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richard, irish, 1880s, richard, john, charles, rivers, july, 1822, december, 1890, irish, politician, first, class, cricketer, member, parliament, downpatrickin, office, 1847, 18511857, 1859personal, detailsborn, 1822, july, 1822died18, december, 1890, 1890, a. For the Irish MP 1880s see Richard Ker MP Richard John Charles Rivers Ker 21 July 1822 18 December 1890 was an Irish politician and first class cricketer Richard KerMember of Parliament for DownpatrickIn office 1847 18511857 1859Personal detailsBorn 1822 07 21 21 July 1822Died18 December 1890 1890 12 18 aged 68 South Kensington EnglandPolitical partyPeelite ConservativeParentDavid Guardi Ker father RelativesDavid Stewart Ker brother Robert Stewart grandfather Robert Stewart uncle John Waring Maxwell uncle EducationCorpus Christi College OxfordBiography editHe was a son of David Guardi Ker MP for Athlone 1820 1826 and Downpatrick 1835 1841 and Selina Sarah daughter of the first Marquess of Londonderry and the younger brother of David Stewart Ker the Member of Parliament for Downpatrick 1841 1847 and 1859 1867 and one of the Members of Parliament for County Down 1852 1857 1 He was educated in England at Eton College 2 before going up to Corpus Christi College Oxford 3 While studying at Oxford he made three appearances in first class cricket for Oxford University in 1841 2 playing twice against the Marylebone Cricket Club and once in The University Match against Cambridge 4 He was elected as a Peelite Conservative Member of Parliament for Downpatrick in 1847 resigning through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 1 August 1851 He was again elected in an 1857 by election for the same seat but did not stand in the 1859 general election Ker died in England at South Kensington in December 1890 5 References edit Burke s Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland 1871 P 729 Stapylton H E C 1864 Eton School Lists from 1791 to 1850 E P Williams p 164 Foster Joseph 1891 Ker Richard John Charles Rivers Alumni Oxonienses Parker and Company p 790 First Class Matches played by Richard Ker CricketArchive Retrieved 18 June 2020 Player profile Richard Ker CricketArchive Retrieved 16 June 2020 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byDavid Stewart Ker Member of Parliament for Downpatrick1847 1851 Succeeded byCharles Hardinge Preceded byCharles Hardinge Member of Parliament for Downpatrick1857 1859 Succeeded byDavid Stewart Ker nbsp This article about a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for a constituency in Ireland between 1801 and 1922 is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a Conservative Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom born in the 1820s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard Ker amp oldid 1208770265, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
