Richard Annesley, 6th Earl of Anglesey
Noble person
1693 – 1761
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Who was Richard Annesley, 6th Earl of Anglesey?
Richard Annesley, 6th Earl of Anglesey, known as The Lord Altham between 1727 and 1737, was an Irish peer and governor of Wexford. He is known for the doubts surrounding his claim to the barony of Altham, for the questionable legitimacy of his marriages and therefore of his son's claim to his titles, and for his arranging the kidnapping of his nephew, a rival claimant to his titles and estates. This incident is believed to have influenced part of the novel Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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