Richard Greaves Townley

Richard Greaves Townley (20 Jul 1786 – 5 May 1855)^[1] was an English Whig politician.

He was elected at a by-election in November 1831 as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridgeshire,^[2] and held the seat until his defeat at the 1835 general election.^[1]^[2]

He did not contest the 1841 general election, but regained the seat at the 1847 general election^[3] and held it until he stood down at the 1852 general election.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
^ ^a ^b Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S.. ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 25. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
^ ^a ^b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 357. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Lord Francis Osborne Henry John Adeane	Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire 1831 – 1835 With: Henry John Adeane 1830–32 Charles Yorke 1832–35 John Walbanke Childers 1832–35 Eliot Yorke 1835–65 Richard Jefferson Eaton 1835–47	Succeeded by John Allix Eliot Yorke Richard Jefferson Eaton
Preceded by John Allix Eliot Yorke Lord George Manners	Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire 1847 – 1852 With: Eliot Yorke 1835–65 Lord George Manners 1847–57	Succeeded by Edward Ball Lord George Manners Eliot Yorke