politician
Richard Atkinson.
merchant and director of the East India Company (1739–1785)
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About Richard Atkinson
Richard Atkinson (1739–1785) was an English merchant and government contractor, an East India Company director, and for a short period Member of Parliament for New Romney. He was noted as a supplier of rum to the armed forces, and as a political ally of the 1780s of William Pitt the Younger.
Everything about Richard Atkinson →- Occupation
- politician, plantation owner
- Position held
- member of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- March 10, 1739
- Died
- May 28, 1785