Richard Standish

Richard Standish (21 October 1621 - March 1662) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660. He was a colonel in the Parliamentarian army in the English Civil War.

Standish was the son of Thomas Standish of Duxbury and his wife Anne Wingfield, daughter of Sir Richard WIngfield of Letheringham, Suffolk. His father was MP for Preston.^[1]

In 1659, Standish was elected Member of Parliament for Preston in the Third Protectorate Parliament.^[2] He was re-elected in March 1660 for Preston in the Convention Parliament, but the election was declared void on 20 June.^[3]

Standish died at the age of 40.

Standish's son Richard was created a baronet in 1677.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Townships: Duxbury, A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6 (1911), pp. 208-213. Date accessed: 06 January 2011
^ Browne WIllis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp229-239
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)

Parliament of England
Preceded by Richard Shuttleworth	Member of Parliament for Preston 1659-1660 With: Richard Shuttleworth 1659 Alexander Rigby 1660	Succeeded by Edward Rigby Edward Fleewood

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Name	Standish, Richard
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Date of birth	21 October 1621
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Date of death	1662
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