About Richard Sanderson
Lived 1784 – 1857 (aged 72–73). Richard Sanderson was a British politician and art collector.
Richard Sanderson (baptised 4 January 1784 – 28 October 1857) was a British merchant, banker, and Conservative and Tory politician.
Early life and family Born near Doncaster, Yorkshire, Sanderson was the son of Thomas Anderson of Armthorpe and Sarah née Cromack, daughter of John Cromack. In 1833, he married Charlotte Matilda Manners-Sutton, daughter of Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury, and they had at least 10 children — six sons, and four daughters,
Death Sanderson died in 1857 at Hazlewood in Hertfordshire leaving, via his will, £3,000 to his wife, Charlotte, and dividing the rest of his property among his children.
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Who was Richard Sanderson?
British politician, MP for Colchester (1784-1857)
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Richard Sanderson was born in 1784 in Doncaster, England, Yorkshire.
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Richard Sanderson died on 28 October 1857 in England, Hertfordshire.
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Richard Sanderson was a politician and art collector.
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Richard Sanderson was British.
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