Sir Barnham Rider was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of Great Britain

The House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union of that year, it replaced the House of Commons of England and the third estate of the Parliament of Scotland, as one of the most significant...

 from 1716 to 1727.

Rider was the son of Thomas Rider and the owner of Boughton Monchelsea Place

Boughton Monchelsea Place

Boughton Monchelsea Place, previously Boughton Court, is a 16th century country house in Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England. The first part of the house was built by Robert Rudston circa 1567–75 on the site of an earlier manor house. It has been modified a number of times during its history...

, Kent.

Rider was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Maidstone

Maidstone (UK Parliament constituency)

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, Kent on 30 June 1716 and sat until 24 March 1722. He was re-elected for Maidstone on 1 June 1723 and remained until 18 August 1727.

Rider had one son, Sir Thomas Rider.