Richard Jones 1st Earl Ranelagh [57062] ²⁵

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http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WILLOUGHBY2.htm#Elizabeth%20WILLOUGHBY%20(C.%20Ranelagh)

http://www.thepeerage.com/p1654.htm#i16534

Richard Jones, 1st and last Earl of Ranelagh was educated in 1656 at Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England <pd190.htm>.¹ He held the office of Governor of Roscommon Castle in 1661.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Roscommon between 1661 and 1666.¹ He was invested as a Fellow, Royal Society (F.R.S.) in 1663.¹ He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] in 1668.¹ He held the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer [Ireland] between 1668 and 1674.¹ He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baron Jones of Navan, co. Neath [I., 1628] on 7 January 1669/70.¹ He succeeded to the title of 3rd Viscount Ranelagh [I., 1628] on 7 January 1669/70.¹ He was created 1st Earl of Ranelagh [Ireland] on 11 December 1677.¹ He held the office of Gentleman of the Bedchamber in 1679.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Plymouth between 1685 and 1687.¹ He held the office of Paymaster-General between 1685 and 1702.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Newtown between 1689 and 1695.¹ He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1691/92.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Chichester between 1695 and 1698.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Marlborough between 1698 and 1700.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for West Looe between 1701 and 1703.¹ In February 1702/3 he was convicted of mis-appropriating £72,000 as Paymaster-General.¹ He was Governor of Queen Anne's Bounty in 1704.¹ On his death his earldom became extinct, and his other titles were dormant until 1759.¹

Richard married Elizabeth Willoughby Countess Ranelagh [57061] [MRIN: 551615189], daughter of Francis Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham [44446] and Elizabeth Cecil Baroness Willoughby of Parham [44447], on 28 Oct 1662. (Elizabeth Willoughby Countess Ranelagh [57061] died on 1 Aug 1695.)