Richard Lockwood

Richard Lockwood (c. 1676–1756) of Dews Hall, near Maldon, Essex was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1713 and 1741.

Early life Lockwood was the only surviving son of Richard Lockwood of Gayton, Northamptonshire, and his wife Susanna Cutts, daughter of Edward Cutts of Maldon, Essex. He was educated probably at Westminster School in 1684.

Lockwood was returned as MP for Worcester after a contest at the 1734 general election and sat again as a Tory in the 1734 Parliament. In 1735 he bought the estate of Dews Hall in Essex. He spoke on the gin bill in 1736, voted against the Government on the Spanish convention in 1739 and the place bill in 1740, and opposed a bill concerned with frauds in marine insurance on 27 March 1740. He did not seek re-election at the 1741 general election Together, they were the parents of:

Richard Lockwood (1712-1797), who married his first cousin, Anne Catherine Vernon, daughter of Henry Vernon and sister to George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon.

Lockwood died on 30 August 1756, aged 80. Dews Hall descended to his eldest son Richard.