Richard Foulis Roundell,

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(4 November 1872 – 5 January 1940) was a British soldier and Conservative politician, who served as Member of Parliament for

Skipton Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the East Division of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the River Ai ...

from 1918 to 1924. Roundell was the son of William Roundell, of

Gledstone Hall Gledstone Hall is a 20th-century country house in West Marton, near Skipton, North Yorkshire, England. Designed by Edwin Lutyens it stands in a 12 hectare (30 acre) estate. It is a Grade II* listed building. The gardens are separately listed G ...

, and was educated at Harrow. He served in the militia, and eventually commanded the 3rd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, reaching the rank of

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. He contested

for the Conservatives six times. He was defeated the first three times by Liberal candidate William Clough, but was elected in the 1918 general election, and then re-elected in 1922 and 1923. In Parliament, he was first private secretary to

George Tryon Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon (4 January 1832 – 22 June 1893) was a British admiral who died when his flagship HMS ''Victoria'' collided with HMS ''Camperdown'' during manoeuvres off Tripoli, Lebanon. Early life Tryon was born at Bu ...

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. Between 1922 and 1924 he was an Assistant Whip. In August 1924 he announced his decision not to stand again, ostensibly for health reasons. Roundell inherited the family's estates at Gledstone at an early age, but sold them to Sir Amos Nelson in 1923. In 1898 Roundell married Beatrice Maude Wilson, second daughter of Sir Matthew Wilson, 3rd Baronet; they had one son and four daughters.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roundell, Richard Military personnel from Yorkshire 1940 deaths People educated at Harrow School Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society English landowners British Militia officers 1872 births People from Skipton