NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Mount Edgcumbe, Richard Edgcumbe, Earl of, 1764-1839 DNB: Edgcumbe, Richard, second earl of Mount Edgcumbe (1764-1839), writer on opera LBT ID: LdMtEdgec2 VIAF ID: 2816102 LOC ID: nr93027415 | B/BAP: 1764-09-13 DIED: 1839-09-26 |
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The son of the first earl, he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and was Tory MP for
Fowey (1786-95); he wrote Musical Reminiscences of an Old Amateur;
chiefly respecting the Italian Opera in England (1825). | |