Richard Carter (MP for Cornwall)
Richard Carter (1617–1668) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1656.
Carter was the son of John Carter of Columb, Cornwall. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 9 September 1634, aged 17. He was of St. Columb, or Columb Major.[1]
In 1654, Carter was elected Member of Parliament for Cornwall in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Cornwall in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament.[2]
Carter died at the age of 50 and was buried on 29 January 1668.
References
- ↑ 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Cabell-Chafe', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 228-254. Date accessed: 7 August 2011
- ↑ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
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| Preceded by Robert Bennet Francis Langdon Anthony Rous John Bawden |
Member of Parliament for Cornwall 1654-1656 With: Thomas Ceely 1654-1656 Anthony Rous 1654-1656 Walter Moyle 1654-1656 Anthony Nichols 1654-1656 Charles Boscawen 1654 Thomas Gewen 1654 James Launce 1654 Francis Rous 1656 William Braddon 1656 John St Aubyn 1656 |
Succeeded by Hugh Boscawen Francis Buller |
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