Sir Richard Martin, 1st Baronet, of Overbury Court
Sir Richard Biddulph Martin, 1st Baronet (12 May 1838 – 23 August 1916)[1] was an English banker and Liberal Party (and later Liberal Unionist) politician.
Martin was the older of two sons of Robert Martin (1808–1897) of Overbury Court near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire and his wife, Mary Ann (d. 1892), who was the daughter of John Biddulph of the banking firm of Cocks, Biddulph & Co. His younger brother John Biddulph Martin was also a banker and statistician. Robert Martin was a partner of the Grasshopper Bank, which later became Martins Bank.[2]
He was educated at
Martin first stood for election to the
However, 3 months later he was elected as
At the 1885 general election, he did not stand for re-election in the new Tewkesbury division of Gloucestershire, contesting instead the Chelmsford division of Essex, but without success.[5]
When the Liberal Party split over
He was made a baronet on 12 December 1905, of Overbury Court, in Gloucestershire. He died childless, and the title became extinct on his death.[1]
He was Prime Warden of the
References
- ^ a b "Baronetcies beginning with "M" (part 2)". Leigh Rayment's Baronetage pages. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Lawrence Goldman, ‘Woodhull, Victoria Claflin (1838–1927)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, Oct 2008 accessed 1 May 2009
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8337-2266-9.
- ^ ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ "The Fishmongers' company". The Times. No. 36062. London. 10 February 1900. p. 6.
- ^ "Past Presidents". Royal Statistical Society website. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Richard Martin
- Richard Biddulph Martin in the National Register of Archives