Person Sharp; Richard (1759 - 1835) Sharp Richard 1759 - 1835 British Male British garrison, St John's, Newfoundland 1759 Dorchester, Dorset 30 March 1835 Burial : Family vault[?], Bunhill Fields cemetery, London

6 Fish Street Hill, London Mark Lane, London (1806) Mansion House Place, London 23 Park Lane, London Fredley Farm, Mickleham, near Dorking

Career: 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) Son of Lieutenant Richard Sharp, 40th Foot, of a Romsey merchant family, and his wife, Elizabeth, nee Adams, of St John's, Newfoundland Fellow 12/06/1806 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1759 - 30 Mar 1835 NA6831 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 912246fa-76d5-4e3a-9cd2-608a37ba7959