Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick

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Arms of Rich: Gules, a chevron between three crosses botonée or

Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick (28 June 1611 – 29 May 1659 in London), supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War (his father the 2nd Earl supported the Parliament of England).

Biography[edit]

Robert Rich was the eldest son of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick and Frances Hatton, daughter of Sir William Hatton, the nephew and heir of Sir Christopher Hatton (Lord Chancellor of England).[1] He was made a Knight of the Bath on 1 February 1625 at the coronation of King Charles I, along with his uncle St John Blount.

Rich, as Baron Rich, of Leighs, Essex, joined King Charles I at York, but never bore arms; and the fine imposed upon him by Parliament was remitted at his father's petition.[2]

His father, the second earl, died in April 1658, passing on the earldom. Rich died on 29 May 1659, and was buried in Felsted, Essex. His only son, also Robert, had died of consumption some two years earlier.[3] The earldom passed to the 3rd Earl's brother Charles.[2]

Family[edit]

Rich married Lady Anne Cavendish, the daughter of William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire,[2] on 9 April 1632 at Battersea, Surrey. Their only child, Robert, married Frances Cromwell, daughter of the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell in 1657, but died of consumption within three months of the marriage on 16 February 1658, leaving no children. His widow married secondly Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet.

Essex Cheeke and Anne Cheeke (later Countess of Warwick) by Van Dyck

Robert Rich married secondly his first cousin, Anne Cheeke, daughter of Sir Thomas Cheek and Lady Essex Rich (his aunt).[2] Their children were:

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Firth 1896, p. 132.
  2. ^ a b c d Firth 1896, p. 133.
  3. ^ Robert Rich died on 16 February 1657, according to the title of his funeral sermon preached by John Gauden: John Gauden (1658). Funerals Made Cordials: In a Sermon Prepared and (in Part) Preached at the Solemn Interment of the Corps of the Right Honorable Robert Rich, Heir Apparent to the Earldom of Warwick. (Who Aged 23. Died Febr. 16. at Whitehall, and was Honorably Buried March 5. 1657. at Felsted in Essex.). London: Printed by T. C. for Andrew Crook, and are to be sold at the Green Dragon in St. Pauls Church-yard. OCLC 15480011.

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Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainFirth, C.H. (1896). "Rich, Robert (1587-1658)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 48. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 128–133.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Essex
1629
With: Sir Harbottle Grimston
Parliament suspended until 1640
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Essex
1640–1641
With: Sir William Masham
Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Warwick
1658–1659
Succeeded by
Baron Rich
(writ in acceleration)

1641–1659