[4] His father was the only son and heir of Sir Richard Bedingfeld, 4th Baronet and Hon.
[5][6] His maternal grandparents were Sir William Jerningham, 6th Baronet of Costessey and Hon.
"[4] On 11 April 1830, he had his name legally changed to Henry Richard Paston-Bedingfeld by Royal Licence.
"[5] In the 1860s, he employed English architect John Chessell Buckler to extensively remodel his families Oxburgh Hall estate.
[15][1] His wife, who took the surname Paston-Bishopp-Bedingfeld by royal licence in 1841, had reverted to Paston-Bedingfeld before her death in Bath on 31 January 1887.