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About Richard Sharples
Sir Richard Christopher Sharples, was a British politician. He served as a Governor of Bermuda in 1972 until his assassination in 1973 by assailants who were linked to a small militant Bermudian Black Power group called the Black Beret Cadre. The former army major, who had been a junior minister, resigned his seat to take up the position of Governor of Bermuda in late 1972. His murder resulted in the last executions conducted under British rule, in 1977.
Everything about Richard Sharples →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 44th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 43rd Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 42nd Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- August 6, 1916
- Died
- March 10, 1973