Richard Harrington

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Harrington
Date Of Birth	Nov 4, 1957(1957-11-04)
Age	67
Birthplace	Merthyr Tydfil
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Wales
Horoscope	Scorpio

Richard Harrington Biography

Richard Harrington is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on November 4, 1957 in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, United Kingdom. Harrington was born in Leeds on 4th November 1957 to a British Jewish family. His father was a market vendor who sold clothes to Harrington. He received his private education at Leeds Grammar School and Keble College in Oxford University where he studied Jurisprudence. He was an Oxford student who served on the Executive Board of the Federation of Conservative Students, and was also a member of the National Union Executive of the Party. He started his business career with the John Lewis Partnership’s graduate scheme. There he became the assistant to Waitrose’s managing director. This included a stint at Trewins Department Store, Watford.

With two university friends, he started Harvington Properties in 1983. This was a property development firm. Harrington was made a shareholder and the managing director of LSI Leisure Syndicates International in 1990. This TIMESHARE company is involved in the development, sale, and management of holiday resorts across Europe and the UK. At the end of the decade, the company was sold to an American listed company (II Interval International). Harrington was still the chairman of the company until 2000. The company had more than 2,000 employees when he left. Most of them worked in UK cold call centers. Another notable property development project was the restoration of One Devonshire Gardens, one of Glasgow’s most iconic hotels.

Harrington won the Watford seat from Claire Ward at the 2010 general election with a majority of 1,425 votes. He was the first of the new MPs elected at the 2010 general election to make his maiden speech in the Commons.

Since his election to Parliament, Harrington has also been elected as General Secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Kashmir Group (until 2015), Vice Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Film Industry Group, and a member of the International Development Select Committee between July 2010 – November

2012. He has run a number of successful community projects in Watford including six jobs fairs and a Community Exchange. His main areas of interest are cutting local unemployment, supporting business in the constituency and progressing the significant infrastructure projects in Watford including the redeveloping Watford Junction and the Watford Health Campus. In September 2012, Harrington was appointed as a Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party. In the 2012-13 Parliamentary Session, Harrington successfully brought in a Private Members Bill to criminalise the unlawful subletting of social housing property.

Harrington has been a member of the Conservative Party since 1983. He is also a long-time supporter Kenneth Clarke. He was the chairman of the Executive Board of Conservative Friends of Israel from March 2010 to March 2010. The organization’s financial size had quadrupled during his tenure. In 2008, he was elected treasurer of Conservative Party. This is the position in which he and Sir John Major launched the Number 10 Club.

Richard Harrington Net Worth

Richard Harrington is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Harrington 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Richard Irwin Harrington, born 4 November 1957, is a British politician, businessman and former property developer. He was the Member for Watford from the 2010 general elections to the 2019 general elections. From June 2017 to March 2019, he was Minister for Business and Industry. Harrington lost the Conservative whip on September 3, 2019, but he was one among ten MPs who had it reinstated on October 29th.

Harrington married Jessie in 1982. They separated in December 2013. They have two grown-up children.

In June 2010, he supported and signed an early day motion in support of the continuation of National Health Service funding for homeopathy, a motion sponsored by Conservative MP David Tredinnick.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Richard Harrington height 5 ft 10 in Richard weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Richard Harrington Dating?

According to our records, Richard Harrington married to Jessie Harrington. As of December 1, 2023, Richard Harrington’s is not dating anyone.

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On 29 August 2019, Harrington announced via Twitter that he would not stand for re-election in the next general election.

Facts & Trivia

Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Richard Harrington celebrates birthday on November 4 of every year.

In early-2019, Harrington warned of the risks of a no-deal Brexit. On 25 March 2019, he resigned from the government to vote for Oliver Letwin’s amendment.

Who is Richard Harrington's partner?

Harrington and partner actress Hannah Daniel are expecting their second child together later this year and he is currently starring in a drama on Welsh language television station S4C.

Are Kit and Richard Harrington related?

Early life and ancestry He did not learn what his full name was until he was eleven years old. Harington’s uncle was Sir Nicholas John Harington, 14th Baronet, and his patrilineal great-grandfather was Sir Richard Harington, 12th Baronet.

Is Richard Harrington married to Hannah Daniel?

Harrington has two children with a former girlfriend and a son, born in 2019, with his partner Hannah Daniel , with whom he lives in Crystal Palace, London. Harrington took part in the 2012 and 2013 Snowdonia Marathon alongside his friend and fellow actor Mark Lewis Jones. They both ran Marathon des Sables in 2014.

Who is Richard Harrington?

Biography. Richard Harrington was appointed Minister of State (Minister for Refugees) jointly in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Home Office on 8 March 2022.

Who is Hannah Daniel married to?

Personal life. Daniel lives in Crystal Palace, London, with her partner, the actor Richard Harrington.