Richard Gardner (1812 – 4 June 1856), was an English member of the United Kingdom Parliament, representing . Gardner was born in Manchester, the eldest son of Robert Gardner, then a merchant in London. He attended first Charterhouse School, then Manchester School, then finally

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, Oxford University where he graduated with a BA in 1838, at the same time he joined the

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and practised as a barrister. Through this time he spoke about

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and published some political pamphlets on the subject. He was elected as a Liberal member of parliament for Leicester in 1847 and was defeated in June, 1848, then re-elected in the general election of 1852, and held the seat until his death 4 June 1856. He married in 1850, Lucy, the only daughter of count de Mandelsloh, minister plenipotentiary from Wurtemberg. He died 4 June 1856 from a heart condition, leaving his wife and two daughters. He is buried in

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Works

* '' An address to the middle and working classes engaged in trade and manufactures throughout the empire on the necessity of union at the present crisis'' (1842)

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* * 1812 births 1856 deaths People educated at Charterhouse School Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 {{England-UK-MP-stub