Richard Price (Radnor MP)
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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]
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