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Name
  
William Rickhill

Awards
  
Patron's Gold Medal

Preceded by
  
Eben Alexander

Role
  
Author


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Died
  
December 8, 1914, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Education
  
Ecole speciale militaire de Saint-Cyr

Books
  
The land of the lamas, Notes on the ethnology of Tibet

Succeeded by
  
Arthur Sherburne Hardy

William Rickhill (before 1385 – after 1447), of Ifield, Kent, was an English politician.

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Family

Rickhill was the eldest son of Sir William Rickhill (died 1407), of Ifield and Islingham in Frindsbury and his wife Rose (died 1418). He was the elder brother of John Rickhill, MP (died 1432). William Rickhill married, before February 1421, Katherine Coventry, daughter of William Coventry, a London merchant. They had one daughter, and Katherine died 27 August 1433.

Career

In 1420, Rickhill was a Member of Parliament for Kent.

References

William Rickhill Wikipedia