Richard Hickmet

Richard Saladin Hickmet (1 December 1947 – 10 September 2024) was a British Conservative Party politician and barrister who was the MP for Glanford and Scunthorpe from 1983 to 1987.

Early life Hickmet was born in London in 1947. Of Turkish Cypriot origin, Hickmet's father, Ferid Hikmet, emigrated from Cyprus to the UK in the 1930s. His father and uncle, Nevvar Hikmet, were well known in the Turkish Cypriot community, and opened several restaurants in Soho, London in the 1940s, during World War II.

Hickmet went to Millfield School in Street, Somerset, then the Sorbonne in Paris. From the University of Hull he gained a BA.

Later career Hickmet was later a barrister at law specialising in family practice and planning cases.

Personal life and death Hickmet lived in Bridgwater, Somerset with his wife. He married Susan Ludwig in 1973, and together they had three daughters. He died at home on 10 September 2024, at the age of 76.