Richard Wharton (Secretary to the Treasury)

Richard Wharton (c. 1765 – 21 October 1828^[1]) was a British barrister and politician.

Wharton studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge and became barrister of the Inner Temple in 1789. He successfully stood as a Tory for the constituency of Durham in 1802, but his election was voided in February 1804, "his payment of the travelling expenses of the non-resident freemen having been construed as bribery."^[1] He was elected again in 1806, and held the seat until 1820.

Wharton was appointed Chairman of Ways and Means in January 1808, and Secretary to the Treasury in December 1809, a post he held until January 1814.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1810.^[2]

Samuel Egerton Brydges described Wharton as a man "of quick talents, much literature, and most pleasing manners, hospitable and open; a man of the world, of a handsome person and benevolent expression."^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c WHARTON, Richard (c.1764-1828)
^ Thomson, Thomas (1812). History of the Royal Society: From Its Institution to the End of the Eighteenth Century. p. lxix.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Richard Wharton

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Michael Angelo Taylor Ralph John Lambton	Member of Parliament for City of Durham 1802 – 1804 With: Ralph John Lambton	Succeeded by Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto Ralph John Lambton
Preceded by Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto Ralph John Lambton	Member of Parliament for City of Durham 1806 – 1820 With: Ralph John Lambton to 1813 George Allan 1813–18 Michael Angelo Taylor from 1818	Succeeded by Sir Henry Hardinge Michael Angelo Taylor

[HPO-1] WHARTON, Richard (c.1764-1828)

[2] Thomson, Thomas (1812). History of the Royal Society: From Its Institution to the End of the Eighteenth Century. p. lxix.

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