Richard Onslow, 3rd Baron Onslow KB (1713 – 8 October 1776) was a British peer and politician, styled Hon. Richard Onslow from 1717 to 1740.[1]

He was the son of Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow of Clandon Park, Surrey and educated at Eton College (1725-8) and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

In 1734, Onslow was returned as Member of Parliament for Guildford, holding that position until 1740. In that year, he succeeded his father Thomas as Lord Onslow, and also succeeded him in his offices of High Steward of (the borough of) Guildford and Lord Lieutenant of Surrey.[1]

The family seat remains Clandon Park, East and West Clandon, Surrey; however, Clandon Park House is now a National Trust mansion with its gardens, which was for the most part commissioned by his father. On 16 May 1741, he married Mary Elwill (d. 19 April 1812), daughter of Sir Edmund Elwill, 3rd Baronet at her mother's residence in Clifford Street in Mayfair;[2] the marriage was childless. Lord Onslow received an LL.D. from the University of Cambridge in 1749 and was made a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1752. Upon his death in 1776, he was succeeded by special remainder in the barony by his second cousin, George Onslow.[1]

Clandon Park House was transformed from a large manor house to a lavish english country house by his father, but the 3rd Lord Onslow had its interiors finished. It features a two-storey Marble Hall and marble chimney and other pieces by the Flemish sculptor Michael Rysbrack.

References

  1. ^ a b c Doyle, James William Edmund (1886). The Official Baronage of England, v. 2. London: Longmans, Green. p. 701.
  2. ^ The Register of Marriages in the Parish of St James within the Liberty of Westminster. 1723-1754. 16 May 1741.
Parliament of Great Britain Preceded byHenry VincentRichard Onslow Member of Parliament for Guildford 1734–1740 With: Richard Onslow Succeeded byRichard OnslowDenzil Onslow Honorary titles Preceded byThe 3rd Lord Onslow Lord Lieutenant of Surrey 1740–1776 Succeeded byThe 4th Lord Onslow Peerage of Great Britain Preceded byThomas Onslow Baron Onslow 1740–1776 Succeeded byGeorge Onslow
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