Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet

Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet, FRS, FSA (13 February 1751 – 8 August 1805) was an English politician and a collector of antiquities.

Worsley was born on 13 February 1751, at Appuldurcombe House, near Wroxall on the Isle of Wight, the son of Sir Thomas Worsley, 6th Baronet (1726–1768) and Elizabeth (1731–1800) (daughter of John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Henrietta, his first wife). Richard succeeded to his father's baronetcy on 23  September 1768.

Educated at Winchester College, Worsley spent about two years in Naples with his parents from 1765 to 1767 before matriculating at Corpus Christi College, Oxford on 9 April 1768. Instead of taking a degree, he decided to complete his education with a continental Grand Tour from 1769 to 1770, being tutored by D'Eyverdun, a friend of Edward Gibbon.

After his return to Britain Worsley entered the House of Commons in 1774 for the constituency of Newport. A supporter of the Lord North government, he was appointed a clerks comptrollers of the board of green cloth in 1777, comptroller of the king's household (1779–82), privy councillor (from 1780) and Governor of the Isle of Wight (1780–82).

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