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Sir Robert Rich, 5th Baronet (1717 – 19 May 1785) was a

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general and

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and Culmore. He fought at the

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in 1746 as colonel of the 4th King's Own (Barrell's) Regiment, where he lost his left hand to a sword cut and nearly lost the right forearm to another, in addition to six cuts to his head. In 1756 he was appointed

and Culmore, in Ireland, and in 1760, made a

. He married Mary, sister of

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, and had an only daughter, Mary Frances. She married on 4 January 1784 the Reverend Charles Bostock of Shirley House, Hampshire. On 4 May 1785, he died at

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. He left his estates to his daughter. These included

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in Surrey and

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in Suffolk. The baronetcy passed to his brother, George. His son-in-law, Charles, assumed the surname of Rich in 1790 and was himself created a baronet in 1791. He died on 19 May 1785 at age 68.

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