Sir Richard Bedingfeld, 5th Baronet

Sir Richard Bedingfeld, 5th Baronet, was an English landowner and baronet.

Early life

Bedingfeld was born on 23 August 1767. He was the only son and heir of Sir Richard Bedingfeld, 4th Baronet of Oxburgh Hall, and Hon. Mary Browne, who died from complications during childbirth.
His paternal grandparents were Sir Henry Bedingfeld, 3rd Baronet and Lady Elizabeth Boyle. His maternal grandparents were Anthony Browne, 6th Viscount Montagu and Barbara Webb.

Career

Upon the death of his father, who died intestate on 27 March 1795, he succeeded as the 5th Baronet Bedingfeld, of Oxburgh. He became the head of a distinguished Roman Catholic family which had "for several generations formed alliances with some of the most illustrious families of the peerage."

Personal life

On 16 June 1795, Sir Richard married Charlotte Georgiana Jerningham, a daughter of Sir William Jerningham, 6th Baronet of Costessey and Hon. Frances Dillon, at St George's, Hanover Square. Among her siblings was brother George Stafford-Jerningham, 8th Baron Stafford. Together, they were the parents of four sons and four daughters, including:

Frances "Fanny" Charlotte Bedingfeld, who married William Petre, 11th Baron Petre, son of Robert Petre, 10th Baron Petre and Mary Bridget Howard, in 1815.
Matilda Mary Bedingfeld, who married George Stanley Cary of Fullaton in Devonshire, son of Edward Cary and Camilla Annabella Fleming, in 1820.
Agnes Mary Bedingfeld, who married Maj. Thomas Molyneux-Seel of Hurst House, Lancashire and Bolton Park, in 1823.
Sir Henry Richard Paston-Bedingfeld, 6th Baronet, who married Margaret Anne Paston, daughter of Edward Paston, in 1826.
Charlotte Eliza Bedingfeld, who became a nun.
Charles Richard Bedingfeld, an officer in the Austrian service who married Agnes Waterton, daughter of C. Waterton of Woodlands, Yorkshire, in 1840.
Edward Richard Bedingfeld, a midshipman in the Royal Navy who was drowned at sea in 1823.
Felix William George Richard Bedingfeld, who married Mary Woodward Lightbourn Chads, eldest daughter of John Cornell Chads, Governor of the British Virgin Islands, in 1849.

Sir Richard died in Windsor on 22 November 1829 while on his way to London to visit Lord Dillon at Ditchley. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, Henry. His will was proven in February 1830. His widow, who was granted the precedence of the daughter of a baron in 1831, was a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Adelaide, died in London on 29 July 1854.

Descendants

Through his eldest daughter Fanny, who died in childbirth, he was a grandfather of four, including William Bernard Petre, 12th Baron Petre, Hon. Mary Agness Petre, politician Hon. Henry William Petre, and Hon. Charlotte Elizabeth Petre.
Through his only son Henry, he was a grandfather of Matilda Charlotte Paston-Bedingfeld, Mary Gabrielle Paston-Bedingfeld, Mary Geraldine Paston-Bedingfeld, Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, 7th Baronet, and Lt.-Col. Raoul Stephen Paston-Bedingfeld of the Prince of Wales's Own Norfolk Artillery.