Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe PC was a British nobleman and politician.
Richard, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe, by Joshua Reynolds
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Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym
Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe
…being appointed to the Privy Council on 19 November. Succeeding his father in 1758, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall in 1759 and recorder of Plympton Erle. He died childless in 1761 and was succeeded by his brother…
Looking down on part of the town from the castle
Plympton's motte and bailey castle
Sir Joshua Reynolds in a self-portrait
The Guildhall