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Richard Edgcumbe (politician)
Richard Edgcumbe (sometimes spelt Edgecumbe and Edgecombe) may refer to: * Sir Richard Edgcumbe (died 1489) (c. 1440–1489), courtier and politician, fought at Bosworth * Sir Richard Edgcumbe (died 1562), courtier and politician * Sir Richard Edgcumbe (died 1639), Cornish MP 1586 to 1628 * Sir Richard Edgcumbe (politician) (1640–1688), MP for Launceston and Cornwall * Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe (1680–1758), British peer and politician * Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe (1716–1761), British peer and politician * Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ... (1764–1839) * Richard Edgecombe (born c.1540), MP for Totnes See also * Edgcumbe (other) {{hndis, Edgcumbe, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Edgcumbe (died 1489)
Sir Richard Edgcumbe (alias ''Edgecombe'', etc.) (ca. 14438 September 1489) of Cotehele in the parish of Calstock in Cornwall, was an English courtier and Member of Parliament. Origins He was the son and heir of Piers Edgcumbe of Cotehele by his wife Elizabeth Holland, daughter and heiress of Richard Holland. The family is earliest recorded in 1292 when Richard Edgcombe was seated at the manor of ''Edgcombe'' in the parish of Milton Abbot in Devon, from which his family took their surname. His grandson William Edgcombe (d.1380) married the heiress of Cothele, to which manor he moved his residence. Career He was a Member of Parliament for Tavistock in Devon, from 1467 to 1468. He was a Lancastrian and had his lands confiscated in 1471 by the Yorkist King Edward IV, although these were returned to him the next year. Angered by Richard of Gloucester’s usurpation of the throne in 1483 and the rumours of the murder of Edward V and his brother in the Tower of London, Edgcumbe j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Edgcumbe (died 1562)
Sir Richard Edgcumbe (1499 – 1 February 1562) was an English courtier and politician. Family Richard Edgcumbe was the eldest son of Sir Peter (or Piers) Edgcumbe (1477 – 14 August 1539) of Cotehele, Cornwall, and his first wife, Jane Derneford (d. before 1525), daughter and heir of James Derneford of Stonehouse, Devon, and widow of Charles Dynham of Nutwell, Devon. By his father's first marriage, Richard Edgcumbe had two brothers and three sisters. His mother, Jane, died before 1525, and his father married Catherine St John, the daughter of Sir John St John of Bletsoe, and widow of Sir Gruffudd ap Rhys of Carmarthen. Career Edgcumbe and his brother entered Lincoln's Inn on 2 February 1517. Edgcumbe's grandson, Richard Carew, says that he studied at Oxford, but of this there is no other record. He was among the knights created by Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, 18 October 1537, and two years later he succeeded to his father's estates. On a portion of the Stoneho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Edgcumbe (died 1639)
Sir Richard Edgcumbe (circa 1570 – 23 March 1639) of Mount Edgcumbe and of Cotehele in the parish of Calstock, both in Cornwall, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ... at various times between 1586 and 1629. Origins He was the eldest son and heir of Peter Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe and Cotehele, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall and a Member of Parliament by his wife Margaret Luttrell, a daughter of Sir Andrew Luttrell, feudal baron of Dunster, of Dunster Castle in Somerset. Career He was a student of Middle Temple in 1585. In 1586, Edgcumbe was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Liskeard (UK Parliament constituency), Liskeard while his father was steward of the town. In 1589, he was elected MP for Totnes (UK P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Edgcumbe (politician)
Richard Edgcumbe (sometimes spelt Edgecumbe and Edgecombe) may refer to: * Sir Richard Edgcumbe (died 1489) (c. 1440–1489), courtier and politician, fought at Bosworth * Sir Richard Edgcumbe (died 1562), courtier and politician * Sir Richard Edgcumbe (died 1639), Cornish MP 1586 to 1628 * Sir Richard Edgcumbe (politician) (1640–1688), MP for Launceston and Cornwall * Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe (1680–1758), British peer and politician * Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe (1716–1761), British peer and politician * Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ... (1764–1839) * Richard Edgecombe (born c.1540), MP for Totnes See also * Edgcumbe (other) {{hndis, Edgcumbe, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe
Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, (23 April 168022 November 1758) of Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall, was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1701 until 1742 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Edgcumbe. He is memorialised by Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Origins He was the son of Sir Richard Edgcumbe and Lady Anne Montagu, daughter of Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich. Career In 1694, at the age of 14, Edgcumbe succeeded his brother, Piers Edgcumbe, in the family estates. He was admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1697 and travelled abroad in 1699. Edgcumbe was returned unopposed as MP for Cornwall at a by-election on 25 June 1701 but never took his seat as Parliament had been prorogued. At the general election later in 1701, he was returned unopposed as MP for St Germans. Edgcumbe was elected MP for Plympton Erle at the 1702 English general election, probably on the Treby interest. He was re-elected at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe
Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe PC (2 August 1716 – 10 May 1761) was a British nobleman and politician. The eldest surviving son of Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe and his wife Matilda Furnese, he was educated at Eton from 1725 to 1732. Through his father's interest in Devon and Cornwall, he was returned as Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle at a by-election in 1742 as a Government supporter. Edgcumbe was a heavy gambler, losing "daily twenty guineas" at White's. He was given a secret service pension of £500 a year by Henry Pelham to provide for him. Meanwhile, he was made a capital burgess of Lostwithiel in 1743 and served as mayor the next year. He switched his seat to Lostwithiel in 1747. Dissatisfied with subsisting on Government charity, he unsuccessfully made an application to Pelham for employment, rather than a pension, in 1752. He was eventually made a Lord of Trade in 1754, when he was returned for Penryn and the next year, a Lord of the Admiralty i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl Of Mount Edgcumbe
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Edgecombe (born C
Richard Edgcumbe (sometimes spelt Edgecumbe and Edgecombe) may refer to: * Sir Richard Edgcumbe (died 1489) (c. 1440–1489), courtier and politician, fought at Bosworth * Sir Richard Edgcumbe (died 1562), courtier and politician * Sir Richard Edgcumbe (died 1639), Cornish MP 1586 to 1628 * Sir Richard Edgcumbe (politician) (1640–1688), MP for Launceston and Cornwall * Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe (1680–1758), British peer and politician * Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe (1716–1761), British peer and politician * Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ... (1764–1839) * Richard Edgecombe (born c.1540), MP for Totnes See also * Edgcumbe (other) {{hndis, Edgcumbe, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
