Richard Walker (1784 – 1 February 1855) was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1852. Walker was born in

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the eldest son of William Walker and his wife Mary Ormerod. His father was a woollen manufacturer and head of the family firm of William Walker and Sons of Stanley Street Bury.Bygone Bury
/ref> Walker was elected at the 1832 general election as the

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(MP) for the newly enfranchised borough of

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, and held the seat until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1852 general election. Walker married Ann Scholes, daughter of John Scholes of Bury.

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* 1784 births Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury 1855 deaths People from Bury, Greater Manchester {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub