About Richard Gard
Lived 1797 – 1868 (aged 70–71). Richard Gard was a British politician.
Richard Sommers Gard (1797 – 16 December 1868) was a British Conservative politician.
After failing at Honiton in 1852, Gard was elected Conservative MP for Exeter at the 1857 general election and held the seat until 1865 when he did not seek re-election at that year's general election.
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Richard Gard was born in 1797.
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Richard Gard died on 16 December 1868.
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