Richard Tyrwhitt
Canadian politician
Died when: 55 years 205 days (666 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Richard Tyrwhitt (November 29, 1844 – June 22, 1900) was a Canadian politician.Born in Simcoe County, Canada West, the son of William Tyrwhitt, he was educated in Barrie and also privately tutored.
Tyrwhitt became a farmer in Bradford.In 1870, he married Emma Whitaker.Tyrwhitt was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the Ontario electoral district of Simcoe South in an 1882 by-election held after the death of the sitting MP, William Carruthers Little.
A Conservative, he was re-elected at the general elections of 1882, 1887, 1891, and 1896.He died while in office in 1900.He was a Lieutenant-Colonel with the 36th Peel Battalion of Infantry, now part of The Lorne Scots.
He served during the North-West Rebellion and the Fenian raids.
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