Richard Abell (c.1688 – aft. March 1744) was a British lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the

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from 1720 to 1727. Abell was the eldest son of William Abell, of East Claydon,

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and his wife Elizabeth ?Mayne. He was admitted at Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1705. He was

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as a member of the

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in 1714. Abell was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Richmond, Yorkshire at a

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in 1720. He was a Whig and stood in the interest of the Duke of Wharton. At the 1722 general election he was returned as MP for

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. He did not stand for Parliament again in 1727 or later. In 1728, he sold the manor of East Claydon to the Viscount Fermanagh, retaining a life interest in the property.

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* 1680s births Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge British MPs 1715–1722 British MPs 1722–1727 Members of the Inner Temple Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies 1744 deaths {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub