Richard Arundell (MP)

Allerton Castle, Arundell's Yorkshire home

The Honourable Richard Arundell (c. 1696 – 20 January 1758) was an English MP, courtier and civil servant. [1]

He was born the second son of John Arundell, 2nd Baron Arundell of Trerice and his second wife Barbara, the widow of Sir Richard Mauleverer, 4th Baronet, of Allerton Mauleverer, Yorkshire. He succeeded his mother to Allerton Mauleverer in 1721.

He was a page to Queen Anne from 1707 to 1714. With the patronage of his friend the Earl of Burlington he was elected to Parliament in 1720 as the MP for Knaresborough, retaining the seat until his death. In 1726 he was appointed Surveyor of the King's Works by Sir Robert Walpole, holding the post until 1737, when he accepted the more lucrative post of Master of the Mint (until 1744). He was also Surveyor of the King's Private Roads from 1731 to 1744.

In 1744 Prime Minister Henry Pelham (Arundell's brother-in-law) appointed Arundell a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, promoting him to be Treasurer of the Chamber in 1746, a position he held until 1755. He was also awarded in 1748 the sinecure of Clerk of the Pipe for life.

In 1740 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. [2]

He dies childless in 1758. He had married Lady Frances Manners, the daughter of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland.

References

  1. ↑ "ARUNDELL, Hon. Richard (c.1696-1758), of Allerton Mauleverer, Yorks.". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Fellow details". Royal Society. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
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