Robert Rickards

(1771-1836)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Rickards, R. (Robert), 1769-1836 LBT ID: RoRicka1836 VIAF ID: 43393951 LOC ID: n88147325	B/BAP: 1771-08-22 DIED: 1836-06-30
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (December 1836) 664; Virtual International Authority File; historyofparliamentonline.org; LOC Name Authority File
He was an East India Company official before serving as Whig MP for Wootton Basset (1813-16) and inspector of factories in Yorkshire and Lancashire (1833-36).
REFERENCES TO Robert Rickards: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter IV Found 1: ¶ 8