Richard Atkinson (MP)
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Richard Atkinson (MP)
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Richard Atkinson (1739–1785) was an English merchant and government contractor, an East India Company director, and for a short period Member of Parliament for New Romney. He was noted as a supplier of rum to the armed forces, and as a political ally of the 1780s of William Pitt the Younger.
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Merchant and director of the East India Company (1739–1785)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Atkinson_(MP)
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2024-03-20T14:40:57Z
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2024-09-05T20:33:08Z
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