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Richard Carter (1617–1668) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1656.

Carter was the son of John Carter of Columb, Cornwall. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 9 September 1634, aged 17. He was of St. Columb, or Columb Major.[1]

In 1654, Carter was elected Member of Parliament for Cornwall in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Cornwall in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament.[2]

Carter died at the age of 50 and was buried on 29 January 1668.

References

  1. ^ 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Cabell-Chafe', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 228-254. Date accessed: 7 August 2011
  2. ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Cornwall
1654–1656
With: Thomas Ceely 1654–1656
Anthony Rous 1654–1656
Walter Moyle 1654–1656
Anthony Nichols 1654–1656
Charles Boscawen 1654
Thomas Gewen 1654
James Launce 1654
Francis Rous 1656
William Braddon 1656
John St Aubyn 1656 		Succeeded by
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