Richard Walker (MP)

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Richard Walker (1784 – 1 February 1855)^[1] was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1852.

Walker was born at Bury the eldest son of William Walker and his wife Mary Ormerod. His father was a woollen manufacturer and head of the family firm of William Walker and Sons of Stanley Street Bury.^[2]

Walker was elected at the 1832 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the newly enfranchised borough of Bury in Lancashire,^[3] and held the seat until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1852 general election.^[3]

Walker married Ann Scholes, daughter of John Scholes of Bury.^[2]

References

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
↑ 2.0 2.1 Bygone Bury
↑ 3.0 3.1 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 72. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Richard Walker

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Bury 1832 – 1852	Succeeded by Frederick Peel

Persondata
Name	Walker, Richard
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	1784
Place of birth
Date of death	1 February 1855
Place of death

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