Richard Standish (21 October 1621 – March 1662) was an English politician who sat in the

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in 1659 and 1660. He was a colonel in the Parliamentarian army in the

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. Standish was the son of Thomas Standish of Duxbury, the MP for Preston and his wife Anne Wingfield, daughter of Sir Richard Wingfield of Letheringham, Suffolk. ''Townships: Duxbury'', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6 (1911), pp. 208-213. Date accessed: 6 January 2011
/ref> He inherited the Manor of Duxbury and

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after the death of his elder brother Alexander in 1648. In 1654, he was elected

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for

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in the

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. He was re-elected MP for Lancashire in 1656 for the

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. In 1659 he was elected MP for Preston in the

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.History of Parliament Online - Standish, Richard
/ref> He was re-elected in March 1660 for Preston in the Convention Parliament, but the election was declared void on 20 June. Standish died at the age of 40. He had married Elizabeth, the daughter of Piers Legh of Lyme, Cheshire, with whom he had six sons and three daughters. His son

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was created a

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in 1677.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Standish, Richard 1621 births 1662 deaths People from Chorley Roundheads English MPs 1656–1658 English MPs 1659 English MPs 1660 Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Lancashire