Sir Richard Bedingfeld, 5th Baronet

Sir Richard Bedingfeld, 5th Baronet (23 August 1767 – 22 November 1829), was an English landowner and baronet.

Early life Oxburgh Hall, as found in Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. L.P, by John Preston Neale, 1818 Bedingfeld was born on 23 August 1767. He was the only son and heir of Sir Richard Bedingfeld, 4th Baronet (1720–1795) of Oxburgh Hall, and Hon. Mary Browne (1722–1767), who died from complications during childbirth.

His paternal grandparents were Sir Henry Bedingfeld, 3rd Baronet and Lady Elizabeth Boyle (a daughter of the 2nd Earl of Burlington). His maternal grandparents were Anthony Browne, 6th Viscount Montagu and Barbara Webb (a daughter of Sir John Webb, 3rd Baronet). 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." Sir Richard married Charlotte Georgiana Jerningham, a daughter of Sir William Jerningham, 6th Baronet of Costessey and Hon. Frances Dillon (a daughter of the 11th Viscount Dillon), at St George's, Hanover Square. Together, they were the parents of four sons and four daughters, including: Frances "Fanny" Charlotte Bedingfeld (1796–1822), who married William Petre, 11th Baron Petre, son of Robert Petre, 10th Baron Petre and Mary Bridget Howard (sister of the 12th Duke of Norfolk), in 1815. who married Margaret Anne Paston, daughter of Edward Paston, in 1826. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, Henry. His will was proven (by probate) in February 1830. and Hon. Charlotte Elizabeth Petre (wife of Capt. Charles Edward Petre).

Through his only son Henry, he was a grandfather of Matilda Charlotte Paston-Bedingfeld (wife of George Henry Neville), Mary Gabrielle Paston-Bedingfeld (wife of Ferdinand John Eyre), Mary Geraldine Paston-Bedingfeld (wife of Edward Southwell Trafford), Sir Henry Paston-Bedingfeld, 7th Baronet (who married Augusta Lucy Clavering), and Lt.-Col. Raoul Stephen Paston-Bedingfeld of the Prince of Wales's Own Norfolk Artillery (who married Katherine Gregory Walker).