Richard Wright
English politician
About Richard Wright
Lived 1568 – 1639 (aged 70–71). Richard Wright was an English member of Parliament in the Parliament of England and politician.
Richard Wright (c. 1568–1639), MP of Sherborne, Dorset, was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Dorchester in 1597 and for Queenborough.
Family Richard Wright was the eldest son of Robert Wright of Sturminster Newton, Dorset. He was educated at Sherborne, Magdalen College, Oxford and New College, Oxford.
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Dorchester in 1597 and for Queenborough in 1604. He was Mayor of Lyme Regis in 1617–18.
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