Barnham Rider
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Sir Barnham Rider was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
House of Commons of Great Britain
The House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union of that year, it replaced the House of Commons of England and the third estate of the Parliament of Scotland, as one of the most significant...

 from 1716 to 1727.

Rider was the son of Thomas Rider and the owner of Boughton Monchelsea Place
Boughton Monchelsea Place
Boughton Monchelsea Place, previously Boughton Court, is a 16th century country house in Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England. The first part of the house was built by Robert Rudston circa 1567–75 on the site of an earlier manor house. It has been modified a number of times during its history...

, Kent.

Rider was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 (MP) for Maidstone
Maidstone (UK Parliament constituency)
Maidstone was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The parliamentary borough of Maidstone returned two Members of Parliament from 1552 until 1885, when its representation was reduced to one member...

, Kent on 30 June 1716 and sat until 24 March 1722. He was re-elected for Maidstone on 1 June 1723 and remained until 18 August 1727.

Rider had one son, Sir Thomas Rider.
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