Family and Education
b. c. 1656, 2nd but o. surv. (posth.) s. of John Atherton of Atherton by Mary, da. of Richard Bold of Bold. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1672; G. Inn 1675. m. (1) lic. 23 Nov. 1676, Isobel, da. of Robert Holt of Castleton, 1s. 4da.; (2) lic. 1 Nov. 1686, Agnes, da. of Miles Dodding of Conishead, s.p. suc. fa. at birth; Kntd. 22 June 1684.Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxiv), 21, Chester Mar. Lic. (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lxxix), 177, (lxxiii), 124.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Lancs. 1677 – 80, j.p. 1677 – d., dep. lt. 1682 – d.; freeman, Preston 1682; mayor, Liverpool 1684–5.
Main residences: Atherton; Bewsey Hall, nr. Warrington, Lancs.
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Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
ATHERTON, Richard (c.1656-87)
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Oxford 1644
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