Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe
Politician
Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, PC of Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall, was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1701 until 1742 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Edgcumbe. He is memorialised... Wikipedia
Born: April 23, 1680
Died: November 22, 1758 (age 78 years)
Great-grandparents: John Crew, 1st Baron Crew, Sidney Montagu, Jemima Waldegrave, and more
Great grandchildren: William Edgcumbe, Viscount Valletort, Ernest Edgcumbe, 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Emma Cust, Countess Brownlow, and more
Grandchild: Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
Grandparents: Piers Edgecumbe, Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, Mary Glanville, and more
Previous offices: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1742–1758) and Paymaster-General of Ireland (1724–1742)
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