Sir Robert Lucas-Tooth, 1st Baronet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian brewer and politician (1844-1915)
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Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
About Sir Robert Lucas-Tooth, 1st Baronet
- Sir Robert Lucas Lucas-Tooth, 1st Baronet (7 December 1844 – 19 February 1915) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney, the son of Edwin Tooth and Sarah Lucas, and was educated at Eton College.
- He returned to Australia in 1863, joining the family firm and becoming involved in the brewery business.
- He owned land near Bega.
- On 2 January 1873 he married Helen Tooth, his first cousin who was a daughter of Frederick Tooth; they had six children.
- From 1875 he had built an impressive mansion on Sydney harbour suburb called Swifts, Darling Point which was designed in the Gothic revival style.
- From 1880 to 1884 he represented Monaro in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
- In 1889 he settled in England, although he remained involved in Australian interests and visited frequently.
- In 1895 he ran as a Conservative for the House of Commons, but he was defeated.
- In 1904 he took the name Lucas-Tooth and was created a baronet.
- In 1910 he bought Holme Lacy House from the Earl of Chesterfield and modernised it, installing electricity and sewage systems.
- As a philanthropist he gave : in 1913 a gift of £50,000 to Prince Alexander of Teck to support the prince's fund to assist and extend facilities for the "physical and moral training of boys".
- His name was given to the fund and a medal named "Lucas-Tooth Boys Training Fund for Efficiency" was created circa 1916 to reward deserving military cadets; the same year a donation of £1000 to the Mawson Antarctic Expedition Relief Fund, helping the "Aurora" reach King George V Land and bring back Dr.
- Douglas Mawson and six others who were over-wintering there after a series of calamities; in 1914 he also contributed £10,000 to Lady Dudley's Field Hospital to help the Australian war effort.He died at Holme Lacy in 1915..
- Both his elder sons were killed in action within 6 weeks of each other First World War in 1914 and the youngest, Archibald, who had succeeded him as 2nd Baronet, also died of pneumonia on military service in 1918.
- Although two of his sons had married, there were no male heirs and the baronetcy thus became extinct.
- The baronetcy was revived in 1920 through the son of Sir Robert's daughter.
- Holme Lacy was sold in 1919 to R.
- Hadden Tebb.
- His wife Lady Helen Lucas-Tooth (nee Tooth) died in Cheltenham in 1942.
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