Latter Years
He purchased the Lordship of the Manor of Solihulli in 1850 to become 54th Lord of the Manor.
He died in 1859 aged 75 and was buried at St Alphege on 2 July. Under his will the Lordship of the Manor passed to the Rev. John Couchman, eldest son of his sister Elizabeth. The Couchmans, who still live locally, remain Lords of the Manor. The Manor House, renamed Manor Cottage, passed to Robert’s younger brother, Tomas who was Deputy Master at Rugby School having been beaten to the Headmastership by one Dr Thomas Arnold.
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