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

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in 1683, when aged only five. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the

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on 10 November 1702, but left the regiment in 1703. He became a Member of the Irish Parliament for Monaghan Borough in 1703 and sat for it until 1713.

Envoy to Poland

Vernon was subsequently dispatched as British envoy to Poland, also visiting

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. On his way he passed through

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in September 1715. The following April he travelled from Dresden to Danzig to attend the wedding between the Duke of Mecklenburg and the Tsar's niece. The following October, he passed through Berlin on his way to Gohr, returning in November. 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. By October 1718, he had been superseded and returned to England. He died in Poland in 1723 in the court of

Augustus II the Strong Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the H ...

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, - 1678 births 1725 deaths Coldstream Guards officers Irish MPs 1703–1713 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Monaghan constituencies Ambassadors of Great Britain to Poland 103

Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'st ...

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