Sir Robert Cann, 1st Baronet

Sir Robert Cann, 1st Baronet (c. 1621–1685), of Small Street, Bristol and Stoke Bishop, Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucestershire, was an English politician.

[1][2] He was the son of William Cann, merchant of Bristol and Margaret, the sister of Robert Yeamans.

[7] He entered parliament as Member MP for Bristol February 1678, following the death of his first wife's nephew Humphrey Hooke, apparently without opposition.

[1] They had 2 children: In 1647 he married his second wife Anne, daughter of Derrick Popley, merchant of the Red Lodge, Bristol.

[1] Their son Thomas served as High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1687 and was knighted by James II.