Background
He married Lady Mary Leveson-Gower, the daughter of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower and Evelyn Pierrepont, in 1739.
He married Lady Mary Leveson-Gower, the daughter of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower and Evelyn Pierrepont, in 1739.
lieutenant is said that when Bonny Prince Charlie was marching south through England during the course of his rebellion, Sir Richard, a regular duellist, armed his tenants and gathered his servants to do battle but he reportedly never got further than a local inn, The Bulletin at Codsall, where his small band of men spent a convivial week. He became Member of Parliament for Tavistock in December 1747, and held the seat until 1754. He entered the Church and became minister at Street Michael"s, Tettenhall.
He was appointed chaplain in ordinary to the King, George III, in 1763.
He was appointed Dean of Worcester in 1765, until his death.
10th Parliament of Great Britain.