{{Short description|British politician and industrialist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Richard Padmore |alt = |caption = |office = Member of Parliament <br /> for Worcester |parliament = |majority = |term_start = 12 March 1860 |term_end = 17 November 1868 |alongside = Alexander Clunes Sheriff <small>(1865–1868)</small><br />Osman Ricardo <small>(1860–1865)</small> |predecessor = Osman Ricardo<br />William Laslett |successor = Alexander Clunes Sheriff<br />William Laslett |birth_date = 1789 |birth_place = Wellington, Shropshire, England |death_date = {{death date and given age|df=yes|1881|01|12|91}} |death_place = |alma_mater = |party = Liberal |parents = Thomas Padmore<br />Mary Padmore |relatives = |children = }}
'''Richard Padmore''' (1789 – 12 January 1881)<ref>{{Rayment-hc|w|5|date=March 2018}}</ref> was a British Liberal Party politician and industrialist.<ref name="gracesguide">{{cite web|title=Hardy and Padmore|url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Hardy_and_Padmore|website=Grace's Guide to British Industrial History|accessdate=24 March 2018}}</ref>
==Industrial career== Born in Wellington, Shropshire as the son of Thomas and Mary Padmore, Padmore joined Worcester-based lamppost, tram wire posts and engine supplier Hardy and Co, founded by Robert and John Hardy, in 1820.<ref>{{cite web|title=John Randall (1810–1910) as Writer and Geologist|url=http://www.shropshiregeology.org.uk/sgspublications/Proceedings/2010%20No_15%20028-043%20Torrens%20Randall.pdf|website=Shropshire Geological Society|accessdate=24 March 2018|page=30|date=2010}}</ref> He became a partner in 1829 and the firm then became known as Hardy and Padmore. This partnership was later dissolved in 1851, with the firm entering voluntary liquidation long after Padmore's death in 1967.<ref name="gracesguide"/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Hinks|first1=Pam|title=Hardy and Padmore The Worcester Foundry|url=http://www.worcesterpeopleandplaces.org.uk/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=337&cntnt01returnid=93|website=Worcester People & Places|accessdate=24 March 2018}}</ref>
==Political career== thumb|left|A bust of Richard Padmore at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum Padmore was Worcester's first non-conformist mayor—rejecting a procession to the cathedral or his place of worship and refusing to wear a mayoral robe—from 1849 to 1849, and from 1852 to 1853 before being elected Liberal MP for Worcester at a by-election in 1860—caused by the resignation of William Laslett.<ref>{{cite web|title=Richard Padmore, Mayor of Worcester (1848–1849 & 1852–1853)|url=https://www.artuk.org/discover/artworks/richard-padmore-mayor-of-worcester-18481849-18521853-53430|website=Art UK|accessdate=24 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Hinks|first1=Pam|title=The Non-Conformist Mayors|url=http://www.worcesterpeopleandplaces.org.uk/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=104&cntnt01returnid=76|website=Worcester People & Places|accessdate=24 March 2018}}</ref> He held the seat until 1868 when he did not seek re-election.<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Hansard-contribs | mr-richard-padmore | Mr Richard Padmore }}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Padmore, Richard}} Category:Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Category:People from Wellington, Shropshire Category:History of Worcester, England Category:UK MPs 1859–1865 Category:UK MPs 1865–1868 Category:1789 births Category:1881 deaths