Robert Bromley was a British Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 politician, the eldest son and heir apparent of Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Bromley, 3rd Baronet.

He was elected unopposed as a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Southern division of Nottinghamshire

South Nottinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Nottinghamshire, formally the "Southern Division of Nottinghamshire" was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...

 at a by-election in April 1849 after the resignation

Resignation from the British House of Commons

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 of the Conservative MP Lancelot Rolleston

Lancelot Rolleston

Lancelot Rolleston was a British Conservative Party politician.He was elected unopposed as a Member of Parliament for Southern division of Nottinghamshire at the 1837 general election...

. He died in office on 30 December 1850, aged 35, after less than two years in the House of Commons.

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