[4] He is described by the National Archives as a classical scholar, widely travelled and a cultivated man, versed in Greek literature.
He sought advice from his sister during the rebuilding process but neglected to plan for staircases in the three storied building.
[8] He trained as a barrister, and then was returned unopposed to Parliament for the Borough of Wigan on 8 July 1802, a seat he kept until retiring in 1820.
Its feoffees were heavily criticised for running the school to suit the needs of their offspring rather than as originally intended, the poor of Manchester.
[1][12][13] The reversion of his estates, after Baron Kingsdown died, together with the interest on £20,000, was left to Sarah Yates's son Roger Leigh, whom Sir Robert adopted, as long as he remained a member of the Church of England.