Robert Burdon Stoker (19 June 1859 – 4 September 1919)[1] was a British shipping magnate and Conservative politician.
[4] He entered a Liverpool sailing ship firm, involved in the American and Canadian trades, and became its manager.
Stoker went to New York City in 1896 on behalf of FW to buy the Philadelphia Trans-Atlantic Line, returning after six months.
A contemporary article in Syren and Shipping said that Stoker was a "shrewd man of business, an able administrator at the head of affairs and the capital of Lancashire behind it, ML should flourish exceedingly".
[6] In March 1918 the sitting MP for Manchester South, major Philip Glazebrook, was killed in action.