Richard Hampden

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Richard Hampden (October 13, 1631 – December 12, 1695) was an English Whig politician and son of John Hampden. He was sworn a Privy Counsellor in 1689 and was Chancellor of the Exchequer from March 18, 1690 until May 10, 1694.

He married Letitia Paget, daughter of William Paget, 5th Baron Paget, and had three children:

• John Hampden
• Richard Hampden, died young
• Isabella Hampden, married Sir William Ellys, Bt

Preceded by The Lord Delamer

Chancellor of the Exchequer 1690–1694

Succeeded by Charles Montagu

Preceded by Franchise resumed	Member for Wendover 1660–1681 with John Baldwin 1660–1661, Robert Croke 1661–1673, Edward Backwell 1673 & 1679–1681, Hon. Thomas Wharton 1673–1679	Succeeded by John Hampden Edard Backwell
Preceded by Hon. Thomas Wharton John Hampden	Member for Buckinghamshire 1681–1685 with Hon. Thomas Wharton	Succeeded by Hon. Thomas Wharton Viscount Brackley
Preceded by Edward Backwell John Hampden	Member for Wendover 1685–1690 with John Backwell 1685–1689, John Hampden 1689–1690	Succeeded by Richard Beke John Backwell
Preceded by Hon. Thomas Wharton Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Bt.	Member for Buckinghamshire 1690–1695 with Hon. Thomas Wharton	Succeeded by Hon. Thomas Wharton Sir Richard Atkins, 2nd Bt.

Chancellors of the Exchequer

Baker, Mildmay, Fortescue, Home, Caesar, Greville, Portland, Newburgh, Cottington, Colepeper, Clarendon, Shaftesbury, Duncombe, Ernle, Booth, Hampden, Montagu, Smith, Boyle, Smith, Harley, Benson, Wyndham, Onslow, Walpole, Stanhope, Aislabie, Pratt, Walpole, Sandys, Pelham, Lee, Bilson Legge, Lyttelton, Bilson Legge, Mansfield, Bilson Legge, Barrington, Dashwood, Grenville, Dowdeswell, Townshend, North, Cavendish, Pitt, Cavendish, Pitt, Addington, Pitt, Petty, Perceval, Vansittart, Robinson, Canning, Abbott, Herries, Goulburn, Althorp, Denman, Peel, Monteagle, Baring, Goulburn, C Wood, Disraeli, Gladstone, Lewis, Disraeli, Gladstone, Disraeli, Hunt, Lowe, Gladstone, Northcote, Gladstone, Childers, Hicks Beach, Harcourt, R Churchill, Goschen, Harcourt, Hicks Beach, Ritchie, A Chamberlain, Asquith, Lloyd George, McKenna, Bonar Law, A Chamberlain, Horne, Baldwin, N Chamberlain, Snowden, W Churchill, Snowden, N Chamberlain, Simon, K Wood, Anderson, Dalton, Cripps, Gaitskell, Butler, Macmillan, Thorneycroft, Heathcoat-Amory, Lloyd, Maudling, Callaghan, Jenkins, Macleod, Barber, Healey, Howe, Lawson, Major, Lamont, Clarke, Brown