Sir Richard Vyvyan, 3rd Baronet

Sir Richard Vyvyan of Trelowarren, 3rd Baronet (28 September 1681 1736) was a prominent Jacobite.

Richard Vyvyan was born in Colan, Cornwall. In 1697 he married a distant cousin, Mary Vivian,[1] of Trewan Hall, St Columb Major, this uniting two branches of the family which had been separated for three centuries.[2]

Sir Richard Vyvyan was involved in the Jacobite uprising in Cornwall of 1715 and was imprisoned in the Tower of London. His wife Mary joined him there and, while in the Tower, gave birth to a daughter. His widow survived him by 32 years, dying in 1756.[3][4]

Marriage and issue

Richard Vyvyan married Mary Vivian of Trewan hall in the parish of St Columb Major. They had 6 sons and 4 daughters

He died in Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall in 1736.

References

  1. wife's maiden name is correct - spelled Vivian, not Vyvyan
  2. Trewan Hall - Camping and Caravanning in the Heart of Cornwall, England
  3. Redding, Cyrus (1842). An illustrated itinerary of the county of Cornwall. How and Parsons. p. 138.
  4. Stanhope, Philip Henry (1841). History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. p. 114.

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
William Beaw
Anthony Rowe
Member of Parliament for Mitchell
with William Beaw 1701
William Courtney 17011702

17011702
Succeeded by
Renatus Bellott
Francis Basset
Preceded by
John Granville
James Buller
Member of Parliament for Cornwall
with James Buller 17031705
Hugh Boscawen 17051707

17031707
Succeeded by
Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Parliament of England
Member of Parliament for Cornwall
with Hugh Boscawen

17071708
Succeeded by
Hugh Boscawen
James Buller
Preceded by
George Granville
John Trevanion
Member of Parliament for Cornwall
with John Trevanion

17121713
Succeeded by
John Trevanion
Sir William Carew
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Vyell Vyvyan
Baronet
(of Trelowarren)
16971724
Succeeded by
Francis Vyvyan


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