Richard Rigby, Secretary of Ireland, Paymaster of the Forces, was a member of the Rigby family also known as Rigby of Mistley Hall in Essex, the site of their manor. Originally, the family was descended from the Rigby of Burgh family. His father and immediate ancestors made a fortune as merchant drapers in the city of London and as merchants and colonial officers in the West Indies, as well as in the South Sea Bubble speculation. Richard Rigby accumulated a fortune of his own serving the Crown and politician wheeler dealers in the dynamic 18th century parliament. Rigby spent much of his fortune reinvesting in the family seats of Mistley and Manningtree, employing the top architects and landscape artists of the day to build a port and spa, which failed. The ruins survive as a tourist destination. Though other members of the family continued to bear the Rigby name and arms, the bulk of Richard Rigby's wealth fell to his daughter who married Gen. Hale, and ultimately to the Pitt Rivers family whose members endowed the Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford University. The Paymaster of the Forces was a British government position. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... Arms of the Drapers Company The Worshipful Company of Drapers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London; it has the formal name of The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Guild or Fraternity of the Blessed Mary the Virgin of the Mystery of... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... Hogarthian image of the South Sea Bubble by Edward Matthew Ward, Tate Gallery More well known than The South Sea Company is perhaps the South Sea Bubble (1711 - September 1720) which is the name given to the economic bubble that occurred through overheated speculation in the company shares during 1720. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... Manningtree is a town in Essex, England, which has merged with the port of Mistley, on the River Stour. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the art of planning, designing and overseeing the construction of buildings, or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 A port is a facility at the edge of an ocean, river, or lake for receiving ships and transferring cargo and persons to them. ... SPA can refer to: School of Planning and architecture is Indias premier Architecture and city-planning institutions. ... Rocky landscape with ruins, by Nicolaes Berchem, ca. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (14th April, 1827–1900) was an English army officer, ethnologist, and archaeologist. ... Pitt Rivers Museum interior The Pitt Rivers Museum is a museum displaying the archaeological and anthropological collections of the University of Oxford. ... The University of Oxford, situated in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...

Richard Rigby's father was also named Richard Rigby, and was the Secretary of Jamaica, the Provost Marshall, and a member of the Royal assembly on that island in the late 17th and early 18th century. At that time, the privateer trade was in its full glory as English sea captains raided the Spanish Main with letters of marque from the Queen (and King). The privateer trade closely overlapped with general piracy, and thus Jamaica became known as a pirate haven, especially under the leadership of Governor Morgan, himself a pirate. Port Royale of Jamaica was the headquarters of Caribbean piracy and privateering. Richard Rigby's brother, James Rigby, also served as a colonial officer on the island. Richard and James Rigby were sons of James Rigby of Mistley Hall, a London merchant, and Anne Hyde, a close cousin of Queen Anne (Hyde), Queen Anne, Queen Mary, and the Earl of Claredon. (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... A privateer was a private ship (or its captain) authorized by a countrys government to attack and seize cargo from another countrys ships. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... The Spanish Main was a name given to the Caribbean coast of the Spanish Empire in mainland Central and South America. ... This article is about sea pirates. ...

The Rt Hon. ... The Chief Secretary was the most important position for determining Ireland after the Lord Lieutenant, and was frequently a cabinet level position in the 19th and early twentieth centuries. ... William Gerard Hamilton (January 28, 1729 - July 16, 1796), English statesman, popularly known as Single Speech Hamilton, was born in London, the son of a Scottish bencher of Lincolns Inn. ... Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (24 February 1732 - 30 June 1800), the British politician after whom the city of Sydney, Australia, is named, was born at Frognal House, near Chislehurst in Kent. ... The Paymaster of the Forces was a British government position. ... Edmund Burke Edmund Burke (January 12, 1729 – July 9, 1797) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, author, and philosopher, who served for many years in the British House of Commons as a member of the Whig Party. ...