Researching Robert Nisbet
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3162 people with the Nisbet surname? In that year Nisbet was ranked number 1295 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Robert means "bright fame" and is of English origin.
Records of Robert Nisbet on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Robert Nisbet and the Nisbet Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 3648 people with the Nisbet surname in the UK? Nisbet is now ranked number 1561 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Nisbet surname in the USA? Nisbet is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Robert Nisbet (journalist)
Robert Nisbet (born 1969) is a British former journalist and Regional Director for the Rail Delivery Group. He is Chief Storytelling Officer at The Fourth Angel PR agency.
Initially a newsreader and occasional cover for the Dave Barrett phone-in on GWR FM. He then became presenter and correspondent for BBC News, presenting the Liquid News programme on BBC News 24 channel and Entertainment Correspondent for the BBC Six O'Clock News. In 2005 he then joined Sky Television, part of British Sky Broadcasting, as entertainment correspondent. From September 2011 he was Europe Correspondent based in Brussels, Belgium.
Source: Robert Nisbet (journalist), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaRobert Parry Nisbet
Robert Parry Nisbet JP DL (1793 – 31 May 1882) was a British public man. He was High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1849, from 1852 a Deputy Lieutenant for the county, and Conservative Member of Parliament for Chippenham from a by-election in 1856 to the 1859 general election.
After an early career in the Indian Civil Service in Bengal, Nisbet settled at Southbroom House near Devizes, Wiltshire. In his Will, proved in 1882, he left the large fortune of £52,000, including property at Dinapore, India, to his family, £50 to be spent on coals and blankets for the poor of Southbroom, and £1 to each resident of the almshouses near the gates of his house.
Nisbet's grandson Douglas Robert Hadow (1846–1865) was killed in a mountaineering accident a few hours after taking part in the first ascent of the Matterhorn. Another grandson, Frank Hadow, won the Wimbledon championship in 1878.
Source: Robert Parry Nisbet, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Nisbet
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