Richard Chiswell

Richard Chiswell (1673 – 14 May 1751) was a wealthy English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1722.

In November 1721 he made his only speech opposing a clause allowing the navy to sink any ship coming from a plague infested place.

This was a concern to the Levant merchants as there was always plague somewhere in Turkey and many ships could not be notified of the new law in time.

Chiswell was not entirely loyal to the government and did not stand at the 1727 general election, probably because his sponsors would not support him.

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