Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Baronet

Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Baronet (23 March 1655 – 29 April 1716), of Chirk Castle, Denbighshire, was a Welsh landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1685 to 1716.

He succeeded to the baronetcy of Chirke in the County of Denbigh on the death of his brother Sir Thomas Myddelton, 2nd Baronet in 1684.

She was one of the Hampton Court Beauties and was the daughter of Sir Thomas Whitmore of Bridgnorth and his wife Hon.

On the accession of Queen Anne in 1702, he was restored to the post of Custos Rotulorum and was appointed steward of the lordship of Denbigh June.

[6] His daughter recorded that her father had possessed ‘the penetration and abilities of a statesman, the integrity and firmness of a patriot’ and also, that ‘as long as his health permitted, he was constant in his attendance in the service of the House’.