Background
He was the youngest son of Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe.
He was the youngest son of Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe.
He was educated at Harrow School, and at Balliol College, Oxford.
However, he resigned his seat in December that year, by taking the sinecure of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. He then became a diplomat, serving in Switzerland, Tuscany, and Hanover.
8th United Kingdom Parliament]
At the general election in June 1826 he was elected as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for the rotten borough of Plympton Erle, on his father"s interest.
