Sir Richard Vernon, 3rd Baronet (22 June 1678 – 1 October 1725) was a British diplomat and politician.
He succeeded in the baronetcy in 1683, when aged only five. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment of Foot Guards on 10 November 1702, but left the regiment in 1703.[1] He became a Member of the Irish Parliament for Monaghan Borough in 1703 and sat for it until 1713.
Envoy to Poland[]
Vernon was subsequently dispatched as British envoy to Poland, also visiting Dresden. On his way he passed through The Hague in September 1715.[2] The following April he travelled from Dresden to Danzig to attend the wedding between the Duke of Mecklenburg and the Tsar's niece, a splendid affair.[3] The following October, he passed through Berlin on his way to Gohr,[4] returning in November.[5] He was still in Berlin a month later, but about to go to Dresden to await the king of Poland there or go on to Poland.[6] By October 1718, he had been superseded and returned to England.[7]
He died in Poland in 1723 in the court of Augustus II the Strong.[8]
References[]
- ↑ Mackinnon, Daniel (1833). Origin and Services of the Coldstream Guards. II. London: Richard Bentley. pp. 468–469. https://books.google.com/books?id=3WJCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA468.
- ↑ London Gazette, 5362, 6 September 1715
- ↑ London Gazette, 5428, 24 April 1716
- ↑ London Gazette, 5478, 16 October 1716
- ↑ London Gazette, 5485, 10 November 1716
- ↑ London Gazette, 5493, 8 December 1716
- ↑ London Gazette, 5683, 4 October 1718
- ↑ Sir John Bernard Burke (1838). "A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies". https://books.google.com/books?id=K1kBAAAAQAAJ&dq=Descendants+of+Elizabeth+Atherton+of+Hodnet&pg=PA546.
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