Richard West (Lord Chancellor of Ireland)

Richard West (c. 1691 – 3 December 1726) was an English barrister, judge, playwright and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1726. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1725 to 1726, succeeding Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton.

• All fiefs were originally masculine, and women were excluded from the succession of them because they cannot keep secrets.
  • An Inquiry into the Manner of Creating Peers (1719), p. 44

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