Richard Carter (MP for Cornwall)

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Richard Carter (1617–1668) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1656.

Carter was the son of John Carter of Columb, Cornwall. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 9 September 1634, aged 17. He was of St. Columb, or Columb Major.[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117050 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Cabell-Chafe', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 228–254. Date accessed: 7 August 2011]

In 1654, Carter was elected Member of Parliament for Cornwall in the First Protectorate Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Cornwall in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament.{{Cite Notitia Parliamentaria|converted=1|part=2|pages=229–239}}

Carter died at the age of 50 and was buried on 29 January 1668.