Richard Oakeley

Richard Oakeley was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of [Commons of England|House of Commons] in 1624. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.
Oakeley was of Oakeley, Shropshire and also held property in Montgomeryshire and Oxfordshire. In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bishop's Castle (UK [Parliament constituency)|Bishop's Castle] in the Happy Parliament. He was a Royalist commissioner during the Civil War, and was fined of £460 for his delinquency.
Oakeley died in 1653.
Oakeley married Mary Combes, daughter of Edward Combes of Fetter Lane, London. Their son William was also MP for Bishops Castle.