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English politician
SirRichard PrideauxMP
Member of Parliament
for Bodmin
In office
1640–1640
Personal details
Born1606
Thuborough
Died1667 (aged 61)
ChildrenJonathon Prideaux (1646–1710)
ParentJonathan Prideaux (d. 1637)
Alma materExeter College, Oxford

Richard Prideaux (1606–1667) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640.

Prideaux was the son of Jonathan Prideaux (d.1637), of Theuborough, now known as Thuborough, in the parish of Sutcombe, Devon. He enrolled at Exeter College, Oxford on 13 December 1622, aged 16. He lived at Theuborough. In April 1640, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bodmin in the Short Parliament.

Prideaux died at the age of 61.

References

  1. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p. 620, pedigree of Prideaux
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph, ed. (1891). "Prichard-Pyx". Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714. pp. 1208–1224. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  3. "PRIDEAUX, Jonathan (c.1646-1710), of Theuborough, Sutcombe, Devon and Trecarne, St. Mabyn, Cornw. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
Parliament of England
VacantParliament suspended since 1629 Member of Parliament for Bodmin
1640 (April)
With: Sir Richard Wynn
Succeeded byJohn Arundell
Anthony Nicholl
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