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Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton, 3rd Baronet

The Right Honourable
Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton
Bt FRS GCH
SirRobertWilmotHorton.jpg
Portrait of Wilmot-Horton in the 1820s
by Richard James
6th Governor of British Ceylon
In office
23 October 1831 – 7 November 1837
Monarch William IV
Victoria
Preceded by John Wilson
acting governor
Succeeded by James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie
Under-Secretary of State
for War and the Colonies
In office
1821 – 21 January 1828
Monarch George IV
Prime Minister The Earl of Liverpool
George Canning
The Viscount Goderich
Preceded by Henry Goulburn
Succeeded by Hon. Edward Stanley
Personal details
Born 21 December 1784 (1784-12-21)
Died 31 May 1841 (1841-06-01) (aged 56)
Nationality British
Spouse(s) Anne Horton
Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford

Sir Robert John Wilmot-Horton, 3rd Baronet, GCH, PC, FRS (21 December 1784 – 31 May 1841) was a British politician, pamphleteer and colonial administrator during the first third of the 19th century. He was Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies between 1821 and 1828 and Governor of Ceylon between 1831 and 1837 but is best remembered for his writings on assisted emigration to the colonies.

Born Robert John Wilmot, Wilmot-Horton was the only son of Sir Robert Wilmot, 2nd Baronet, of Osmaston, near Derby (see Wilmot baronets), and his first wife Juliana Elizabeth (née Byron). He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.

Wilmot-Horton was a Canningite supporter of free trade and Catholic emancipation among the Tories. He sat as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1818 until 1830. He served under the Earl of Liverpool, George Canning and Lord Goderich as Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1821 to 1827 and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1827. He reorganised the Colonial Office, including dividing the Empire into areas with a senior clerk responsible for administering each area.


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