Richard Shuttleworth (c.1613 – 1648) was an English politician who sat in the

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between 1640 and 1648. He fought in the Parliamentarian army in the

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. Shuttleworth was the son of Colonel Richard Shuttleworth (1607–1689) of Gawthorpe and his wife Fleetwood Barton, daughter of Richard Barton of Barton-in-Amoundeness. His father was MP for Preston and

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/ref> In April 1640, Shuttleworth was elected

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for

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in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected in November 1640 for the

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and sat until his death in 1648. Shuttleworth married Jane Kirk of London and had two sons (Sir Richard (1646–1682) and Nicholas) and a daughter (Fleetwood).

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, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Shuttleworth, Richard 1648 deaths People from Clitheroe Roundheads Year of birth uncertain English MPs 1640 (April) English MPs 1640–1648