Sir Richard Budden Crowder, QC (17 May 1796 – 5 December 1859) was a British

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politician and judge. He was elected at a

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in 1849 as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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, and held the seat until he

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from the

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in March 1854 to take an appointment as a judge in the

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. Whilst in

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, he was simultaneously

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from 1849 to 1854.

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* 1859 deaths Justices of the common pleas Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Liskeard UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 Year of birth missing English King's Counsel Knights Bachelor {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub