Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick (28 June 1611 – 29 May 1659 in London), supported the

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cause in the

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(his father the 2nd Earl supported the

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Biography

Robert Rich was the eldest son of

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and Frances, daughter of Sir William Hatton. 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,

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, joined King

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at York, but never bore arms; and the fine imposed upon him by Parliament was remitted at his father's petition. His father, the second earl, died in April 1658, passing on the earldom. Rich died on 29 May 1659, and was buried in

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, Essex. His only son, also Robert, predeceased him by 15 months dying of

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. The earldom passed to the 3rd Earl's brother

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Family

Rich married Lady Anne Cavendish, the daughter of

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, on 9 April 1632 at

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, Surrey. Their only child, Robert, married Frances Cromwell, daughter of the

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in 1657, but died of consumption within three months of the marriage on 16 February 1658, leaving no children. His widow married secondly

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. Robert Rich married secondly Anne Cheeke, daughter of Sir Thomas Cheek and Essex Rich. Their children were: *Anne who married Thomas Barrington of Barrington Hall. Essex, eldest son and heir of

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, who predeceased his father. *Mary who married

Henry St John, 1st Viscount St John Henry St John, 1st Viscount St John (baptized 17 October 1652 – died 8 April 1742), of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire; Battersea, Surrey; and Berkeley Street, Westminster, Middlesex, was an English politician. In 1685 he was pardoned for a mu ...

on 11 December 1673 and died in 1678, giving birth to their only son, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke. * Essex Rich, who married

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on 16 June 1674.

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* ;Attribution , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Warwick, Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of 1611 births 1659 deaths 17th-century English nobility Earls of Warwick (1618 creation)

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