Richard Price (Radnor MP)

Welsh politician

Richard Price (1773 – 10 April 1861)[1] was a Tory politician from Wales. He was the member of parliament (MP) for Radnor from 1799 to 1847.

Price was the eldest son Richard Price, a lawyer of Norton Manor, Knighton whose brother was Chase Price, the MP for Radnorshire.[2] He was educated at University College, Oxford.[2]

The Radnor seat was under the patronage of the 5th Earl of Oxford, whose uncle secured the seat for Price when a vacancy arose in 1799. Price developed his own support base, and within ten years was opposing Oxford's interests in Radnor.[2]

He was a largely silent MP, supporting Tory administrations, and by 1832 had spoken in the House of Commons only to oppose parliamentary reform.[2]

He died 10 April 1861, aged 88.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
2. ^ a b c d R. Thorne, ed. (1986). "PRICE, Richard (1773-1861), of Knighton, Rad". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Retrieved 15 May 2014.

## External links

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* Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Richard Price

Parliament of Great Britain

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Viscount Malden

|  Member of Parliament for Radnor
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Parliament of Great Britain

|  Member of Parliament for Radnor
1801–1847 | Succeeded by

Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis

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