Background
He was the son of Jacob Ricardo and nephew of the economist David Ricardo. In 1841 he married Catherine Duff (c1820 – 1869), the daughter of General Sir Alexander Duff and sister of James Duff, 5th Earl Fife.
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They had one son, Alexander Louis (1843–1871), the first husband of Florence Bravo. He was active in the repeal of the Navigation Acts in 1849. He was Chairman of the North Staffordshire Railway from 1846 until his death.
In 1846 he founded the Electric Telegraph Company, the world"s first public telegraph company together with William Fothergill Cooke and served as Chairman until its merger with the International Telegraph Company in 1856.
He was also a director of London and Westminster Bank. He may have ordered the construction of, and given his name to, a footbridge in Gleann Eidh (Glen Ey) near Inverey, Aberdeenshire while being the shooting tenant of that glen.
Membership
14th United Kingdom Parliament. 15th United Kingdom Parliament. 17th United Kingdom Parliament.
18th United Kingdom Parliament]
In 1841 he was elected Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent as a Liberal, serving until his death.
