For other people named Robert Shafto, see Robert Shafto (disambiguation).
Robert Shafto
Member of Parliament for County Durham
In office 1760–1768
Preceded by
George Bowes
Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Clavering
Member of Parliament for Downton
In office 1780–1790
Preceded by
Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie
Succeeded by
Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie
Robert Shafto (sometimes spelt Shaftoe) (circa 1732 – 24 November 1797) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1760 and 1790. He was the likely subject of a famous North East English folk song and nursery rhyme, "Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea" (Roud #1359).
song and nursery rhyme, "BobbyShafto's Gone to Sea" (Roud #1359). Robert Shafto was born around 1732 the son of John Shafto and his wife Mary Jackson...
Northumberland and adopted the alternative surname of Shafto. The following people have the name Shafto: BobbyShafto, 18th century British Member of Parliament...
Bobby Shaftoe may refer to: BobbyShafto, 18th-century English politician and subject of a famous song BobbyShafto's Gone to Sea, the song itself Bobby...
with his name-O', 'Bingo with his name O' England c. 1780 BobbyShafto's Gone to Sea 'BobbyShafto' England 1805 Bye, Baby Bunting England 1784 Can you count...
Robert Shafto may refer to: Robert Shafto (1690–1729), English politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Durham 1712–1713, 1727–1730 Bobby Shafto...
The Shafto family is an alternative surname for the Ffolliot family, who were established in the 14th century at Shafto Crag, Northumberland and adopted...
other groups. The first was The Guv'ners in 1963, with Nelson Keane and BobbyShafto. They were signed to Piccadilly Records, a subsidiary of Pye Records...
listed stately mansion (the ancestral home of BobbyShafto an 18th-century MP) hotel, deer park, lake and Shafto's Inn. The park includes a Victorian walled...
April 1701 to Sir Henry Belaysyse, whose daughter was involved with BobbyShafto and who was said to have inspired the famous song. In 1796 the castle...
estate was owned by and home to the Shafto family for over 300 years, including County Durham MP "Bonnie BobbyShafto", made famous by the well known ballad...
"Truth Laid Open", "The Brewer without Any Barm" 1358. No record 1359. "BobbyShafto" 1360. "Joseph and his Wedded Wife" 1361. "The Lord of Life" 1362. "Over...
(vocals). After Farrant left - later going on to record under the name BobbyShafto - the group auditioned new singers, and replaced him with the 16-year-old...
Soul (Gladiators), Veal for Every Meal, Heavy Metal Nursery Rhyme 1 - BobbyShafto's Gone to Sea, Ed's New Ringtone, Heavy Metal Nursery Rhyme 2 - There...
"Who Needs It" and "She's my Girl" which he wrote for Gene Pitney and BobbyShafto in 1964 respectively and which both achieved moderate Billboard Chart...
Spring (Jack Wertz), 1960* The Owl and the Pussy-Cat (Edward Lear), 1960 BobbyShafto (Mother Goose), 1961 Laura Sleeping (Charles Cotton), 1962 Hymn of Praise...
The Lay of the Last Minstrel. First printed version of the folk song "BobbyShafto's Gone to Sea" in its modern (Tyneside) version. First printed version...
Edward Corvan Billy Boy Bob Cranky's Adieu - writer William Shield BobbyShafto's Gone to Sea Broom Buzzems - writer William Purvis (Blind Willie) Ca'...
Duncombe Park was married to Robert Shafto, of Whitworth Hall, near Spennymoor, County Durham, the famous "Bonny Bobby Shaftoe" of the folk song. In the...
win at Goodison in 1904. Other Evertonians to manage hat-ticks include Bobby Parker in 1914 and Dixie Dean twice, in 1928 and 1931, the last Everton...
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