Richard Harden (politician)
Major James Richard Edwards Harden DSO MC (12 December 1916 – 22 October 2000), known as Richard Harden, was a Northern Irish politician. Born in Tandragee, County Armagh and educated at Bedford School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was an Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for Armagh from a by-election in 1948 until he resigned his seat on 5 November 1954 by the procedural device of accepting the nominally-paid position of Steward of the Manor of Northstead.[1]
External links
- "Obituary: Major Richard Harden", Daily Telegraph, 27 October 2000
References
- ↑ Department of Information Services (24 January 2017). "MPs appointed to the Chiltern Hundreds or Manor of Northstead stewardships since the 1945 Parliament". House of Commons Library.
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Preceded by Sir William Allen |
Member of Parliament for Armagh 1948–1954 |
Succeeded by C. W. Armstrong |
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