Richard Henry Richard Howard-Vyse (24 August 1813 – 12 June 1872) was a British

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

politician. Born in 1813, Howard-Vyse was the son of

Howard Vyse Major-general (United Kingdom), Major General Richard William Howard Howard Vyse (25 July 1784 – 8 June 1853) was a Kingdom of Great Britain, British soldier and Egyptologist. He was also Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliam ...

. In 1856, he married Julia Agnes Jolliffe, daughter of

William Joliffe William Joliffe (c.1622 – 1712) was an English merchant and politician who served as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for Poole (UK Parliament constituency), Poole from 1698 to 1705. References

1622 births ...

and Eleanor (née Paget) Jolliffe, and they had at least one son: Howard Henry Howard-Vyse (1858–1927). Howard-Vyse was elected Conservative MP for South Northamptonshire at a by-election in 1846—caused by the resignation of

William Ralph Cartwright William Ralph Cartwright (30 March 1771 – 4 January 1847) was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1797 and 1846. Life Cartwright was the son of Thomas Cartwright of Aynhoe Park and his wife Mary Ca ...

—and held the seat until 1857 when he was defeated. He later returned to Parliament for Windsor at a by-election in 1863—caused by the death of

George William Hope George William Hope (4 July 1808 – 18 October 1863), was a British Tory politician. He served as Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies under Sir Robert Peel from 1841 to 1846. Background and education Hope was the son of the Honour ...

—but lost the seat at the next general election in 1865. Howard-Vyse was also a

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and a colonel in the

Royal Horse Guards The Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (The Blues) (RHG) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. Raised in August 1650 at Newcastle upon Tyne and County Durham by Sir Arthur Haselrigge on the orders of Oliver Cr ...

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