Rich Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine
Richard Sutton | |
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Succeeded by | Thomas Stanwix |
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Born | 6 January 1688 |
Died | 10 April 1721 | (aged 33)
Cause of death | Smallpox |
Spouse | |
Relations | University of Leyden |
Colonel Rich Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine (6 January 1688 – 10 April 1721), was an English peer and politician.
Early life
Ingram was born on 6 January 1688. He was the second of nine sons born to Isabella Machell (1670–1764) and
His paternal grandparents were
He schooled at
Career
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Under the terms of his grandfather Machell's will, Rich inherited the property of Hills, with 190 acres, at Horsham, together with a burgage at Horsham, several properties in London and in other parts of England, at his age of 21 years: the will having been proved in 1704 by the executors, Rich was sworn to probate, aged 22, as Rich Ingram alias Machell on 10 March 1711/12.[9]
After his elder brother Edward died from
Personal life
In 1717, Lord Irvine married Lady Anne Howard (c. 1696–1764), daughter of Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle and Lady Anne Capel, daughter of the Earl of Essex and Lady Elizabeth Percy. Their portrait was painted by Jonathan Richardson (the elder, 1667–1745).[11] There were no children from the marriage.
He died from smallpox in April 1721, aged 33. He is buried in
References
- ^ a b c d "Irvine, Viscount of (S, 1661 - 1778)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ The name Rich (as correctly given by Cracroft) refers to the Ingram family descent from Lady Essex Montagu (d. 1677), great-granddaughter of Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick.
- ^ J. Peile, Biographical Register of Christ's College, 1505-1905 (Cambridge University Press 2014, original 1913), p. 155, who was copied by J. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses Part I Volume 2 (Cambridge University Press 1922), p. 449.
- ^ Challen, 'John Machell, M.P., Horsham', Sussex Notes and Queries (1964).
- ^ H.W. Forsyth Harwood, 'Ingram, Viscount Irvine', in J. Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland (David Douglas, Edinburgh 1908), V (1908), pp. 9-20.
- ^ J. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses, Part I: The Earliest Times to 1751, Vol. 2 (Cambridge University Press 1922), p. 449.
- ^ "Covel's letter of 1702". www.christs.cam.ac.uk. Christ's College, Cambridge. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses.
- ^ Will of John Machell of Horsham, Sussex (P.C.C. 1704).
- J.C. Sainty(1979). List of Lieutenants of Counties of England and Wales 1660-1974. London: Swift Printers (Sales) Ltd.
- ^ See BBC 'Your Paintings' site: original in Temple Newsam House collection, Leeds Museums and Galleries.
- ^ J. Venn & J.A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses I.ii, p. 449. See 'Richard (sic) Ingram, 5th Viscount Irvine' at Westminster Abbey official website.