Authorised form of name | Vivian; Richard Hussey (1775 - 1842); Baron Vivian |
Dates | 1775 - 1842 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Truro, Cornwall, England |
Date of birth | 28 July 1775 |
Place of death | Baden-Baden, Germany |
Date of death | 20 August 1842 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: In the family vault, St Mary's, Truro, Cornwall |
Activity | Education: 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
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 11/02/1841 |
Relationships | Eldest 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 |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1842 No 55 p 415 |
Code | NA6584 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
CB/2/129 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to Vivian | 9 March 1788 |
MS/426/7 | Copy 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 |