Richard Lucy (c.1619 – 1677)

British (English) School. Oil painting on canvas, Richard Lucy (c.1619 – 1677), British (English) School, circa 1650. A three-quarter-length portrait of the third son of Sir Thomas and Alice Spencer, Lady Lucy, at a table to right, wearing black with white collar, an open book in his left hand, his gloved right hand on his hip holding his second glove. He has long blonde curly hair, facing, with an open book in front of him. Behind, on the left, is a green curtain and on the right, on the table, a globe and an antique sculptured bust in an alcove behind, above the inscription: DEus nobis haec otia fecit. He succeeded his brother in 1658 and MP for Warwick in 1639. He was one of the 40 members who were refused admittance to House of Commons for declining Oath to Cromwell. He married Elizabeth Urrey, daughter of John Urrey of Thorley Isle of Wight. Companion to 533844. Charlecote Park, Warwickshire (Accredited Museum)