About Richard Phillips Hotham
Lived 1767 – 1840 (aged 72–73). Richard Phillips Hotham was a Canadian politician.
Richard Phillips Hotham (died October 10, 1840) was an English-born lawyer and political figure in Upper Canada.
He represented Prescott in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1836 to 1840 as a Conservative member.
Hotham was named registrar for Prescott and Russell counties in 1820, moving to L'Orignal in that year. In the following year, he was named clerk of the peace and registrar for the Surrogate Court for the Ottawa District. In 1835, he was named clerk for the district court and, in 1837, inspector of licenses. Hotham died at sea during a voyage to England.
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Richard Phillips Hotham was born in 1767.
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Richard Phillips Hotham died on 10 October 1840.
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