Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 1764-1839

On 16th August 1761 [his father] George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 41] and [his mother] Emma Gilbert Countess Mount Edgcumbe were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Archbishop George Gilbert [deceased] and [his grandmother] Margaret Sherard.

On 13th September 1764 Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe was born to George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 44] and Emma Gilbert Countess Mount Edgcumbe.

In 1786 Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 21] was elected MP Fowey.

On 21st February 1789 Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 24] and Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 65] and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 68] and Emma Gilbert Countess Mount Edgcumbe.

On 6th December 1789 Armar Lowry-Corry 1st Earl Belmore [aged 49] was created 1st Viscount Belmore of Fermanagh. [his sister-in-law] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 27] by marriage Viscountess Belmore of Fermanagh.

In March 1791 Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 26] was elected MP Fowey.

On 28th July 1791 [his daughter] Emma Sophie Edgecumbe Countess Brownlow was born to Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 26] and [his wife] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe [aged 23] in Portugal Street. She married 17th July 1828 John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow, son of Brownlow Cust 1st Baron Brownlow and Frances Bankes Baroness Brownlow.

On 22nd October 1792 [his daughter] Caroline Anne Edgecumbe was born to Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 28] and [his wife] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe [aged 24] in Portugal Street. She married April 1812 Reginald George Macdonald Macdonald.

On 4th April 1793 William Kerr 6th Marquess Lothian [aged 29] and [his sister-in-law] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 30] were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 69] and Mary Anne Drury Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of William John Kerr 5th Marquess Lothian [aged 56] and Elizabeth Fortescue 5th Marchioness Lothian.

On 3rd August 1793 [his father-in-law] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 69] died. His half brother George [aged 61] succeeded 3rd Earl Buckinghamshire, 3rd Baron Hobart, 7th Baronet Hobart of Intwood in Norfolk. Albinia Bertie Countess Buckinghamshire [aged 54] by marriage Countess Buckinghamshire. [his sister-in-law] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 31] inherited Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map].

In 1794 Robert Stewart 2nd Marquess Londonderry [aged 24] and [his sister-in-law] Amelia Hobart Marchioness Londonderry [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] John Hobart 2nd Earl Buckinghamshire and Caroline Conolly Countess Buckinghamshire. He the son of Robert Stewart 1st Marquess Londonderry [aged 54] and Sarah Frances Seymour-Conway.

On 4th February 1795 [his father] George Edgecumbe 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 74] died. His son Richard [aged 30] succeeded 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 3rd Baron Edgcumbe. [his wife] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe [aged 27] by marriage Countess of Mount Edgcumbe.

On 23rd March 1797 [his son] Ernest Augustus Edgecumbe 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe was born to Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 32] and [his wife] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe [aged 29]. He married 6th December 1831 Caroline Augusta Feilding Countess of Mount Edgcumbe and had issue.

On 23rd June 1800 [his son] George Edgecumbe was born to Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 35] and [his wife] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe [aged 32]. He married 19th May 1834 Fanny Lucy Shelley, daughter of John Shelley 6th Baronet and Frances Wickley Lady Shelley, and had issue.

On 14th July 1805 [his sister-in-law] Harriet Hobart Viscountess Belmore [aged 43] died.

In 1806 [his wife] Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe [aged 38] died.

In April 1812 [his son-in-law] Reginald George Macdonald Macdonald and Caroline Anne Edgecumbe [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 47] and Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe.

On 17th July 1828 [his son-in-law] John Cust 1st Earl Brownlow [aged 48] and Emma Sophie Edgecumbe Countess Brownlow [aged 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 [aged 63] and Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe.

On 6th December 1831 Ernest Augustus Edgecumbe 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 34] and Caroline Augusta Feilding Countess of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 23] were married. He the son of Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 67] and Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe.

On 19th May 1834 George Edgecumbe [aged 33] and Fanny Lucy Shelley [aged 23] were married. He the son of Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 69] and Sophia Hobart Countess Mount Edgcumbe.

On 26th September 1839 Richard Edgecumbe 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 75] died. His son Ernest [aged 42] succeeded 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 4th Baron Edgcumbe. Caroline Augusta Feilding Countess of Mount Edgcumbe [aged 31] by marriage Countess of Mount Edgcumbe.