Background
He was the son of Sir Richard Edgcumbe and Lady Anne Montagu, daughter of the Earl of Sandwich.
He was the son of Sir Richard Edgcumbe and Lady Anne Montagu, daughter of the Earl of Sandwich.
Trinity College.
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. 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.
1st Parliament of Great Britain. 2nd Parliament of Great Britain. 3rd Parliament of Great Britain.
4th Parliament of Great Britain.
6th Parliament of Great Britain. 7th Parliament of Great Britain.
8th Parliament of Great Britain. 9th Parliament of Great Britain.
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Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was successively Member of Parliament for Street Germans, Plympton Erle and Lostwithiel from 1701 to 1742.