Richard Gardner (1812 – 4 June 1856), was an English member of the United Kingdom Parliament, representing .
Gardner was born in Manchester, the eldest son of Robert Gardner, then a merchant in London. He attended first
Charterhouse School
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then Manchester School, then finally
Wadham College, Oxford University where he graduated with a BA in 1838, at the same time he joined the
Inner Temple and practised as a barrister. Through this time he spoke about
universal suffrage and published some political pamphlets on the subject.
He was elected as a Liberal member of parliament for
Leicester
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in 1847 and was defeated in June, 1848, then re-elected in the general election of 1852, and held the seat until his death 4 June 1856.
He married in 1850,
Lucy, the only daughter of count de Mandelsloh, minister plenipotentiary from Wurtemberg. He died 4 June 1856 from a heart condition,
leaving his wife and two daughters.
He is buried in
Kensal Green Cemetery.
Works
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An address to the middle and working classes engaged in trade and manufactures throughout the empire on the necessity of union at the present crisis'' (1842)
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1812 births
1856 deaths
People educated at Charterhouse School
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
UK MPs 1847–1852
UK MPs 1852–1857
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