Sir Richard Green-Price, 1st Baronet (18 October 1803 – 11 August 1887), was a

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politician. Born Richard Green, he assumed the additional surname of Price as heir to his maternal uncle Richard Price of Norton Manor, Radnorshire. He was returned to Parliament for Radnor in 1863, a seat he held until 1869, and later represented

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between 1880 and 1885. In 1874 he was created a

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, of Norton Manor in the parish of

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in the County of Radnor and in 1876 served as

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Monument to Sir Richard Green Price - geograph

Green-Price died in August 1887, aged 83. He is commemorated by a Grade-II-listed red granite obelisk near Hengwm Hill north-west of Norton.

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * 1803 births 1887 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom High Sheriffs of Radnorshire Liberal Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1880–1885 {{UK-baronet-stub