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Richard Aldworth (MP for Dublin University)

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Sir Richard Aldworth (1646 – 1707) was an Anglo-Irish politician and official in the Dublin Castle administration in Ireland.

Aldworth was the Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1693 to 1696, and in 1695 he was made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland.[1] He was a Member of Parliament for Dublin University in the Irish House of Commons between 1695 and 1699.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Hughes, J. L. J. (March 1952). "The Chief Secretaries in Ireland 1566-1921". Irish Historical Studies. 8 (29): 63. doi:10.1017/S0021121400027231. JSTOR 30005265. S2CID 159877218. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  2. ^ E. M. Johnston-Liik, MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.66. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
Political offices
Preceded by Chief Secretary for Ireland
1693–1696
Succeeded by
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Dublin University
1695–1699
With: William Molyneux (1695–1698)
William Crow (1698–1699)
Succeeded by