Richard Shuttleworth (MP for Lancashire)

He voted on against the Court candidate for Speaker on 25 October 1705 and told against the Administration in various divisions.

He was returned unopposed at the 1708 British general election, and continued his concern for local interests by his appointment, on 7 February 1709, to draft a bill to create a new parish at Manchester, and by telling for the Liverpool dock bill on 18 March 1710.

At the 1710 he was returned again and told for the Tories in an election dispute and was a member of the October Club.

He was returned unopposed at the 1713 and continued to act in a "Whimsical" manner while notionally supporting the Tory party.

[1] Shuttleworth was returned unopposed again at the 1715 British general election, and was listed as a Tory who sometimes voted with the Whigs.

[2] As a result of a fire in 1726, Forcett Hall was substantially redesigned in 1740 in the Palladian style by architect Daniel Garrett.