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Richard Lucy (1619 – 21 December 1677) of

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, Warwickshire was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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from 1653.

Life

Lucy was the third of the six sons of Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote and his wife Alice Spencer of Claverden,

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.John Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain, Volume 3''
/ref> He matriculated at Queen’s College, Oxford on 17 September 1634, aged 14. From 1637 to 1640, he travelled abroad. He was Sheriff of Warwickshire from 1646 to 1647. He was a student of

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in 1652. History of Parliament Online - Richard Lucy
/ref> He inherited Charlecote Park in 1658 after the death of his two elder brothers, Spencer and Richard. In 1653, Lucy was nominated Member of Parliament for

in the

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. He was re-elected MP for Warwickshire in 1654 for the

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and in 1656 for the

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. He succeeded to the estate of Charlecote on the death of his brother in 1658. In 1659 he was elected MP for Warwickshire and for Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) and chose to sit for Warwickshire in the

Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons. It was a bicameral Parliament, with an Upper House having a po ...

. In 1660 Lucy was elected MP for Yarmouth in the Convention Parliament, and quickly made his peace with the restored Stuart dynasty. He was re-elected MP for Yarmouth in the

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, but played a relatively passive role in politics thereafter. Lucy died in December 1677, at the age of 58: Charlecote passed to his only surviving son Thomas, and after Thomas's death without male issue, to Richard's nephew Davenport, eldest son of his youngest brother Sir Fulke, who also died in 1677. Charlecote Park 2015

Lucy married Elizabeth Urrey, daughter of John Urrey of Thorley, Isle of Wight and had four sons and three daughters. Of his sons only Thomas, his heir, reached adulthood. Richard had five brothers, including Sir Fulk Lucy, MP for

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History of Parliament Online: Sir Fulk Lucy
accessed July 2019. and six sisters including Constance, who married firstly Sir William Spencer, 2nd Baronet, and secondly Sir Edward Smith, who sat as Roger Lucy's fellow MP for Yarmouth, and was later appointed

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucy, Richard 1619 births 1677 deaths English MPs 1653 (Barebones) English MPs 1654–1655 English MPs 1656–1658 English MPs 1659 English MPs 1660 English MPs 1661–1679 High sheriffs of Warwickshire Members of Parliament for the Isle of Wight