Sir Richard Vernon, 3rd Baronet

Richard Vernon
British envoy to Poland
In office 1715 – 1718
Member of Parliament for Monaghan Borough
In office 1703 – 1713
Personal details
Born	(1678-06-22)22 June 1678
Died	1 October 1725(1725-10-01) (aged 47) Poland
Military career
Rank	Lieutenant
Unit	2nd Regiment of Foot Guards

Sir Richard Vernon, 3rd Baronet (22 June 1678 – 1 October 1725) was a British diplomat and politician.

He succeeded in the baronetcy in 1683, when aged only five. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment of Foot Guards on 10 November 1702, but left the regiment in 1703.[1] He became a Member of the Irish Parliament for Monaghan Borough in 1703 and sat for it until 1713.^[citation needed]

Envoy to Poland

Vernon was subsequently dispatched as British envoy to Poland, also visiting Dresden. On his way he passed through The Hague in September 1715.[2] The following April he travelled from Dresden to Danzig to attend the wedding between the Duke of Mecklenburg and the Tsar's niece.[3] The following October, he passed through Berlin on his way to Gohr,[4] returning in November.[5] He was still in Berlin a month later, but about to go to Dresden to await the king of Poland there or go on to Poland.[6] By October 1718, he had been superseded and returned to England.[7]

He died in Poland in 1723 in the court of Augustus II the Strong.[8]

References

1. Mackinnon, Daniel (1833). Origin and Services of the Coldstream Guards. Vol. II. London: Richard Bentley. pp. 468–469.
2. London Gazette, 5362, 6 September 1715
3. London Gazette, 5428, 24 April 1716
4. London Gazette, 5478, 16 October 1716
5. London Gazette, 5485, 10 November 1716
6. London Gazette, 5493, 8 December 1716
7. London Gazette, 5683, 4 October 1718
8. Sir John Bernard Burke (1838). "A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies".

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Charles Dering Robert Echlin	Member of Parliament for Monaghan Borough 1703 – 1713 With: Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Bt 1703–1710 Sir Alexander Cairnes, 1st Bt 1710–1713	Succeeded by Richard Pockrich Francis Lucas
Diplomatic posts
Unknown	British envoy to Poland 1715 – 1718	Unknown
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Thomas Vernon	Baronet 1683–1725	Extinct