Sir Richard Vyvyan, 3rd Baronet explained

Sir Richard Vyvyan of Trelowarren, 3rd Baronet (28 September 1681 – 1724) was a prominent Jacobite.

Richard Vyvyan was born in Colan, Cornwall. In 1697 he married a distant cousin, Mary Vivian,^[1] of Trewan Hall, St Columb Major, this uniting two branches of the family which had been separated for three centuries.^[2]

Sir Richard Vyvyan was involved in the Jacobite uprising in Cornwall of 1715 and was imprisoned in the Tower of London. His wife Mary joined him there and, while in the Tower, gave birth to a daughter. His widow survived him by 32 years, dying in 1756.^{[3] [4]}

Marriage and issue

Richard Vyvyan married Mary Vivian of Trewan Hall in the parish of St Columb Major. They had 6 sons and 4 daughters:

• Francis Vyvyan 4th Baronet (Became High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1739)
• Richard Vyvyan was born 1701 and married Philippa Piper. Ancestors of the Vyvyans of Withiel. Many became rectors there.
• Charles Vyvyan
• Thomas Vyvyan
• John Vyvyan
• James Vyvyan
• Loveday Vyvyan
• Bridget Vyvyan
• Anne Vyvyan (born in the Tower of London)
• Frances Vyvyan

He died in Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall in 1736(? 12 October 1724).

External links

• Vivian/Vyvyan family

Notes and References

1. wife's maiden name is correct – spelled Vivian, not Vyvyan
2. http://www.trewan-hall.co.uk/history.html Trewan Hall – Camping and Caravanning in the Heart of Cornwall, England
3. Book: Redding, Cyrus. An illustrated itinerary of the county of Cornwall . How and Parsons. 1842 . 138.
4. Book: Stanhope, Philip Henry . History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle . 1841 . 114.