WORSLEY, Sir Richard, 7th Bt. (1751-1805), of Appuldercombe, I.o.W.

b. 5 Mar. 1751,Note by Sir Thos. Worsley, Worsley mss in possession of the Earl of Yarborough. 1st s. of Sir Thomas Worsley, 6th Bt., by Lady Elizabeth Boyle, da. of John, 5th Earl of Cork and Orrery [I]. educ. Winchester; Corpus Christi, Oxf. 1768; Grand Tour with Gibbon’s friend D’Eyverdun as tutor. m. 20 Sept. 1775, Seymour Dorothy (div. 22 Feb. 1782), da. and coh. of Sir John Fleming, 1st Bt., of Brompton Park, Mdx.,Gibbon to J. B. Holroyd, 17 June 1775. 1s. d.v.p. 1da. suc. fa. 23 Sept. 1768. His sis. Henrietta Frances m. 1784, John Bridgeman afterwards Simpson.