Richard Henry Richard Howard-Vyse (24 August 1813 – 12 June 1872) was a

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Conservative Party politician. Born in 1813, Howard-Vyse was the son of

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. In 1856, he married Julia Agnes Jolliffe, daughter of William Joliffe and Eleanor (née Paget) Jolliffe, and they had at least one son: Howard Henry Howard-Vyse (1858–1927). Howard-Vyse was elected Conservative MP for

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at a by-election in 1846—caused by the resignation of

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—and held the seat until 1857 when he was defeated. He later returned to Parliament for

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at a by-election in 1863—caused by the death of

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—but lost the seat at the next general election in 1865. Howard-Vyse was also a Justice of the Peace and a colonel in the

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