He was re-elected in 1835 as a Conservative,[3] and held the seat until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1847 general election.
[4] The election was disputed by two well-known local men: Sir Thomas Champneys[5] and Sheppard, a Tory and a Radical or Whig respectively.
Writing about the processes of social equalization in the 19th century, George W. E. Russell recorded that Sheppard was the only member of the House of Commons to wear a pigtail after the Reform Act 1832.
This article about a Liberal Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency is a stub.
You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This article about a Conservative Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency and born in the 1760s is a stub.