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Authorised form of nameWorsley; Sir; Richard (1751 - 1805)
Dates1751 - 1805
Date of birth17 March 1751
Date of death08 August 1805
ActivityEducation:
Corpus College, Oxford
Career:
MP; Clerk to the Privy Council; Comptroller of the Board of Green Cloth (1777); Comptroller of the Household; Privy Councillor; Minister to the Republic of Venice (1793-1797)
Memberships:
FSA
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election18/06/1778
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
BR gives date of birth as 13 Feb 1751 and death as 5 Aug 1805, while Burke gives birthdate as 17 Mar 1751 and deathdate as 5 Aug 1805. DNB gives date of death as 8 Aug 1805
CodeNA7203
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EC/1778/12Worsley, Sir Richard: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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