Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe

English politician (1680-1758)

Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1680

Date of Death: 22-Nov-1758

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, (23 April 1680 – 22 November 1758) of Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall, was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1701 until 1742 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Edgcumbe.
He is memorialised by Edgecombe County, North Carolina.