Background
His mother was a sister of the 2nd Baron Rancliffe, who died without issue in November 1850.
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His mother was a sister of the 2nd Baron Rancliffe, who died without issue in November 1850.
He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1857 to 1865. Sir Richard inherited his uncle"s entailed property, valued at between £1,000 and £2,000 per annum. In 1846 he was commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel of the Westmeath Militia.
He was Sheriff of Westmeath in 1851-1852, and in 1853 was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of the county.
At the 1852 general election, he contested the Westmeath constituency as a Conservative, without success. Five years later, at the 1857 election, he was returned unopposed for Westmeath as a Independent Opposition candidate.
That party collapsed in 1859, he was re-elected at the 1859 general election, as a Liberal. He did not contest the 1865 election.
He was asked to stand again at the 1868 general election, but refused.
He died in Brussels on Sunday 28 September 1884, aged 73.
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