Facts: - death place: portsmouth , new hampshire - signature: richard waldron -lrb- secretary -rrb- signature.jpg - caption: portrait by john greenwood , 1751 - death date: 23 august 1753 - spouse: elizabeth westbrook - parents: richard waldron -lrb- colonel -rrb- and elinor vaughan - children: richard , elizabeth , george , elizabeth , elinor , william waldron iv , thomas westbrook waldron , william - birth date: 21 february 1694 - name: richard waldron - image: richardwaldron.jpg - birth place: dover , new hampshire - religion: congregationalist - occupation: secretary , councilor , mill owner , major of the new of hampshire militia and speaker of the colonial new hampshire assembly colonial new hampshire and merchant , magistrate Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of richard waldron -lrb- secretary -rrb- .
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richard waldron -lrb- 1694-1753 -rrb- was a major opponent of the wentworth oligarchy in colonial new hampshire .he supported a continued political subordination of new hampshire to massachusetts and opposed moves to separation from this traditional senior partner .through his friendship with massachusetts governor and kinsman jonathan belcher and his positions of secretary , councillor , and new hampshire assembly speaker , for a time he was '' the central authority '' in colonial new hampshire politics .