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Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet, PC, FRS, FSA (13 February 1751 – 8 August 1805), of Appuldurcombe House, Wroxall, Isle of Wight, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1801. He was a noted collector of antiquities.
Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet. The Worsley baronetcy, of Appuldurcombe in the County of Hampshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for landowner and politician Richard Worsley. [1] On the death of the fourth Baronet, the title passed to a branch of the family living at Pylewell, near Lymington, Hampshire.
21 de may. de 2020 · Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet, FRS (13 February 1751 – 8 August 1805), was an English politician and a collector of antiquities. Early life Richard Worsley was born in Britain on 13 February 1751, at Appuldurcombe, the son of Sir Thomas Worsley, 6th Baronet (1726–1768) and Elizabeth (1731–1800) (daughter of John Boyle, 5th ...
- February 13, 1751
- May 21, 2020
- August 05, 1805 (54)
- Alisdair James Smyth
Begun in the early 18th century as the seat of the Worsley family, Appuldurcombe was once the grandest house on the Isle of Wight. A later owner, Sir Richard Worsley, the 7th baronet, gained notoriety for a 1782 court case in which his wife, Seymour, admitted to having had 27 lovers.
On 20 September 1775, at the age of 17, Seymour Fleming married Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet of Appuldurcombe House, Isle of Wight, and was styled Lady Worsley until his death. She was rumoured to have been worth £70,000 upon her marriage, but in truth brought £52,000 to the union [3] (equivalent to £8,379,500 in 2023).
Though some of his forebears had contracted marriages with powerful aristocratic families (see Section 35) Sir Richard Worsley, the 7th baronet, was more tempted by the £60,000 on offer...
1754-1790. 1790-1820. 1820-1832. INDEX. WORSLEY, Sir Richard, 7th Bt. (1751-1805), of Appuldercombe, I.o.W. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964. Available from Boydell and Brewer. Constituency. Dates. NEWPORT I.O.W. 1774 - Dec. 1779. NEWPORT I.O.W. 1 Feb. 1780 - 1784.
