# Richard Plumer
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'''Richard Plumer''' (c.1689–25 November 1750) was a British politician who sat in the [House of Commons](/source/British_House_of_Commons) from 1722 to 1750.
Plumer was the third surviving son of John Plumer, a wealthy London merchant of Blakesware, Hertfordshire, and his wife Mary Hale, daughter of William Hale of King's Walden, Hertfordshire. He had brothers [Walter](/source/Walter_Plumer) and [William Plumer](/source/William_Plumer_(died_1767)) who were also in Parliament. He succeeded to his father's estates in Kent and Surrey in 1719.[{{cite web| url =https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/plumer-richard-1689-1750 | title=PLUMER, Richard (c.1689-1750). | publisher= History of Parliament Online| accessdate = 24 October 2018}}]
Plumer was appointed Lord of Trade in 1721, and a year later at the [1722 general election](/source/1722_British_general_election) he was elected [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Lichfield](/source/Lichfield_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) on the interest of the Chetwynd family. He was returned again as MP for Lichfield at the [1722 general election](/source/1722_British_general_election), but in that year was dismissed from his office at the Board of Trade to make way for someone else. He then voted selectively – for the Administration on the civil list arrears in 1729 and on the repeal of the Septennial Act in 1734, but against the Administration on the Hessians in 1730, the army in 1732, and the [Excise Bill](/source/Excise_Bill) in 1733. At the [1734 general election](/source/1734_British_general_election) he was returned as MP for [St Mawes](/source/St_Mawes_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) on the recommendation of Walpole. He was re-appointed as Lord of Trade in 1735 and from then on voted consistently with the Administration. In [1741](/source/1741_British_general_election) he was brought in unopposed as MP for [Aldburgh](/source/Aldeburgh_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) and in [1747](/source/1747_British_general_election) returned unopposed for [Weymouth and Melcombe Regis](/source/Weymouth_and_Melcombe_Regis_(UK_Parliament_constituency)).[
Plumer was operated on for a stone on 18 November 1750 and died a week later on 25 November unmarried.][
==References==
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| before = [Walter Chetwynd](/source/Walter_Chetwynd_(died_1732))
| before2 = [Samuel Hill](/source/Samuel_Hill_(1691%E2%80%931758))
}}
{{s-title
| title = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Lichfield](/source/Lichfield_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| years = [1722](/source/1722_British_general_election)––[1734](/source/1734_British_general_election)
| with = [Walter Chetwynd](/source/Walter_Chetwynd_(died_1732)) 1722-1731
| with2= [George Venables-Vernon](/source/George_Venables-Vernon%2C_1st_Baron_Vernon) 1731-1734
}}
{{s-aft
| after = [George Venables-Vernon](/source/George_Venables-Vernon%2C_1st_Baron_Vernon)
| after2 = [Rowland Hill](/source/Rowland_Hill_(1705%E2%80%931783))
}}
{{s-bef
| before = [Henry Vane](/source/Henry_Vane%2C_1st_Earl_of_Darlington)
| before2 = [William East](/source/William_East_(1695-1737))
}}
{{s-title
| title = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [St Mawes](/source/St_Mawes_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| years = [1734](/source/1734_British_general_election)–[1741](/source/1741_British_general_election)
| with = [Henry Vane](/source/Henry_Vane%2C_1st_Earl_of_Darlington)
}}
{{s-aft
| after = [James Douglas](/source/James_Douglas_(died_1751))
| after2 = [Robert Nugent](/source/Robert_Nugent%2C_1st_Earl_Nugent)
}}
{{s-bef
| before = [William Conolly](/source/William_James_Conolly)
| before2 = [Francis Gashry](/source/Francis_Gashry)
}}
{{s-title
| title = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Aldburgh](/source/Aldeburgh_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| years = [1741](/source/1741_British_general_election)–[1747](/source/1747_British_general_election)
| with = [William Conolly](/source/William_James_Conolly)
}}
{{s-aft
| after = [William Windham](/source/William_Windham_(of_Earsham%2C_junior))
| after2 = [Zachary Philip Fonnereau](/source/Zachary_Philip_Fonnereau)
}}
{{s-bef
| before = [John Tucker](/source/John_Tucker_(MP))
| before2 = [Joseph Damer](/source/Joseph_Damer%2C_1st_Earl_of_Dorchester)
| before3 = [John Raymond](/source/John_Raymond_(died_1782))
| before4 =[James Steuart](/source/James_Steuart_(Royal_Navy_officer))
}}
{{s-title
| title = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Weymouth and Melcombe Regis](/source/Weymouth_and_Melcombe_Regis_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| years = [1747](/source/1747_British_general_election)–1750
| with = [Welbore Ellis](/source/Welbore_Ellis%2C_1st_Baron_Mendip)
| with2= [George Dodington](/source/George_Dodington_(died_1757))
| with3 = [Edward Hungate Beaghan](/source/Edward_Hungate_Beaghan)
}}
{{s-aft
| after = [Welbore Ellis](/source/Welbore_Ellis%2C_1st_Baron_Mendip)
| after2 = [Lord John Cavendish](/source/Lord_John_Cavendish)
| after3 = [George Dodington](/source/George_Dodington_(died_1757))
| after4 = [Edward Hungate Beaghan](/source/Edward_Hungate_Beaghan)
}}
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