Richard Simeon

Sir Richard Godin Simeon, 2nd Baronet (21 May 1784 – 4 January 1854)[1] was an English Liberal Party politician.

Sir
Richard Simeon
2nd Baronet
Member of Parliament for the Isle of Wight
In office
1832 (1832)–1837 (1837)
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byWilliam à Court-Holmes
Personal details
Born
Richard Godin Simeon

(1784-05-21)21 May 1784
Died(1854-01-04)4 January 1854
NationalityEnglish
Political partyLiberal Party
ChildrenCharles Simeon
John Simeon
ParentSir John Simeon, 1st Baronet (father)

Simeon was born in 1784, the son of Sir John Simeon, 1st Baronet and Rebecca Cornwall.[2]

Simeon was elected at the 1832 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Isle of Wight,[3] a new constituency which had been created by the Reform Act 1832. He was re-elected in 1835,[3] and stood down from the House of Commons at the 1837 general election.[3]

He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight 1831,[4] and in 1846.[5] He also served as High Sheriff of Hampshire for 1845. Charles and John Simeon were his sons.[6]

Coat of arms of Richard Simeon
Crest
A fox passant-reguardant Proper in the mouth a trefoil slipped Vert.
Escutcheon
Per fess Sable and Or a pale counterchanged in chief an ermine spot of the first between two trefoils slipped of the second and in base a like trefoil between two like ermine spots.
Supporters
Dexter a fox reguardant Proper in the mouth a trefoil slipped Vert, sinister a lion Gules ducally crowned Or.
Motto
Serviendo; Nec Temere Nec Timide[7]

References
  1. "Baronets: S, part 2". Leigh Rayment's baronetage pages. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Lundy, Darryl. "Sir John Simeon, 1st Bt". The Peerage. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 402. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. "No. 18826". The London Gazette. 19 July 1831. p. 1454.
  5. "No. 20578". The London Gazette. 27 February 1846. p. 776.
  6. Blain, Rev. Michael (2007). The Canterbury Association (1848–1852): A Study of Its Members' Connections (PDF). Christchurch: Project Canterbury. p. 75. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  7. Burke's Peerage. 1949.


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