Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes (22 May 1880 – 30 September 1915) was a British Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician.

Tommy Agar-Robartes was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden

Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden

Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden , known as the 2nd Baron Robartes from 1882 to 1899, was a British Liberal politician....

, and his wife Mary (née Dickenson) and was brought up at Lanhydrock House

Lanhydrock House

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, Bodmin

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. He was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Bodmin

Bodmin (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the 1906 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1906

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, but lost his seat in June 1906 following a controversial election petition

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 by the defeated candidate alleging illegal payments to potential voters. He was elected to the St Austell Division

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 of Cornwall

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 in a by-election in 1908 and held the seat until his death.

At the outbreak of World War I he joined the Royal Bucks Hussars

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 as an officer. Tommy then joined the Coldstream Guards

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 and was subsequently posted to France & Flanders. Captain The Honourable Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes, in command of No. 2 Coy, 1st Bn, the Coldstream Guards, was wounded in the Battle of Loos

Battle of Loos

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 on 28 September and killed by a sniper on 30 September 1915 after rescuing a wounded comrade under heavy fire for which he was recommended for the Victoria Cross

Victoria Cross

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He is buried in Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, near Béthune

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. He is commemorated by a memorial in Truro Cathedral

Truro Cathedral

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 and in stained glass at Wimpole

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 and Church Norton. His younger brother Francis

Francis Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden

Francis Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden , was a British Liberal politician.Clifden was the second but eldest surviving son Francis Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden (14 April 1883-15 July 1966), was a British Liberal politician.Clifden was the second but eldest surviving son...

later succeeded their father in the viscountcy.