Sir Richard Lane (c. 1667 – 1756), of Worcester was a British merchant, sugar-baker and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1721 and 1734.
In July 1710, while mayor, he put a stop to the ‘insolent progress of Dr. Sacheverel and his deluded followers’.
In 1725, some people involved in the Cheshire salt works discovered that the strongest brine lay below the depth of the pits in Droitwich.
In March 1732 Lane spoke in favour of the free export of wool and yarn from Ireland.
[1] Lane died, aged 89, on 29 March 1756 and was buried in the North ambulatory of Westminster Abbey.