Perryn, Richard, 1723-1803

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Perryn, Richard, 1723-1803

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        1723-1803

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        PERRYN, SIR RICHARD, son of Benjamin Perryn, Flint, Flintshire, merchant, and Jane, eldest dau. of Richard Adams, Town Clerk of Chester; b. 9 Aug 1723; ed Ruthin GS; adm. (aged 16) Oct 1739 (Hawkins'); left 1741; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Mar 1740/1; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 6 Nov 1740; migrated to Inner Temple 27 Apr 1746, called to bar 3 Jul 1747, Bencher 1771; built up an extensive practice at the Chancery Bar; KC Duchy of Lancaster 23 Mar 1766 – Apr 1766; Vice-Chamberlain, Chester 1770; KC 1770; knighted 6 Apr 1776; Baron of the Exchequer and Serjeant-at-Law 26 Apr 1776 to retirement autumn 1799; m. 30 Nov 1752 Mary, eldest dau. of Henry Browne, Skelbrooke, Yorks.; d. 2 Jan 1803. DNB.

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        GB-2014-WSA-13788

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        International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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