Sir Richard Levinge, 7th Baronet

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For other people named Richard Levinge, see Richard Levinge (disambiguation).

Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge, 7th Baronet (1 November 1811 – 28 September 1884)[1] was an Irish landowner and politician from Knockdrin Castle, County Westmeath. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1857 to 1865.

His mother was a sister of the 2nd Baron Rancliffe, who died without issue in November 1850. Sir Richard inherited his uncle's entailed property, valued at between £1,000 and £2,000 per annum.[2] In 1846 he was commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel of the Westmeath Militia.[3] He was Sheriff of Westmeath in 1851–2,[4][5] and in 1853 was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of the county.[6]

At the 1852 general election, he contested the Westmeath constituency as a Conservative, without success.

Five years later, at the 1857 election,[7] he was returned unopposed for Westmeath as a Independent Opposition candidate.[8] That party collapsed in 1859, he was re-elected at the 1859 general election, [9] as a Liberal.[8]

He did not contest the 1865 election.[8] He was asked to stand again at the 1868 general election, but refused. He said that although he was a Liberal on all other points, he was a staunch Protestant, and opposed the Liberal policy of disestablishing the Church of Ireland.[10]

He died in Brussels on Sunday 28 September 1884, aged 73. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his brother Vere Henry Levinge, an officer in the Madras Civil Service.[11]

Works

  • Echoes from the Backwoods; or, Sketches of Transatlantic Life (London, 1846, 2 vols.)
  • Cromwell Doolan; or, Life in the Army (London, 1849, 2 vols.) (Internet Archive)
  • A Day With the Brookside Harriers at Brighton (London, 1858) (Google Books)

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)[self-published source][better source needed]
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 6455. p. 29. 5 January 1855. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  4. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 6046. p. 101. 11 February 1851. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 6287. p. 437. 3 June 1853. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 21995. p. 1534. 1 May 1857. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 22264. p. 1988. 17 May 1859. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Westmeath
1857 – 1865
With: William Henry Magan to 1859
William Pollard-Urquhart from 1859		 Succeeded by
William Pollard-Urquhart
Hon. Algernon Greville-Nugent
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by
Richard Levinge
 Baronet
(of High Park)
1848 – 1884		 Succeeded by
Vere Henry Levinge
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