Richard Rigby PC (February 1722 – 8 April 1788), was an English civil servant and politician. He served as Chief Secretary for Ireland and Paymaster of the Forces. Rigby accumulated a fortune serving the Crown and politician wheeler-dealers in the dynamic 18th century parliament, and this money eventually ended up endowing the Pitt Rivers Museum.
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1772
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1848 (aged 75)
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