Robert Duncombe Shafto

{{Short description|British politician}}

{{other people|Robert Shafto}}

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Robert Duncombe Shafto (1806 – 22 March 1889) was a British Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Durham from 1847 to 1868.{{cite book

|last=Craig

|first=F. W. S.

|authorlink= F. W. S. Craig

|title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885

|orig-year=1977

|edition= 2nd

|year=1989

|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services

|location=Chichester

|isbn= 0-900178-26-4

|page=382

}}{{Cite news |date=25 March 1889 |title=Obituary. |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS152096889/TTDA?u=rtl_ttda&sid=bookmark-TTDA&xid=18ab5735 |access-date=21 January 2024 |work=The Times |pages=9 |via=The Times Digital Archive}}