Richard Ker

Richard John Charles Rivers Ker (21 July 1822 – 18 December 1890) was an Irish politician and first-class cricketer.

For the Irish MP (1880s), see Richard Ker (MP).

He was a son of David Ker, MP for Athlone 1820-1826 and Downpatrick 1835-1841, and Selina Sarah, daughter of the first Marquess of Londonderry, and the younger brother of David Stewart Ker, the Member of Parliament for Downpatrick, 1841-1847 and 1859-1867 and one of the Members of Parliament for County Down, 1852-1857 [1] He was educated in England at Eton College,[2] before going up to Corpus Christi College, Oxford.[3] While studying at Oxford, he made three appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1841–2, playing twice against the Marylebone Cricket Club and once in The University Match against Cambridge.[4]

He was elected as a Peelite Conservative Member of Parliament for Downpatrick in 1847, resigning through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 1 August 1851. He was again elected in an 1857 by-election for the same seat, but did not stand in the 1859 general election. Ker died in England at South Kensington in December 1890.[5]

References
  1. Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 1871, P 729
  2. Stapylton, H. E. C. (1864). Eton School Lists from 1791 to 1850. E. P. Williams. p. 164.
  3. Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 790.
  4. "First-Class Matches played by Richard Ker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  5. "Player profile: Richard Ker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
David Stewart Ker		 Member of Parliament for Downpatrick
1847–1851		 Succeeded by
Charles Hardinge
Preceded by
Charles Hardinge		 Member of Parliament for Downpatrick
1857–1859		 Succeeded by
David Stewart Ker


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