Richard Price (Radnor MP)
Richard Price (1773 – 10 April 1861)[1] was a Tory politician from Wales. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Radnor from 1799 to 1847.
Price was the eldest son Richard Price, a lawyer of Norton Manor, Knighton whose brother was Chase Price, the MP for Radnorshire.[2] He was educated at University College, Oxford.[2]
The Radnor seat was under the patronage of the 5th Earl of Oxford, whose uncle secured the seat for Price when a vacancy arose in 1799. Price developed his own support base, and within ten years was opposing Oxford's interests in Radnor.[2]
He was a largely silent MP, supporting Tory administrations, and by 1832 had spoken in the House of Commons only to oppose parliamentary reform.[2]
He died 10 April 1861, aged 88.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 R. Thorne, ed. (1986). "PRICE, Richard (1773-1861), of Knighton, Rad.". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Richard Price
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by Viscount Malden |
Member of Parliament for Radnor 1799 – 1800 |
Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain |
Member of Parliament for Radnor 1801 – 1847 |
Succeeded by Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis |