Richard Chetwynd, 5th Viscount Chetwynd

Richard Chetwynd, 5th Viscount Chetwynd of Bearhaven (29 September 1757 – 27 February 1821) was a British aristocrat.

Early life William was born on 29 September 1757 at Haywood Park, Little Haywood, Staffordshire. He was the fourth son of William Chetwynd, 4th Viscount Chetwynd and Susannah Cope. His sister, Hon. Anderlechtia Clarissa Chetwynd, married Lord Robert Seymour (son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford and Lady Isabella Fitzroy). Through his sister Susannah, he was uncle to Henry Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Frederick Goulburn, Colonial Secretary of New South Wales, among others. His aunt Mary Chetwynd married Rev. Hon. Richard Henry Roper (son of the 8th Baron Teynham). His maternal grandparents were Sir Jonathan Cope, 1st Baronet, MP, and Mary Jenkinson (the third daughter of Sir Robert Jenkinson).

Career

As his elder brothers William, Jonathan and John all died unmarried,

Chetwynd was Clerk to the Privy Council between 1772 and 1821. He served as Lieutenant-Colonel in the York Fencible Infantry Regiment. Together, they were the parents of:

Richard Walter Chetwynd, 6th Viscount Chetwynd (1800–1879), who married Mary Moss, daughter of Robert Moss and Sophia Weyland, in 1822. After her death, he married Mary Hussey, daughter of John Hussey, in 1861. Hon. Mary Anne Chetwynd (1803–1889), who died unmarried.

Descendants Through his son Richard, he was a grandfather of Richard Chetwynd, 7th Viscount Chetwynd and Capt. Henry Weyland Chetwynd (father of Godfrey Chetwynd, 8th Viscount Chetwynd), among others.