Richard Annesley, 3rd Baron Altham (1655 – 19 November 1701), styled The Honourable Richard Annesley between 1681 and 1700, was

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between 1681 and 1701. Richard Annesley was the son of

Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey PC (10 July 16146 April 1686) was an Anglo-Irish royalist statesman. After short periods as President of the Council of State and Treasurer of the Navy, he served as Lord Privy Seal between 1673 and 1682 ...

, and his wife

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. He was educated at

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, graduating M.A. in 1670-1 and B.D. in 1677 (incorporated at

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1678). He became

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in 1679, and Prebendary and then Dean of

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in 1681. In 1689 he became Vicar of

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, Devon. In 1700 Annesley succeeded his nephew James as 3rd

Baron Altham Baron Altham, of Altham in the County of Cork, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1681 for the Honourable Altham Annesley, younger son of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey and Elizabeth Altham, daughter and co-heiress of ...

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1655 births 1701 deaths Deans of Exeter Barons in the Peerage of Ireland

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