Sir Richard Corbet, 2nd Baronet

Who is Sir Richard Corbet, 2nd Baronet?

Sir Richard Corbet, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1677 to 1683.

Corbet was the son of Edward Corbet and his wife Anne Newport, daughter of Richard Newport, 1st Baron Newport of High Ercall. His father was son of Sir Edward Corbet, 1st Baronet of Leighton, Montgomeryshire and predeceased him on 30 May 1653. Corbet succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his grandfather in 1655. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 31 July 1658. In 1677, he was elected Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury in a by-election to the Cavalier Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Shrewsbury in the two elections of 1679 and in 1681. He was chairman of the Committee of Elections in the time of King Charles II.

Corbet died at the age of about 42 and was buried at St Margaret's, Westminster on 3 August 1683.

Corbet married by licence dated 5 January 1662, Victoria Uvedale, daughter of Sir William Uvedale of Wickham, Hampshire and his wife Victoria Price.