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Robert Rich (1559 - 1619)

Robert "1st Earl of Warwick" Rich
Born in Warwickshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married before Dec 1581 (to 15 Nov 1605) in Englandmap
Husband of — married 14 Dec 1616 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 59 in St Mary, Whitechapel, Middlesex, Englandmap
Profile last modified | Created 2 Feb 2011
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Biography

Family and Education

b. c.1560, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Robert, 2nd Baron Rich by Elizabeth, da. and h. of George Baldry of Hadley, Suff., alderman of London. educ. G. Inn 1578. m. Penelope (div. 1605), da. of Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex by Lettice, da. of Sir Francis Knollys, 3s. inc. Robert 4da.; (2) 1616, Frances, da. of Christopher Wray, wid. of George St. Poll. suc. fa. as 3rd Baron Rich 1581; KB 1603; cr. Earl of Warwick 6 Aug. 1618.[1]
Rich, Robert, first earl of Warwick (1559?–1619), nobleman and politician, was the second son of Robert Rich, second Baron Rich (c.1537–1581), and his wife, Elizabeth Baldry (d. 1591). He was baptized in early January 1560.
Lord Burghley, guardian of Robert Devereux, earl of Essex, and Henry Hastings, third earl of Huntingdon, guardian of Essex's sister Penelope (1563–1607) [see Rich, Penelope], swiftly arranged a match: Rich and Penelope were married probably on 1 November 1581.
Rich died on 24 March 1619 at his London mansion, Warwick House, Holborn, and was buried on 7 April at Felsted.[2]

Unto A Lady, by Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland

Sources

A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire

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Web Databases

  • The Tudor Place
    • Born: ABT 1537
    • Died: 27 Feb 1581
    • Father: Richard RICH (1º B. Rich of Leez)
    • Mother: Elizabeth JENKINS
    • Married: Elizabeth BALDRY BEF 25 Nov 1554
    • Children:
      • 1. Robert RICH (1° E. Warwick)
      • 2. Richard RICH (Hon.)
      • 3. Frances RICH
      • 4. Thomas RICH


Died 24 MAR 1619. St Mary, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England. [3] 24 MAR 1619. St Mary, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England. Found multiple copies of death date. Using 24 MAR 1619

Buried Felsted, Uttlesford District, Essex, England. [4]

Sources

  1. The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981 [1]
  2. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 Link
  3. Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Earl Henry 1st of Holland Rich Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=300027244044&indiv=try
  4. Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Earl Henry 1st of Holland Rich Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=300027244044&indiv=try




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Rich-369 and Rich-5733 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate profiles of the Earl of Warwick
posted on Rich-5733 (merged) by Jo Fitz-Henry

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