Sir Richard Vyvyan, 3rd Baronet

Sir Richard Vyvyan of Trelowarren, 3rd Baronet (28 September 1681 – 1724) was a prominent Jacobite.

Richard Vyvyan was born in Colan, Cornwall. In 1697 he married a distant cousin, Mary Vivian,^[1] of Trewan Hall, St Columb Major, this uniting two branches of the family which had been separated for three centuries.^[2]

Sir Richard Vyvyan was involved in the Jacobite uprising in Cornwall of 1715 and was imprisoned in the Tower of London. His wife Mary joined him there and, while in the Tower, gave birth to a daughter. His widow survived him by 32 years, dying in 1756.^[3]^[4]

Marriage and issue

Richard Vyvyan married Mary Vivian of Trewan Hall in the parish of St Columb Major. They had 6 sons and 4 daughters:

Francis Vyvyan 4th Baronet (Became High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1739)
Richard Vyvyan was born 1701 and married Philippa Piper. Ancestors of the Vyvyans of Withiel. Many became rectors there.
Charles Vyvyan
Thomas Vyvyan
John Vyvyan
James Vyvyan
Loveday Vyvyan
Bridget Vyvyan
Anne Vyvyan (born in the Tower of London)
Frances Vyvyan

He died in Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall in 1736(? 12 October 1724).

References

^ wife's maiden name is correct – spelled Vivian, not Vyvyan
^ Trewan Hall – Camping and Caravanning in the Heart of Cornwall, England Archived 4 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ Redding, Cyrus (1842). An illustrated itinerary of the county of Cornwall. How and Parsons. p. 138.
^ Stanhope, Philip Henry (1841). History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. p. 114.

External links

Vivian/Vyvyan family

Parliament of England
Preceded by William Beaw Anthony Rowe	Member of Parliament for Mitchell 1701–1702 With: William Beaw 1701 William Courtney 1701–1702	Succeeded by Renatus Bellott Francis Basset
Preceded by John Granville James Buller	Member of Parliament for Cornwall 1703–1707 With: James Buller 1703–1705 Hugh Boscawen 1705–1707	Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Parliament of England	Member of Parliament for Cornwall 1707–1708 With: Hugh Boscawen	Succeeded by Hugh Boscawen James Buller
Preceded by George Granville John Trevanion	Member of Parliament for Cornwall 1712–1713 With: John Trevanion	Succeeded by John Trevanion Sir William Carew
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Vyell Vyvyan	Baronet (of Trelowarren) 1697–1724	Succeeded by Francis Vyvyan

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[1] wife's maiden name is correct – spelled Vivian, not Vyvyan

[2] Trewan Hall – Camping and Caravanning in the Heart of Cornwall, England Archived 4 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[a-3] Redding, Cyrus (1842). An illustrated itinerary of the county of Cornwall. How and Parsons. p. 138.

[b-4] Stanhope, Philip Henry (1841). History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. p. 114.

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