Richard Edgcumbe ( 1640 - 1688 )

Birth: Before 13 February 1640 Death: Before 03 April 1688 Burial Place: Maker, Cornwall Education: Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1657) Career: MP for Launceston (1661); MP for Cornwall (1679-1681); Commissioner for Assessment for Cornwall (1663-1680), for Devon (1673-1680), and for Hampshire (1679-1680); Member, Society of Mines Royal (1669), Deputy Governor (1670-1672), Assistant (1678-death); Deputy-Lieutenant of Cornwall (1670-death), and of Devon (1676-death); Commissioner for Recusants for Cornwall (1675); expelled from the Royal Society (1685) Honours: KB 1661 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/11/1676 Proposers: Sir Robert Reading Expelled 1685.