Robert Nesbitt (solicitor)

Robert Chancellor Nesbitt (17 November 1868 – 27 January 1944) was a distinguished solicitor in the City of London, and a Unionist politician and member of legal, financial and Church of England bodies in the early 20th century.

As a youth, Nesbitt was a noted cyclist, riding with the Bath Road Club.

[2] Nesbitt became an advocate on the Shanghai Bar, and from 1909 to 1926 was a member of the Council of the Law Society.

He was also a director of the Union Bank of Australia, chairman of the National Mutual Life Association of Australasia, Board for Britain; and Deputy Chairman of the British Law Insurance Company.

Nesbitt was Member of Parliament for Chislehurst, Kent from 1922–24, and secretary of Nobody's Friends in the 1930s.