Family and Education
b. ?1683, 3rd s. of John Chetwynd, M.P.; bro. of Walter and John Chetwynd, 1st and 2nd Viscts. Chetwynd [I]. educ. Westminster c.1698-1702; Ch. Ch. Oxg. 8 June 1703, aged 19. m. June 1715, Honora, da. of William Baker, consul at Algiers, 2s. 4da. suc. bro. John as 3rd Visct. 21 June 1767.
Offices Held
Sec. to his bro. as envoy at Turin 1706 – 08; resident and envoy, Genoa 1708 – 12; ld. of Admiralty 1717 – 27; master of the mint 1744 – 69; under-sec. of state 1745–8.
Main residence: Chetwynd House, Stafford.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
CHETWYND, William Richard (?1683-1770)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion