Richard Prime

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,^[1] and held the seat until he resigned from the House of Commons on 28 January 1854 through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.^[2]

References

1. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 472. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
2. Department of Information Services (9 June 2009). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2009.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Richard Prime

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Charles Wyndham Charles Gordon-Lennox	Member of Parliament for Western Sussex 1847–1854 With: Charles Gordon-Lennox	Succeeded by Hon. Henry Wyndham Charles Gordon-Lennox