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Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

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in 1786. In the June 1790 election, there was a double return for the constituency, but Edgcumbe and another candidate were declared elected in March 1791. In June 1790 he was also returned for
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The Countess of Mount Edgcumbe died in August 1806. Lord Mount Edgcumbe remained a widower until his death in September 1839, aged 75. He is buried at
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Richard Edgcumbe playing cello (left). Satirical drawing by Edward Francis Burney, 1802
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Lady Caroline Anne Edgcumbe (22 October 1792 – 10 April 1824), who married
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Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for constituencies in Cornwall
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and by a group who are admiring a painting on the left of the picture.
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between 1789 and 1795, was a British politician and writer on music.
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The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality and the Mystery of Desire
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Lord Mount Edgcumbe married Lady Sophia Hobart, daughter of
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thepeerage.com Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
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Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners
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Ernest Augustus Edgcumbe, 3rd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
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Musical Reminiscences of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
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He also composed an Italian 1: 945:Fellows of the Royal Society 920:Lord-lieutenants of Cornwall 614:. 8 March 1808. p. 353. 518:St Peter's Church, Petersham 481:John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow 342:included him in a painting, 166:St Peter's Church, Petersham 930:People from Maker, Cornwall 814:Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall 715:Parliament of Great Britain 430:Edgcumbe was the author of 401:Fellow of the Royal Society 961: 848:The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 807:The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 775:The Lord St John of Bletso 104:The Lord St John of Bletso 30:The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 878: 869: 861: 854: 839: 830: 820: 811: 803: 798: 788: 779: 771: 766: 752: 732: 720: 713: 557:A key to the people shown 477:Lady Emma Sophia Edgcumbe 345:The Tribuna of the Uffizi 319:The Tribuna of the Uffizi 211: 121: 60: 49: 40: 856:Peerage of Great Britain 833:Vice-Admiral of Cornwall 701:British Listed Buildings 412:Vice-Admiral of Cornwall 334:, and Emma, daughter of 330:Edgcumbe was the son of 915:Earls of Mount Edgcumbe 666:Mount Edgcumbe, Richard 488:Ranald George Macdonald 872:Earl of Mount Edgcumbe 427: 383:. 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The Right Honourable
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Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners
George III
The Duke of Portland
Spencer Perceval
The Lord St John of Bletso
The Earl of Courtown
St Peter's Church, Petersham
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George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

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The Tribuna of the Uffizi
Johann Zoffany
George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
John Gilbert (archbishop of York)
Johann Zoffany
The Tribuna of the Uffizi
Charles Loraine Smith
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Mount Edgcumbe
Fowey
Lostwithiel
House of Lords
Duke of Portland
Spencer Perceval
Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners
Privy Council

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