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Richard Wilson (Barnstaple MP)

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67:...this Mr Wilson - whose name, when known, made nobody the wiser - was an Irishman, born to an inheritance of three hundred a year, but greatly in debt, of no profession, accounted a black-leg, and chiefly remarkable for having fought two or three duels... His conversation was bragging and his manner familiar and 71:
like those of the Paddy in a farce. All his friends had ten thousand a year; he talked of his horses and carriages, his estate and his interest; and when he addressed you as a lady, you could not help drawing back for fear he should give you a
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He died, laden with debts, sometime in 1815. He had 3 sons, one of whom died in the West Indies, and 2 daughters.
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Barnstaple
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Barnstaple
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Richard Wilson (disambiguation)
Member of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Barnstaple
Charles Townshend
Lady Louisa Stuart
"WILSON, Richard I (?1755-1815), of Datchworth, Herts. and Owna Lodge, co. Tyrone"
"Townshend, Charles (1725-1767)" 
Dictionary of National Biography
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
Parliament of Great Britain
William Devaynes
John Clevland
Member of Parliament
Barnstaple
John Clevland
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Member of Parliament
Barnstaple
1801
1802
John Clevland
William Devaynes
Sir Edward Pellew
Categories
1750s births
1815 deaths
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Barnstaple
British MPs 1796–1800
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Barnstaple

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