Sir Richard Vernon, 3rd Baronet

Sir Richard Vernon, 3rd Baronet (22 June 1678 – 1 October 1725) was a British diplomat and politician.

He succeeded in the baronetcy in 1683, when aged only five. He became a Member of the Irish Parliament for Monaghan Borough in 1703 and sat for it until 1713.

Envoy to Poland

Vernon was subsequently dispatched as British envoy to Poland, also visiting Dresden. On his way he passed through The Hague in September 1715.[1] The following April he travelled from Dresden to Danzig to attend the wedding between the Duke of Mecklenburg and the Tsar's niece, a splendid affair.[2] The following October, he passed through Berlin on his way to Gohr,[3] returning in November.[4] He was still in Berlin a month later, but about to go to Dresden to await the king of Poland there or go on to Poland.[5] By October 1718, he had been superseded and returned to England.[6]

References

  1. ↑ London Gazette, 5362, 6 September 1715
  2. ↑ London Gazette, 5428, 24 April 1716
  3. ↑ London Gazette, 5478, 16 October 1716
  4. ↑ London Gazette, 5485, 10 November 1716
  5. ↑ London Gazette, 5493, 8 December 1716
  6. ↑ London Gazette, 5683, 4 October 1718
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Charles Dering
Robert Echlin		 Member of Parliament for Monaghan Borough
1703 – 1713
With: Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Bt 1703–1710
Sir Alexander Cairnes, 1st Bt 1710–1713		 Succeeded by
Richard Pockrich
Francis Lucas
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Unknown		 British envoy to Poland
1715 – 1718 		Succeeded by
Unknown
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Thomas Vernon		 Baronet
1683 – 1725 		Extinct


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