Richard Coffin (1684–1766) of Portledge, near Bideford, Devon was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1715 and 1734.
Coffin was baptized on. 23 July 1684, the fourth but only surviving son of Richard Coffin of Portledge and his third wife Anne Prideaux, daughter of Edmund Prideaux of Padstow, Cornwall. He succeeded his elder brother to the Portledge estate in 1703.
Coffin was returned as a Whig Member of Parliament for Camelford at the 1715 British general election. He voted against the septennial bill, for the repeal of the Occasional Conformity and Schism Acts, and against the Peerage Bill. At the 1722 British general election he stood unsuccessfully at Barnstaple, but he was returned for it unopposed at the 1727 British general election on the interest of his friend John Rolle. He continued to vote against the Administration. He did not stand again in 1734.
Coffin died unmarried late in 1766 and was buried on 3 December 1766. He left Portledge to Richard and Robert Bennett, sons of his sister Honour.
References
- ^ "COFFIN, Richard (1684-1766),. of Portledge, nr. Bideford, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- John Burke (1847). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 1. H Colburn. p. 239. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded bySir Bourchier Wrey James Nicholls |
Member of Parliament for Camelford 1715–1722 With: James Montagu |
Succeeded byThe Earl of Drogheda William Sloper |
| Preceded byLieutenant-General Thomas Whetham Sir Hugh Acland |
Member of Parliament for Barnstaple 1727–1734 With: Theophilus Fortescue |
Succeeded bySir John Chichester Theophilus Fortescue |