# Robert Nedham

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{{Short description|British-Jamaican plantation owner and politician}}
'''Robert Nedham''' (1703 – August 1762) was a [British](/source/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain)-Jamaican plantation owner and politician who sat in the [House of Commons](/source/British_House_of_Commons) for the rotten borough of [Old Sarum](/source/Old_Sarum_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) from 1734 to 1741.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=NEDHAM, Robert (?1703-62), of Howbery Park, Oxon. and Mourne Park, co Down. {{!}} History of Parliament Online |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/nedham-robert-1703-62 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Robert Nedham was the son of Robert Nedham, a slave owner in Jamaica.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Summary of Individual {{!}} Legacies of British Slavery |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650811 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=www.ucl.ac.uk}}</ref> He settled permanently in England on his estates at [Newry](/source/Newry), [County Down](/source/County_Down) and at [Oxford](/source/Oxford), [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Needham's of Jamaica |url=https://nons.co.uk/Origins/Needhams_of_Jamaica.htm |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=nons.co.uk}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Nedham married Catherine Pitt, the daughter of [Harriet Villiers](/source/Harriet_Villiers) and [Robert Pitt](/source/Robert_Pitt), who also served as MP for [Old Sarum](/source/Old_Sarum_(UK_Parliament_constituency)).<ref name=":0" />

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