Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe
Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, Template:Post-nominals/ (23 April 1680 – 22 November 1758) was an English politician.
Life
He was the son of Sir Richard Edgcumbe and Lady Anne Montagu, daughter of the Earl of Sandwich. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge,[1] he was successively Member of Parliament for St Germans, Plympton Erle and Lostwithiel from 1701 to 1742.
On two occasions he served as a lord of the treasury; and from 1724 to 1742 he was Paymaster-General for Ireland, becoming Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in December 1742. Edgcumbe was a faithful follower of the Whig Sir Robert Walpole, in whose interests he managed the elections for the Cornish boroughs, and his elevation to the peerage, which took place in 1742, was designed to prevent him from giving evidence about Walpole's expenditure of the secret service money.
He had married Matilda Furnese, the daughter of Sir Henry Furnese of Waldershare in Kent who died in 1721. They had four children of whom the eldest son died young. Richard was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Richard (1716–1761) and after the latter's death, by his second surviving son George.
Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe is the namesake of Edgecombe County, North Carolina.[2]
References
- ↑ "Edgcumbe, Richard (EGCM697R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 114.
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by Hugh Boscawen John Speccot |
Member of Parliament for Cornwall 1701 With: John Speccot |
Succeeded by John Granville James Buller |
| Preceded by Henry Fleming Daniel Eliot |
Member of Parliament for St Germans 1701–1702 With: Henry Fleming |
Succeeded by Henry Fleming John Anstis |
| Preceded by Courtenay Croker Richard Hele |
Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle 1702–1707 With: Thomas Jervoise 1702–1703 Richard Hele 1703–1705 Sir John Cope 1705–1707 |
Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain |
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by Parliament of England |
Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle 1707–1734 With: Sir John Cope 1707–1708 George Treby 1708–1728 John Fuller 1728–1734 |
Succeeded by Thomas Clutterbuck |
| Preceded by Anthony Cracherode Edward Walpole |
Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel 1734–1741 With: Philip Lloyd 1734–1735 The Lord Ducie 1735–1736 Sir John Crosse, Bt 1736–1741 |
Succeeded by Sir John Crosse, Bt Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bt |
| Preceded by Thomas Clutterbuck Thomas Walker |
Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle 1741–1742 With: Thomas Clutterbuck |
Succeeded by Thomas Clutterbuck The Lord Sundon |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Vacant Title last held by The Earl of Radnor |
Custos Rotulorum of Cornwall 1726–1758 |
Succeeded by The Lord Edgcumbe |
| Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall 1742–1758 | ||
| Court offices | ||
| Preceded by The Viscount Falmouth |
Lord Warden of the Stannaries 1734–1737 |
Vacant Title next held by Thomas Pitt |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by The Earl of Cholmondeley |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1743–1758 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Kinnoull |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded by The Duke of Somerset |
Justice in Eyre north of the Trent 1758 |
Succeeded by The Lord Sandys |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| New title | Baron Edgcumbe 1742–1758 |
Succeeded by Richard Edgcumbe |
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