Family and Education
b. 19 Mar. 1739 at St. Kitts, 1st s. of Ralph Payne, c.j. and gov. St. Kitts, by 1st w. Alice, da. of Francis Carlisle of Antigua; half-bro. of John Willett Payne. educ. Christ’s Hosp. 1752; Grand Tour 1762. m. 1 Sept. 1767, Frances Lambertina Christiana Charlotte Harriet Theresa, da. of Baron Heinrich Kolbel of Saxony, general in the imperial service, s.p. suc. fa. 1763; KB 18 Feb. 1771; cr. Baron Lavington [I] 1 Oct. 1795.
Offices Held
Gov. Leeward Islands 1771 – 75, Feb. 1799–1807; clerk of the Green Cloth June 1777–82; PC 30 Oct. 1799.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Grafton Street, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
PAYNE, Sir Ralph (1739-1807)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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