Sir Richard Warburton (died 1610) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1601 and 1610. Warburton was the third son of Peter Warburton of Hefferston Grange in Weaversham, Cheshire and his wife Alice Cooper, daughter of John Cooper of Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire. He was educated at

Clement's Inn The Inns of Chancery or ''Hospida Cancellarie'' were a group of buildings and legal institutions in London initially attached to the Inns of Court and used as offices for the clerks of chancery, from which they drew their name. Existing from a ...

and then at

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in 1583. He was a gentleman pensioner from around 1592 until his death. In 1600 he was Constable of Lancaster Castle and steward of Lonsdale hundred. In 1601, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bridport. He was knighted in 1603. In 1604 he was elected MP for Penryn and sat until his death in 1610. History of Parliament Online - Richard Warburton
/ref> Warburton married Anne Vavasour, the niece of Anne Vavasour, lady of the bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I and sister of Thomas Vavasour in about 1603.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Warburton, Richard Year of birth missing 1610 deaths Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall Members of Lincoln's Inn People from Bridport People from Penryn, Cornwall English MPs 1601 English MPs 1604–1611