Richard Hickmet

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Richard Saladin Hickmet (born 1 December 1947 in Hammersmith, London) is a British Conservative Party politician.

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Early life

Of Turkish Cypriot origin, [1] [2] Hickmet's father, Ferid Hikmet, emigrated from Cyprus to the UK in the 1930s. His father and uncle, Nevvar Hikmet, were well known in the Turkish Cypriot community, and opened several restaurants in Soho, London in the 1940s, during World War II. [3]

Hickmet went to Millfield School in Street, Somerset, then the Sorbonne in Paris. From the University of Hull he gained a BA.

He was called to the Bar in 1974, and practised at the Inner Temple. He was a councillor on Wandsworth Borough Council from 1978 to 1983.

Parliamentary career

Hickmet was Member of Parliament for Glanford and Scunthorpe, which he won in the Conservative landslide at the 1983 general election. However, he lost it to Labour candidate Elliot Morley at the 1987 election. Hickmet was later an unsuccessful candidate at the Eastbourne by-election in 1990 caused by the murder of Ian Gow.

His last recorded contribution in the House of Commons was during Prime Minister's Questions on 5 May 1987, during which he said that "most parents are appalled by the promotion of gay rights" in schools, before suggesting that schools should be given more independence on such matters. [4]

He was selected as High Sheriff of Somerset for 2017–18. [5]

Law career

Hickmet is now a barrister at law specialising in family practice and planning cases. He is based in the West Country in Somerset but frequently travels to London with his work, and has a practice spanning the whole of the West Country and the Midlands. He has also worked for Wolfestans in Plymouth, Alletsons in Bridgwater and is affiliated with Southernhay Chambers in Exeter.

Personal life

Hickmet lives in Bridgwater, Somerset with his wife. He married Susan Ludwig in 1973. They have three daughters.

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References

  1. Özerim, İpek (2018), Turkish Cypriot Emina Ibrahim selected as deputy leader of Haringey Council, T Vine, retrieved 7 January 2021, Conservative Richard Hickmet, a lawyer by profession whose parents were from Cyprus.
  2. İngiltere'den dedikodular!, Kıbrıs Haberci, 2017, retrieved 7 January 2021, Richard Hickmet adlı bir Kıbrıslı Türk, vekil seçilmişti.
  3. Clarke, Peter (2013), "Nevvar Hickmet: The First Cypriot to Qualify as a Chartered Accountant: A Biographical Note", Journal of Cyprus Studies, 17 (40)
  4. "House of Commons Hansard Debates for 5 May 1987". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . 5 May 1987. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  5. "Somerset 2017/2018". High Sheriffs Association. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
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