Richard Crowder
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British politician and judge
For the U.S. Chief Agricultural Negotiator, see Richard T. Crowder.
Sir Richard Budden Crowder, QC (17 May 1796 – 5 December 1859)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician and judge.
He was elected at a by-election in 1849 as Member of Parliament (MP) for Liskeard in Cornwall, and held the seat until he resigned from the House of Commons in March 1854 to take an appointment as a judge in the Court of Common Pleas.[2] Whilst in Parliament, he was simultaneously Judge Advocate of the Fleet from 1849 to 1854.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "L", part 3". Leigh Rayment's House of commons pages. Archived from the original on 29 October 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2009.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [First published 1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 189. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ Sainty, J. C. (1975). Admiralty Officials 1660-1870. Athlone Press, University of London. p. 80. ISBN 048517144-9.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Liskeard 1849 – 1854 |
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| Preceded by | Judge Advocate of the Fleet 1849–1854 |
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