Sir
Richard Simeon
2nd Baronet
Member of Parliament for the Isle of Wight
In office
1832 (1832)–1837 (1837)
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byWilliam à Court-Holmes
Personal details
Born
Richard Godin Simeon

(1784-05-21)21 May 1784
Died(1854-01-04)4 January 1854
NationalityEnglish
Political partyLiberal Party
ChildrenCharles Simeon
John Simeon
ParentSir John Simeon, 1st Baronet (father)

Sir Richard Godin Simeon, 2nd Baronet (21 May 1784 – 4 January 1854)[1] was an English Liberal Party politician.

Simeon was born in 1784, the son of Sir John Simeon, 1st Baronet and Rebecca Cornwall.[2]

Simeon was elected at the 1832 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Isle of Wight,[3] a new constituency which had been created by the Reform Act 1832. He was re-elected in 1835,[3] and stood down from the House of Commons at the 1837 general election.[3]

He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight 1831,[4] and in 1846.[5] He also served as High Sheriff of Hampshire for 1845. Charles and John Simeon were his sons.[6]

Coat of arms of Richard Simeon
Crest
A fox passant-reguardant Proper in the mouth a trefoil slipped Vert.
Escutcheon
Per fess Sable and Or a pale counterchanged in chief an ermine spot of the first between two trefoils slipped of the second and in base a like trefoil between two like ermine spots.
Supporters
Dexter a fox reguardant Proper in the mouth a trefoil slipped Vert, sinister a lion Gules ducally crowned Or.
Motto
Serviendo; Nec Temere Nec Timide[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Baronets: S, part 2". Leigh Rayment's baronetage pages. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ↑ Lundy, Darryl. "Sir John Simeon, 1st Bt". The Peerage. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 402. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. ↑ "No. 18826". The London Gazette. 19 July 1831. p. 1454.
  5. ↑ "No. 20578". The London Gazette. 27 February 1846. p. 776.
  6. ↑ Blain, Rev. Michael (2007). The Canterbury Association (1848–1852): A Study of Its Members' Connections (PDF). Christchurch: Project Canterbury. p. 75. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Burke's Peerage. 1949.


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