Background
The first son of Michael Biddulph of Ledbury in Herefordshire and Cofton Hall in Worcestershire, he made a fortune in Bengal before returning to England in 1795.
The first son of Michael Biddulph of Ledbury in Herefordshire and Cofton Hall in Worcestershire, he made a fortune in Bengal before returning to England in 1795.
He served as Recorder of Denbigh from 1795 to 1796, then entered politics under the patronage of the Whig Duke of Norfolk. In Parliament he acted with the Foxite Whigs. He adopted the additional name of Myddelton on 29 December 1801.
In the 1802 general election Myddelton Biddulph was defeated by Cornewall and left Parliament, but resumed the office of Recorder of Denbigh (which he held until his death) and became a common councilman of the borough.
In 1803 he was Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Chirk Volunteers. In his second time in Parliament Myddelton Biddulph sat as an independent, in opposition to the government.
He fell out with his wife"s brother-in-law West in 1811 and was not re-elected in 1812.
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He became a member of Brooks"s on 26 April 1796, and was an unsuccessful candidate for Leominster before being elected to the House of Commons for Herefordshire the same year, replacing Sir George Cornewall.