Family and Education
b. 1759 at Newfoundland, 1st s. of an English officer of the garrison by his American w. educ. by Rev. John Fell, dissenting minister, of Thaxted, Essex.J. Wilson, Biog. Index (1808), 133; DNB (Fell, Rev. John). Sharp’s father might have been Horatio or Edward (army lists). His mother settled in London (Clayden, Early Life of Samuel Rogers, 329). He had a ‘kinsman’ named James Hartman Pearson (PCC 263 Gloucester). unm.
Offices Held
Dir. Hand in Hand Fire Office 1813.
Main residences: Park Lane, Mdx.; Fredley Farm, Mickleham, Surr.
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Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
SHARP, Richard (1759-1835)
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Oxford 1644
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