About Richard Prime
Lived 1784 – 1866 (aged 82). Richard Prime was a British politician.
Richard Prime (1 April 1784 – 7 November 1866) was a British Conservative Party politician.
He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Western division of Sussex at a by-election in February 1847, and held the seat until he resigned from the House of Commons on 28 January 1854 through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
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Who was Richard Prime?
British politician (1784-1866)
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Richard Prime was born on 1 April 1784.
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Richard Prime died on 7 November 1866.
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Richard Prime was a politician.
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Richard Prime was British.
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