Person
Richard Blakemore
- Slug
- richard-blakmore-442
- Alternative names
- MP
- Gender
- Assigned male at birth
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Ethnicity
- White
- Languages
- English
- Occupations
- Unknown
An ironmaster and Conservative MP. Born in 1775, he entered the family business of iron-making and became the owner of 2 ironworks. He was a magistrate for counties of Glamorgan, Hereford, Monmouth, and Somerset. He held seats at The Leys and Velindre House. Blakemore also represented Wells in Parliament as a Conservative MP and was the High Sheriff of Glamorgan and the High Sheriff of Herefordshire. He died in 1855.