Richard Fort (29 Jul 1856 – 30 Jun 1918)[1] was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885.
Fort in 1880
Fort was the son of Richard Fort MP for Clitheroe and his wife Margaret Ellen Smith, daughter of Major-General John N Smith HEICS. He was educated at Eton College and Brasenose College, Oxford. He joined the 11th Hussars in 1878 and became a lieutenant in 1880. He was a J.P. for Lancashire.[2]
His nephew, also called Richard Fort,[5] was MP for Clitheroe from 1950 to 1959.
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^. Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
^ abCraig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN0-900178-27-2.
^Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN0-900178-26-4.
richard, fort, liberal, politician, born, 1856, richard, fort, 1856, 1918, english, liberal, politician, house, commons, from, 1880, 1885, fort, 1880, fort, richard, fort, clitheroe, wife, margaret, ellen, smith, daughter, major, general, john, smith, heics, e. Richard Fort 29 Jul 1856 30 Jun 1918 1 was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885 Fort in 1880 Fort was the son of Richard Fort MP for Clitheroe and his wife Margaret Ellen Smith daughter of Major General John N Smith HEICS He was educated at Eton College and Brasenose College Oxford He joined the 11th Hussars in 1878 and became a lieutenant in 1880 He was a J P for Lancashire 2 Fort was elected as Member of Parliament for Clitheroe at the 1880 general election 3 a seat previously held by his father He stood down at the 1885 general election 4 and did not stand for Parliament again 3 His nephew also called Richard Fort 5 was MP for Clitheroe from 1950 to 1959 References edit House of Commons constituencies beginning with C part 4 Leigh Rayment s House of Commons pages Archived from the original on 24 October 2008 Retrieved 4 April 2009 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881 a b Craig F W S 1989 1974 British parliamentary election results 1885 1918 2nd ed Chichester Parliamentary Research Services ISBN 0 900178 27 2 Craig F W S 1989 1977 British parliamentary election results 1832 1885 2nd ed Chichester Parliamentary Research Services ISBN 0 900178 26 4 The Times House of Commons 1951 p 139 External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Richard Fort Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byRalph Assheton Member of Parliament for Clitheroe1880 1885 Succeeded bySir Ughtred Kay Shuttleworth nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Liberal Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard Fort Liberal politician born 1856 amp oldid 1178450722, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
