Richard Rigby
Richard Rigby | |
|---|---|
| Chief Secretary for Ireland | |
| In office 1757–1761 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Seymour Conway |
| Succeeded by | William Gerard Hamilton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 February 1722 |
| Died | 8 April 1788 (aged 66) |
Richard Rigby PC (February 1722 – 8 April 1788), was an English civil servant and politician who sat in the British House of Commons for 43 years from 1745 to 1788. He served as Chief Secretary for Ireland and Paymaster of the Forces. Rigby accumulated a fortune serving the Crown and politician wheeler-dealers in the dynamic 18th-century parliament.