This article is about the British member of Parliament. For the Canadian diplomat, see Richard Colvin (diplomat).
Brigadier-General Richard Beale Colvin, CB (4 Aug 1856 – 17 January 1936)[1] was a British officer and Conservative Party politician.
He served as High Sheriff of Essex in 1890.
During the Second Boer War (1899-1901) he served with the 20th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in November 1900.[2]
Colvin was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Epping at an unopposed by-election in 1917, after Epping's Conservative MP Amelius Lockwood was ennobled as Baron Lambourne.[3] He was re-elected in 1918 and 1922, and retired from the House of Commons at the 1923 general election[4]
His portrait, describing him as a brigadier general, is held at the National Portrait Gallery[5]
References[]
- ↑ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ecommons2.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
- ↑ "No. 27359". 27 September 1901. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27359/page/
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 276. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 351. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ image
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Richard Colvin
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