Richard Sharp ( 1759 - 1835 )

Birth: British garrison, St John's, Newfoundland (1759) Death: Dorchester, Dorset (30 March 1835) Burial : Family vault[?], Bunhill Fields cemetery, London Career: Family returned to Britain (c1763); in the firm of Richard Sharp and Co, hat manufacturers, London; Partner, West Indian company of Boddington, Sharp, and Phillips, London; MP for Castle Rising (1806-1812); MP for Portarlington (1816-1819); MP for Ilchester (1826-1827); Prime Warden, Fishmongers' Company (1810-1812); known as "Conversation Sharp", "Hatter Sharp", "Furrier Sharp", "Copenhagen Sharp"; published "Letters and essays in prose and verse" (1834) Memberships: FSA (1787) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 12/06/1806.