John Lewis Ricardo

John Lewis Ricardo

John Lewis Ricardo (1812 – 2 August 1862, London) was a British businessman and politician.

He was the son of Jacob Ricardo and nephew of the economist David Ricardo. In 1841 he married Catherine Duff (c.1820 - c.1869), the daughter of General Sir Alexander Duff and sister of James Duff, 5th Earl Fife. They had one son, Algernon Lewis (d.c.1871), the first husband of Florence Bravo.

In 1841 he was elected Member of Parliament for Stoke on Trent as a Liberal, serving until his death. He was active in the repeal of the Navigation Acts in 1849.

He was Chairman of the North Staffordshire Railway from 1846 until his death. In 1846 he founded the Electric Telegraph Company, the world's first public telegraph company together with William Fothergill Cooke and served as Chairman until its merger with the International Telegraph Company in 1856.

Publications

* "The anatomy of the Navigation Acts", Charles Gilpin, London (1847)

References

* Frank Whitson Fetter, "The Influence of Economists in Parliament on British Legislation from Ricardo to John Stuart Mill", "The Journal of Political Economy", 83 no.5 (1975) 1051-1064.
* Obituary, The Gentleman's Magazine (Oct. 1862) p.496-7.

External links

* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p18028.htm#i180272 John Lewis Ricardo] at ThePeerage.com
* [http://www.thepotteries.org/people/ricardo_john_lewis.htm John Lewis Ricardo] at ThePotteries.org


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