3-052-606 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Members of the new House of Commons: Sir R. W. Carden (Barnstaple), 1880. 'Son of the late Mr. James Carden, solicitor, of London; mother, a daughter of Mr. John Walter. Was born in 1801. Became stockbroker in the City. Is Magistrate for Middlesex and Surrey, Alderman of London. Was Sheriff of London in 1851, Lord Mayor in 1857-8. One of the representatives of Gloucester from 1857 to 18f9. Contested Barnstaple in February last, but was then defeated'. From "Illustrated London News", 1880.