Constituency : Shaftesbury 1845-52, Dorchester 1852-68
Richard was the grandson and namesake of the famous Regency playwright ( and Whig MP ). In 1835 , profligate and penniless. he eloped with a Dorchester heiress Marcia Grant and married her. They became local philanthropists and patrons of literature. Their home was used for political entertaining..
Richard favoured franchise extension.
Richard retired in 1868.
He died in 1888 aged 82.
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