Richard Fort (Liberal politician, born 1856)

Richard Fort (29 Jul 1856 – 30 Jun 1918)[1] was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885.

Fort was the son of Richard Fort MP for Clitheroe and his wife Margaret Ellen Smith, daughter of Major-General John N Smith HEICS.

He stood down at the 1885 general election,[4] and did not stand for Parliament again.

[3] His nephew, also called Richard Fort,[5] was MP for Clitheroe from 1950 to 1959.

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