Richard Colvin (UK MP)

Richard Beale Colvin (4 Aug 1856 – 17 January 1936)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.

In 1890 he served a year as High Sheriff of Essex and was then elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Epping at an unopposed by-election in 1917, after Epping's Conservative MP Amelius Lockwood was ennobled as Baron Lambourne.[2] He was re-elected in 1918 and 1922, and retired from the House of Commons at the 1923 general election[3]

HIs portrait, describing him as a brigadier general, is held at the National Portrait Gallery[4]

References

  1. ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ecommons2.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-21. 
  2. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 276. ISBN 0-900178-27-2. 
  3. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 351. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
  4. ^ image

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Amelius Lockwood		 Member of Parliament for Epping
1917 – 1923		 Succeeded by
Leonard Lyle