Richard Crowder

Sir Richard Budden Crowder, QC (17 May 1796 – 5 December 1859)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician and judge.

For the U.S. Chief Agricultural Negotiator, see Richard T. Crowder.

He was elected at a by-election in 1849 as Member of Parliament (MP) for Liskeard in Cornwall, and held the seat until he resigned from the House of Commons in March 1854 to take an appointment as a judge in the Court of Common Pleas.[2] Whilst in Parliament, he was simultaneously Judge Advocate of the Fleet from 1849 to 1854.[3]

References
  1. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "L", part 3". Leigh Rayment's House of commons pages. Archived from the original on 29 October 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [First published 1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 189. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  3. Sainty, J. C. (1975). Admiralty Officials 1660-1870. Athlone Press, University of London. p. 80. ISBN 048517144-9.


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