Richard Lucy

Who was Richard Lucy?

Richard Lucy was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1653.

Lucy was the son of Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote and his wife Alice Spencer, daughter of Thomas Spencer of Claverden, Warwickshire. He matriculated at Queen’s College, Oxford on 17 September 1634, aged 14. From 1637 to 1640, he travelled abroad. He was Sheriff of Warwickshire from 1646 to 1647. He was a student of Gray's Inn in 1652.

In 1653, Lucy was nominated Member of Parliament for Warwickshire in the Barebones Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Warwickshire in 1654 for the First Protectorate Parliament and in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament. He succeeded to the estate of Charlcote on the death of his brother in 1658. In 1659 he was elected MP for Warwickshire and for Yarmouth and chose to sit for Warwickshire in the Third Protectorate Parliament.

In 1660 Lucy was elected MP for Yarmouth in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Yarmouth in the Cavalier Parliament.

Lucy died at the age of 58.

Lucy married Elizabeth Urrey, daughter of John Urrey of Thorley, Isle of Wight and had four sons and three daughters. He was the brother of Sir Fulke Lucy.