Richard Bootle-Wilbraham

Richard Bootle-Wilbraham (27 Oct 1801 – 5 May 1844)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1835 1844.

Richard was the oldest son of Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale and his wife Mary Elizabeth Taylor.[2] Richard was educated at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford. He married Jessy Brooke (1812–1892), the daughter of Sir Richard Brooke, 6th Baronet Brooke of Norton.[2] They had one son, the Conservative politician Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom, and three daughters.[2]

He was made a Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire in 1826,[3] and was elected at the 1835 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Lancashire.[4][5] He was re-elected in 1837[6] and returned without a contest[5] in 1841,[7] and held the seat until his death from influenza in 1844, aged 42.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
  2. ^ a b c "Skelmersdale, Baron (UK, 1828)". Cracroft's Peerage. http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index1150.htm. Retrieved 15 December 2010. 
  3. ^ London Gazette: no. 18344. p. 630. 16 March 1827. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  4. ^ London Gazette: no. 19234. p. 169. 30 January 1835. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  5. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 411. ISBN 0-900178-26-4. 
  6. ^ London Gazette: no. 19538. p. 2343. 5 September 1837. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  7. ^ London Gazette: no. 19998. p. 1811. 13 July 1841. Retrieved 15 December 2010.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Viscount Molyneux
George William Wood		 Member of Parliament for South Lancashire
1835 – 1844
With: Lord Francis Egerton		 Succeeded by
William Entwistle
Lord Francis Egerton