Biography of Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 1764-1839
Paternal Family Tree: Edgecombe
On 22 Nov 1758 [his grandfather] Richard Edgecumbe 1st Baron Edgcumbe (age 78) died. His son [his father] George Edgecumbe (age 38) succeeded 2nd Baron Edgcumbe.
On 16 Aug 1761 [his father] George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 41) and [his mother] Emma Gilbert Countess Mount Edgcumbe were married. She the daughter of Archbishop George Gilbert (deceased) and Margaret Sherard.
On 13 Sep 1764 Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe was born to George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 44) and Emma Gilbert Countess Mount Edgcumbe.
In 1786 Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 21) was elected MP Fowey.
On 21 Feb 1789 Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 24) and Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe (age 21) were married. She the daughter of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire (age 65) and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 68) and Emma Gilbert Countess Mount Edgcumbe.
In Mar 1791 Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 26) was elected MP Fowey.
On 28 Jul 1791 [his daughter] Emma Sophie Edgecumbe Countess Brownlow was born to Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 26) and [his wife] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe (age 23) in Portugal Street.
On 22 Oct 1792 [his daughter] Caroline Anne Edgecumbe was born to Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 28) and [his wife] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe (age 24) in Portugal Street.
In 1794 Robert Stewart 2nd Marquess Londonderry (age 24) and [his sister-in-law] Amelia Hobart (age 21) were married. She the daughter of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire and Caroline Conolly Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry (age 54) and Sarah Frances Seymour-Conway. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 04 Feb 1795 [his father] George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 74) died. His son Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 30) succeeded 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 3rd Baron Edgcumbe. [his wife] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe (age 27) by marriage Countess of Mount Edgcumbe.
On 23 Mar 1797 [his son] Ernest Augustus Edgecumbe 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe was born to Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 32) and [his wife] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe (age 29).
On 23 Jun 1800 [his son] George Edgecumbe was born to Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 35) and [his wife] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe (age 32).
In 1806 [his wife] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe (age 38) died.
In Apr 1812 [his son-in-law] Reginald George Macdonald Macdonald and [his daughter] Caroline Anne Edgecumbe (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 47) and Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe.
Before 07 Feb 1821 William Assheton Harbord 2nd Baron Suffield (age 54) and [his former sister-in-law] Caroline Hobart Baroness Suffield were married. She the daughter of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire. They were half second cousins.
On 17 Jul 1828 [his son-in-law] John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow (age 48) and [his daughter] Emma Sophie Edgecumbe Countess Brownlow (age 36) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Countess Brownlow. She the daughter of Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 63) and Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe.
On 12 Feb 1829 [his former sister-in-law] Amelia Hobart (age 56) died.
On 19 May 1834 [his son] George Edgecumbe (age 33) and [his daughter-in-law] Fanny Lucy Shelley (age 23) were married. He the son of Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 69) and Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe.
On 26 Sep 1839 Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 75) died. His son [his son] Ernest Augustus Edgecumbe 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (age 42) succeeded 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 4th Baron Edgcumbe.
Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 18 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 19 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Philip "Bold" III King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Piers Edgecombe 11 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Edgecumbe 12 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Colonel Piers Edgecumbe 13 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cotelle
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Cotelle
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Edgecumbe 14 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Glanville
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Glanville
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Skirret
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Glanville
GrandFather: Richard Edgecumbe 1st Baron Edgcumbe 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Sidney Montagu 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Earl Sandwich 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Pepys of Impington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Paulina Pepys
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Montagu 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Crew
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Crew 1st Baron Crew
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jemima Crew Countess Sandwich 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Waldegrave 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jemima Waldegrave Baroness Crew 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Higham
Father: George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Furnese 1st Baronet
GrandMother: Matilda Furnese Baroness Edgcumbe
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Brough of St Lawrence Jewry
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Brough
Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Archbishop George Gilbert
Mother: Emma Gilbert Countess Mount Edgcumbe 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Sherard
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Sherard 1st Baron Sherard
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Moore
Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Sherard
Great x 4 Grandfather: Cecil Cave of Stanford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Abigail Cave Baroness Sherard
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Bennett
Great x 1 Grandfather: Bennet Sherard of Whissendine
GrandMother: Margaret Sherard 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Fairfax 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Fairfax 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ellen Aske 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Fairfax 4th Lord Fairfax of Cameron 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cholmley 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Cholmley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothy Fairfax 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England