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Authorised form of nameVivian; Richard Hussey (1775 - 1842); Baron Vivian
Dates1775 - 1842
NationalityBritish
Place of birthTruro, Cornwall, England
Date of birth28 July 1775
Place of deathBaden-Baden, Germany
Date of death20 August 1842
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
In the family vault, St Mary's, Truro, Cornwall
ActivityEducation:
Harrow School
Career:
Joined the Army with an Ensign's commission (1793); Captain (1794); served in the Peninsular War; Inspector General of Cavalry (1825-1830); Lieutenant General (1827); MP for Truro (1820-1826; 1832-1834); MP for Windsor (1826-1831); Master General of the Ordnance (1835); Privy Councillor (1835)
Honours:
KCB 1815; Bt 1828; Baron 1841
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election11/02/1841
RelationshipsEldest son of John Vivian of Truro and his wife Betsy, daughter of Richard Cranch, vicar of St Clements, near Truro.
Married: 1) (1804) Eliza, daughter of Philip Champion de Gespigny of Aldborough (she died 1831); 2) Letitia, daughter of Rev James Agnew Webster of Ashofrd, County Lougford
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1842 No 55 p 415
CodeNA6584
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
CB/2/129Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to Vivian9 March 1788
MS/426/7Copy letter from Lord Northampton [Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton] President of the Royal Society; to the Right Honourable, the Master General of the Ordnance [Richard Hussey Vivian?]11 January 1841
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