EDGCUMBE, Hon. Richard (1764-1839).

Constituency	Dates
Fowey	13 Feb. 1786
Lostwithiel	1790 – Mar. 1791
Fowey	1790 – 90

Family and Education

b. 13 Sept. 1764, o.s. of George, 3rd Baron Edgcumbe. educ. Harrow 1774-80; Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1781; Grand Tour (France, Germany, Italy) 1783-5.1See his Musical Reminiscences (1824). m. 21 Feb. 1789, Lady Sophia Hobart, da. and coh. of John, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, 3s. 2da. styled. Visct. Valletort from 31 Aug. 1789; suc. fa. as 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 4 Feb. 1795.

biography text

Edgcumbe was returned for Fowey on the family interest as a Government supporter; voted, however, against Richmond’s fortifications plan, 27 Feb. 1786; but with Pitt during the Regency crisis, 1788-9. According to Mrs. Boscawen, widow of the admiral, he attended the House ‘most assiduously’.2To Mrs. Delany, ?July 1786, Autobiog. Corresp. vi. 376. At the opening of the session, 21 Jan. 1790, Valletort moved the Address, this being his only recorded speech in his first Parliament.

He died 26 Sept. 1839.

Author

L.B.N.

Volume

Commons 1754-1790

Notes

1. See his Musical Reminiscences (1824).
2. To Mrs. Delany, ?July 1786, Autobiog. Corresp. vi. 376.