Richard Young (MP for Bewdley)
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Richard Young was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons
from 1605 to 1611.
Young was possibly a younger son of Humphrey Young of Croome Dabitot. In 1605, he was elected as the first Member of Parliament
for the newly enfranchised borough of Bewdley
.
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
from 1605 to 1611.
Young was possibly a younger son of Humphrey Young of Croome Dabitot. In 1605, he was elected as the first 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,...
for the newly enfranchised borough of Bewdley
Bewdley (UK Parliament constituency)
Bewdley was the name of a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1605 until 1950. Until 1885 it was a parliamentary borough in Worcestershire, represented by one Member of Parliament; the name was then transferred to a county constituency from 1885 until...
.