Richard Prime Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig

   . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 . 1977 . 2nd . 1989 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-26-4 . 472.

2. Web site: Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850 . Department of Information Services . . 9 June 2009 . 30 November 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100615142225/http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04731.pdf . 15 June 2010 .