Richard Saladin Hickmet (1 December 1947 – 10 September 2024) was a British Conservative Party politician and barrister who was the MP for Glanford and Scunthorpe from 1983 to 1987.
Early life
Hickmet was born in London in 1947.[1] Of Turkish Cypriot origin,[2][3] 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.[4]
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.[5]
Later career
Hickmet was later a barrister at law specialising in family practice and planning cases.[1] He was based in the West Country in Somerset but frequently traveled to London with his work, and had a practice spanning the whole of the West Country and the Midlands. He also worked for Wolfestans in Plymouth, Alletsons in Bridgwater and was affiliated with Southernhay Chambers in Exeter.
Hickmet lived in Bridgwater, Somerset with his wife. He married Susan Ludwig in 1973, and together they had three daughters. He died at home on 10 September 2024, at the age of 76.[7][8]
^İngiltere'den dedikodular!, Kıbrıs Haberci, 2017, retrieved 7 January 2021, Richard Hickmet adlı bir Kıbrıslı Türk, vekil seçilmişti.
^Clarke, Peter (2013), "Nevvar Hickmet: The First Cypriot to Qualify as a Chartered Accountant: A Biographical Note", Journal of Cyprus Studies, 17 (40)