Richard Shuttleworth (MP for Lancashire)

Richard Shuttleworth (1683–22 December 1749) of

British House of Commons

for 44 years from 1705 to 1749. He was considered Whimsical as he occasionally failed to support his party.

Early life

Shuttleworth was baptized on 3 September 1683, the eldest son of Sir Richard Shuttleworth, of Gawthorpe Hall and Forcett, and his wife Katherine Clerke, daughter of Henry Clerke. He succeeded his father in 1687. From 1703 to 1704, he travelled abroad in France and Italy. He married Emma Tempest, the daughter of William Tempest of Old Durham.^[1]

Career

Shuttleworth was elected as a Tory

October Club. However he left the October Club, and went over to the splinter March Club. The March club sometimes supported the Administration, opposing moves proposed by the October Club. Like other members of the March Club, he opposed the terms of the commercial treaty. He told against the second reading of the bill to suspend duties on French wine on 6 May and voted against the French commerce bill on 18 June 1713. He was returned unopposed at the 1713 and continued to act in a "Whimsical" manner while notionally supporting the Tory party.^[1]

Shuttleworth was returned unopposed again at the 1715 British general election, and was listed as a Tory who sometimes voted with the Whigs. He was one of the few Tory justices left on the Lancashire bench following the regulation of 1715.^[1] In 1722 he faced a contest at Lancashire, which he won, and was returned unopposed again in 1727, 1734 and 1741. He generally voted against the Administration, and his only recorded speech was on the gin bill in 1736. He was Father of the House from 1748.^[2]

Later life and legacy

As a result of a fire in 1726, Forcett Hall was substantially redesigned in 1740 in the Palladian style by architect Daniel Garrett. Shuttleworth and his family moved into Forcett Hall and leased Gawthorpe Hall. Shuttleworth died on 22 December 1749. He had five sons and three daughters. His son and heir James Shuttleworth also became MP for Lancashire.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "SHUTTLEWORTH, Richard (1683-1749), of Gawthorpe Hall, Lancs. and Forcett, Yorks". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^ "SHUTTLEWORTH, Richard (1683-1749), of Gawthorpe Hall, Lancs. and Forcett, Yorks". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 14 November 2018.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Richard Fleetwood Richard Assheton	Member of Parliament for Lancashire 1705–1708 With: Hon. Charles Zedenno Stanley	Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Parliament of England	Member of Parliament for Lancashire 1708–1749 With: Hon. Charles Zedenno Stanley 1708-1713 Sir John Bland 1713-1727 Sir Edward Stanley 1727-1736 Peter Bold 1736-1741 Lord Strange 1741-1749	Succeeded by Lord Strange Peter Bold
Preceded by Thomas Cartwright	Father of the House 1748-1749	Succeeded by Phillips Gybbon

[HOP-1] "SHUTTLEWORTH, Richard (1683-1749), of Gawthorpe Hall, Lancs. and Forcett, Yorks". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[HOP2-2] "SHUTTLEWORTH, Richard (1683-1749), of Gawthorpe Hall, Lancs. and Forcett, Yorks". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 14 November 2018.

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