Richard Worsley 7th Baronet 1751-1805

On 13th February 1751 Richard Worsley 7th Baronet was born to Thomas Worsley 6th Baronet [aged 24] at Appuldurcombe House, Isle of Wight.

On 12th June 1756 [his grandfather] [his father] James Worsley 5th Baronet [aged 84] died. His son Thomas [aged 30] succeeded 6th Baronet Worsley of Appuldurcombe.

Around 1761 Richard Worsley 7th Baronet [aged 9] was educated at Winchester College, Winchester.

From 1765 Richard Worsley 7th Baronet [aged 13] spent two years in Naples [Map] with his parents.

In 1768 [his father] Thomas Worsley 6th Baronet [aged 41] died. His son Richard [aged 16] succeeded 7th Baronet Worsley of Appuldurcombe.

On 9th April 1768 Richard Worsley 7th Baronet [aged 17] matriculated Corpus Christi College, Oxford University.

From 1773 Richard Worsley 7th Baronet [aged 21] was appointed High Sheriff of Hampshire.

In 1774 Richard Worsley 7th Baronet [aged 22] was elected MP Newport.

Around 1775 Joshua Reynolds [aged 51]. Portrait of Richard Worsley 7th Baronet [aged 23].

On 20th September 1775 Richard Worsley 7th Baronet [aged 24] and Seymour Dorothy Fleming [aged 16] were married. She brought £52,000 to the marriage.

On 23rd May 1778 Charles Stanhope 3rd Earl of Harrington [aged 25] and [his sister-in-law] Jane Fleming Countess Harrington [aged 23] were married at St Marylebone Church. He the son of William Stanhope 2nd Earl of Harrington [aged 58] and Caroline Fitzroy Countess Harrington [aged 56].

On 1st April 1779 William Stanhope 2nd Earl of Harrington [aged 59] died. His son Charles [aged 26] succeeded 3rd Earl Harrington, 3rd Viscount Petersham, 3rd Baron Harrington. [his sister-in-law] Jane Fleming Countess Harrington [aged 23] by marriage Countess Harrington.

In 1782 Richard Worsley 7th Baronet [aged 30] brought a case of criminal conversation (adultery) against one of his (she was rumoured to have twenty-seven) wife Seymour Dorothy Fleming 1758-1818's lovers George Bisset. The jury decided that Worsley had connived in the adultery and awarded him only one shilling in damages.

In 1788 Richard Worsley 7th Baronet [aged 36] and [his wife] Seymour Dorothy Fleming [aged 29] separated.

From 1790 Richard Worsley 7th Baronet [aged 38] was elected MP Newport.

On 8th August 1805 Richard Worsley 7th Baronet [aged 54] died of apoplexy at Appuldurcombe House, Isle of Wight. He was buried at All Saint's Church, Godshill. His fourth cousin Henry [aged 49] succeeded 8th Baronet Worsley of Appuldurcombe.

On 9th September 1818 [his former wife] Seymour Dorothy Fleming [aged 59] died.