Richard Longfield (7 May 1802 – 18 June 1889) was an

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Member of Parliament. He was born the eldest son of John and Eleanor (née Lucas) Longfield of Longueville. He was appointed

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for 1833–34, an office that had also been held (1829–30) by his father. He sat as a

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in the

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for

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from 1835 to 1837. Having successfully petitioned against the re-election in January 1835 of the radical

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, on the grounds that O'Connor failed the property qualification then required of MPs, Longfield took the seat on 5 June. He married twice;firstly Harriett Elizabeth, the daughter of John M'Clintock, with whom he had one son (killed in the Crimea) and secondly Jemima Lucy, the daughter of Wyrley Birch of Norfolk, with whom he had three sons and two daughters. A relation, also named Richard Longfield (1734–1811), had sat in the

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for

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in County Cork (1761–68), for

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(1776–83 and 1790–96), and for

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, County Cork (1783-1790), before becoming the first and last holder of the titles of Baron Longueville and

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in the

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; he had also been High Sheriff of the County (1758–61). Another relation, Mountifort Longfield, was the last to hold the Irish seat of Cork City before it ceased to exist with the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Longfield, Richard 1802 births 1889 deaths Politicians from County Cork UK MPs 1835–1837 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Cork constituencies (1801–1922) High Sheriffs of County Cork