Family and Education
b. 2 May 1652, 1st s. of Richard Duke of Otterton by Frances, da. of George Southcote of Buckland Tout Saints. educ. Colyton sch. 1660; Powderham, Martock, Exeter and Ottery schs.; Exeter, Oxf. 1669-70; I. Temple 1670-1; travelled abroad 1671-2, 1673-5. m. (1) 17 May 1673, Isabella, da. of (Sir) Walter Yonge, 2nd Bt., of Colyton, 2da. d.v.p.; (2) 28 Feb. 1705, Elizabeth, da. of John Cholwich of Farringdon, 1s. 1da. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1716.Trans. Devon Assoc. 1. 493-4; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 4), iii. 31; Devon and Cornw. N. and Q. x. 196.
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Commr. for assessment, Devon 1679 – 80, 1689, j.p. 1705–d.
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Main residence: Otterton, Devon.
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Commons 1660-1690
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DUKE, Richard (1652-1733)
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