Background
Standish was the son of Thomas Standish of Duxbury, the Member of Parliament for Preston and his wife Anne Wingfield, daughter of Sir Richard Wingfield of Letheringham, Suffolk.
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Richard Standish
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Career
He was a colonel in the Parliamentarian army in the English Civil War. He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Lancashire in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament. In 1659 he was elected Member of Parliament for Preston in the Third Protectorate Parliament.
He was re-elected in March 1660 for Preston in the Convention Parliament, but the election was declared void on 20 June.
Standish died at the age of 40.
Membership
In 1654, he was elected Member of Parliament for Lancashire in the First Protectorate Parliament.
