage|Mary Davison|1860}} | children = 1 | parents = | relatives = | allegiance = {{flag|United States|1845}} | branch = {{army|United States}} | service_years = 1847 | rank = Sergeant | unit = | battles = Mexican–American War }} '''Robert d'Aillebout d'Estimauville de Beaumouchel''' (February 17, 1827 – September 27, 1895), better known as '''Robert Desty''', was a Canadian American lawyer and politician. He was elected to the California State Senate in 1879,{{efn|Representing San Francisco and San Mateo Counties.<ref>{{cite news |title=THE PEOPLE'S PARTY |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1236134638/?match=1&terms=%22Robert%20Desty%22 |access-date=20 November 2025 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=26 August 1879 |location=San Francisco}}</ref>}} but was denied his seat on the grounds that he was not a naturalized citizen.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/11973 |title=Robert Desty |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=JoinCalifornia |publisher= |access-date=16 September 2024 |quote=}}</ref> He served in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Vassar|first1=Alexander C.|title=Legislators of California|date=2011|url=http://media.onevoter.org/reports/Legislators_of_California.pdf|accessdate=23 November 2016}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{commons-inline}} * [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000108165642&seq=123 Case and Comment, October 1895] * [https://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/11973 JoinCalifornia - Robert Desty] * [https://www.onevoter.org/2020/03/14/robert-desty/ The 129-year-old Case of Robert Desty]
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