Ranelagh, First Earl of, Richard Jones 1638 - 1712, MP, Peer and Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland. Four Signed Pieces. One of the most wonton and profligate public servants ever, Ranelagh engineered a scheme whereby, in return for the revenue being assigned to him instead of the King (see Payment Lists entry), he would defray all of the expenses connected with governing Ireland. His one redeeming feature and lasting claim to fame was the creation and laying out of the Ranelagh gardens in Chelsea. Four pieces signed `Ranelagh? 1690 - 1702. Ranelagh, First Earl of, Richard Jones 1638 - 1712, MP, Peer and Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland. Four Signed Pieces. One of the most wonton and profligate public servants ever, Ranelagh engineered a scheme whereby, in return for the revenue being assigned to him instead of the King (see Payment Lists entry), he would defray all of the expenses connected with governing Ireland. His one redeeming feature and lasting claim to fame was the creation and laying out of the Ranelagh gardens in Chelsea. Four pieces signed `Ranelagh? 1690 - 1702.
Ranelagh, First Earl of, Richard Jones 1638 - 1712, MP, Peer and Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland. Four Signed Pieces. One of the most wonton and profligate public servants ever, Ranelagh engineered a scheme whereby, in return for the revenue being assigned to him instead of the King (see Payment Lists entry), he would defray all of the expenses connected with governing Ireland. His one redeeming feature and lasting claim to fame was the creation and laying out of the Ranelagh gardens in Chelsea. Four pieces signed `Ranelagh? 1690 - 1702. Ranelagh, First Earl of, Richard Jones 1638 - 1712, MP, Peer and Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland. Four Signed Pieces. One of the most wonton and profligate public servants ever, Ranelagh engineered a scheme whereby, in return for the revenue being assigned to him instead of the King (see Payment Lists entry), he would defray all of the expenses connected with governing Ireland. His one redeeming feature and lasting claim to fame was the creation and laying out of the Ranelagh gardens in Chelsea. Four pieces signed `Ranelagh? 1690 - 1702.
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