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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 ).
1 de may. de 2022 · Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick (28 June 1611 – 29 May 1659 in London), was the son of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick and Frances Hatton. His only son, also Robert, predeceased him by 15 months dying of consumption . The earldom passed to the 3rd Earl's brother Charles.
It was created for a third time in 1618 for Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich, in spite of the fact that the Rich family was not in possession of Warwick Castle. From 1673, the earls also held the title of Earl of Holland. All of the titles became extinct on the death of the 8th earl in 1759.
Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick (December 1559 – 24 March 1619), was an English nobleman, known as Baron Rich between 1581 and 1618, when he was created Earl of Warwick. He was the first husband of Penelope Devereux, whom he divorced in 1605 on the grounds of her adultery .
Born in 1611 at Hackney, Middlesex, where he was also baptized, he was nominally enrolled at Gray’s Inn in August 1619 at the tender age of eight following his father’s succession to the earldom of Warwick.
On the contrary, in July 1618 Rich succeeded in persuading the king to allow his father, who had agreed to buy an earldom for £10,000, the title of earl of Warwick.84 As late as mid-October 1618 James sent Rich and his brother, Sir Henry, to Gravesend to greet the newly arrived Turkish ambassador.85
15 de abr. de 2024 · Robert Rich, 2nd earl of Warwick was an English colonial administrator and advocate of religious toleration in the North American Colonies. As admiral of the fleet in 1642, he secured the adherence of the navy to the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil Wars (1642–51).
