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RICHARD RIGBY (1722–1788)

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 338 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RICHARD See also:RIGBY (1722–1788)  , See also:English politician, was the only son of See also:Richard See also:Rigby (d . 1730) of Mistley See also:Hall, See also:Essex, a See also:merchant who made a See also:fortune through his connexion with the See also:South See also:Sea See also:Company . See also:Young Rigby became an See also:associate of See also:Frederick, See also:prince of See also:Wales, and entered See also:parliament in 1745 . He is chiefly known to fame through his connexion with See also:John See also:Russell, 4th See also:duke of See also:Bedford, and the " Bloomsbury gang," his audacity earning for him the See also:title of the " brazen See also:boatswain" of the " See also:crew." In 1758 he became secretary to Bedford, who was See also:lord See also:lieutenant of See also:Ireland, and in the following See also:year he was given the See also:sinecure See also:office of See also:master of the rolls for Ireland . Following the See also:political fortunes of the duke he became See also:vice-treasurer of Ireland in 1765, and in 1768 he obtained the lucrative position of paymaster-See also:general of the forces . Rigby often spoke in parliament, and in 1769 he shared in the opposition to Wilkes . In 1784 he was obliged to resign his position as paymaster-general, and he was somewhat surprised and embarrassed when he was requested to pay over the large sum of public See also:money which was in his See also:possession . He See also:left a See also:great fortune when he died at See also:Bath on the 8th of See also:April 1788 .

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