Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet

Biography

Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet, served his country through both political engagement and a cultivated appreciation for art and antiquities. His keen interest in wider learning infused his public life with a sense of purpose and his private life with refinement.

Though he passed amid political debates, he did so with dignity, leaving behind the memory of a gentleman-statesman whose attention to the public interest was matched by an enlightened curiosity about the world; he is commemorated at Godshill.