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Richard Wright (MP)
Richard Wright
,
MP
of
Sherborne, Dorset
, was a
Member of the Parliament
of
England
for
Dorchester
in
1597
and for
Queenborough
.
Family
Richard
Wright
was the
eldest
son of
Robert Wright
of
Sturminster Newton
,
Dorset
. He was
educated
at
Sherborne
,
Magdalen College, Oxford
and
New College, Oxford
.
He was a
Member
of the
Parliament of England
for Dorchester in 1597 and for Queenborough in
1604
. He was
Mayor
of
Lyme Regis
in 1617–18.
