Sir Richard Meredith, 2nd Baronet

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Sir Richard Meredith, 2nd Baronet (died 1679) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1656 to 1659.

Meredith was the son of Sir William Meredith, 1st Baronet of Leeds Abbey, Kent and his wife Susanna Barker of London. [1] He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge and admitted at Gray's Inn on 10 March 1649. [2]

In 1656, Meredith was elected Member of Parliament for Kent in the Second Protectorate Parliament and in 1659 he was elected MP for Sandwich in the Third Protectorate Parliament. [3]

Meredith succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1675 and lived at Leeds Castle. He died in 1679 and was buried at Leeds Church on 5 September 1679. [2]

Meredith married Susanna Skippon daughter of Philip Skippon, of Foulsham, Norfolk, in 1655. [2] His sons William, Richard (a certified lunatic) and Roger succeeded successively to the baronetcy. [1] Roger and another son Thomas were also Members of Parliament. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 John Burke A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain, Volume 3
  2. 1 2 3 "Meredith, Richard (MRDT647R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp.  275, 296.
  4. David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley The House of Commons, 1690-1715, Volume 1
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Kent
1656–1658
With: Henry Oxenden
Sir Thomas Style, Bt
William James
John Dixwell
John Boys
Lambert Godfrey
Richard Beal
John Selliard
Ralph Weldon
Daniel Shatterden
Succeeded by
Preceded by
James Thurban
Member of Parliament for Sandwich
1659
Succeeded by
Not represented in the restored Rump
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
William Meredith
Baronet
(of Stainsley)
1675–1679
Succeeded by
William Meredith