Among these 22 children were Edgeworth's father and also Maria Edgeworth who was well known as a writer of children's stories and also for novels about life in Ireland. Richard Lovell Edgeworth had an estate at Edgeworthstown, northwest of Dublin, and it was on this estate that Edgeworth was born.
Sa mga 22 mga bata ay Edgeworth's ama at din Maria Edgeworth na noon ay kilala din bilang isang manunulat ng mga bata ng mga istorya at din para sa mga nobelang tungkol sa buhay sa Ireland. Richard Lovell Edgeworth nagkaroon ng isang ari-arian at Edgeworthstown, mula sa hilagang-kanluran ng Dublin, at ito ay sa ito ari-arian na Edgeworth ay ipinanganak.