Sir Robert Worsley, 3rd Baronet
Sir Robert Worsley, 3rd Baronet, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England during the Cavalier Parliament, representing Newtown on the Isle of Wight from 1666 to 1675. He was counted as a member of the Court party, but was not considered very active in parliament.
Family
He was the son of Sir [Sir Henry Worsley (diplomat)|Henry Worsley, 2nd Baronet|Henry Worsley], the second Baronet, and Bridget, daughter of Sir Henry Wallop. He married, in 1668, Mary Herbert, daughter of the Hon. James Herbert of Kingsey in Buckinghamshire, second surviving son of Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, and his wife Susan de Vere, youngest daughter of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, and thus a descendant of Sir Philip Sidney.Mary later married, as his second wife, Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough.
He was succeeded by his eldest son, Robert. His second son Henry became an army officer, MP and Governor of Barbados. His daughter Jane married Sir Nathaniel Napier, 3rd Baronet, but died without issue.