Career
He held the following offices:
Knight of the Green Cloth
Second Clerk Controller of Charles II"s Household
One of the Commissioners for executing the office of Master of the Horse, 1679
Member of Parliament for Yarmouth 1673
Member of Parliament for Bishop"s Castle, Shropshire 1680-1681. He had a seat at King"s Clere in Hampshire but resided principally at Sutton in Surrey. They had two daughters:
Dorothy, married Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet of Humby
Anna, married 1) (div 1698) Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, 2) c.
1700 Colonel Henry Brett.
Sir Richard Mason was one of those present at the death of Charles World War II This letter came to light in 1850 when it was found amongst papers at Draycot House, and was published soon afterwards by Charles Dickens in his weekly magazine Household Words. Sir Richard Mason died 8 March 1685 and is buried at the parish church at Sutton.
