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Authorised form of nameSharp; Richard (1759 - 1835)
Dates1759 - 1835
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBritish garrison, St John's, Newfoundland
Date of birth1759
Place of deathDorchester, Dorset
Date of death30 March 1835
DatesAndPlacesBurial :
Family vault[?], Bunhill Fields cemetery, London
ActivityCareer:
Family returned to Britain (c1763); in the firm of Richard Sharp and Co, hat manufacturers, London; Partner, West Indian company of Boddington, Sharp, and Phillips, London; MP for Castle Rising (1806-1812); MP for Portarlington (1816-1819); MP for Ilchester (1826-1827); Prime Warden, Fishmongers' Company (1810-1812); known as 'Conversation Sharp', 'Hatter Sharp', 'Furrier Sharp', 'Copenhagen Sharp'; published 'Letters and essays in prose and verse' (1834)
Memberships:
FSA (1787)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election12/06/1806
RelationshipsSon of Lieutenant Richard Sharp, 40th Foot, of a Romsey merchant family, and his wife, Elizabeth, nee Adams, of St John's, Newfoundland
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA6831
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1806/05Sharp, Richard: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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