Name Richard Gardner Resigned June 1848 Parents Robert Gardner | Died June 4, 1856 Role Member of Parliament | |
Education Wadham College, Oxford (1838), Charterhouse School | ||
Richard Gardner (1812- 4 June 1856), was an English member of the United Kingdom Parliament, representing Leicestershire.
Gardner was born in Manchester, the eldest son of Robert Gardner, then a merchant in London. He attended first Charterhouse School, then Manchester School, then finally Wadham College, Oxford University where he graduated with a BA in 1838, at the same time he joined the Inner Temple and practised as a barrister. Through this time he spoke about universal suffrage and published some political pamphlets on the subject. He was elected as a Liberal member of parliament for Leicester in 1847 and was defeated in June, 1848, then re-elected in the general election of 1852, and held the seat until his death 4 June 1856.
He married in 1850, Lucy, the only daughter of count de Mandelsloh, minister plenipotentiary from Wurtemberg. He died 4 June 1856 from a heart condition, leaving his wife and two daughters. He is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.