# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-edgcumbe-1st-baron-edgcumbe
# Generated: 2026-08-16T08:39:57.490Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-edgcumbe-1st-baron-edgcumbe"
name: "Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe"
slug: "richard-edgcumbe-1st-baron-edgcumbe"
description: "Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, of Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall, was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1701 until 1742 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Edgcumbe. He is memorialised by Edgecombe County, North Carolina."
tagline: "English politician (1680-1758)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1stBaronEdgcumbe.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1680-04-23"
deathDate: "1758-11-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.18
  momentum:             6
  historical:           7.40738
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Эджкамб, Ричард, 1-й барон Эджкамб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%2C_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC"
    title: "রিচার্ড এজকাম্ব, ১ম ব্যারন এজকাম্ব"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Edgcumbe%2C_1._Baron_Edgcumbe"
    title: "Richard Edgcumbe, 1. Baron Edgcumbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Edgcumbe%2C_1st_Baron_Edgcumbe"
    title: "Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Edgcumbe_(1er_baron_Edgcumbe)"
    title: "Richard Edgcumbe (1er baron Edgcumbe)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Edgcumbe"
    title: "Richard Edgcumbe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A0_(%E5%88%9D%E4%BB%A3%E3%82%A8%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A0%E7%94%B7%E7%88%B5)"
    title: "リチャード・エッジカム (初代エッジカム男爵)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Edgcumbe_(1._baron_Edgcumbe)"
    title: "Richard Edgcumbe (1. baron Edgcumbe)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367875"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump