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The Right Honourable
Earl of Warwick
KB PC
The Right Honourable Earl of Warwick KB PC
Lord Lieutenant of Essex
	In office; 1625–1642
Governor of Guernsey
	In office; 1643–1645
Member of Parliament; for Essex
	In office; April 1614 – June 1614
Member of Parliament; for Maldon
	In office; February 1610 – February 1611
Personal details
Born	May/June 1587; Leez Priory, Essex
Died	18 April 1658 (aged 70); Holborn, London
Resting place	Holy Cross Church, Felsted
Spouse(s)	Frances Hatton (m. 1605) ; Susan Rowe (m. c. 1625) ; Eleanor Wortley (m. 1646)
Children	5, including Anne, Robert and Charles
Parent(s)	Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick ; Penelope Devereux
Alma mater	Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Military service
Branch/service	Royal Navy
Rank	Admiral
Battles/wars	Wars of the Three Kingdoms

Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick KB, PC (May/June 1587 – 19 April 1658) was an English naval officer, politician and peer who commanded the Parliamentarian navy during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. A Puritan, he was also lord of the Manor of Hunningham.^[1]

Personal details

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

Robert Rich was the eldest son and third of seven children born to Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick (1559–1619) and his first wife Penelope (1563–1607). His parents separated soon after his brother Henry's birth, although they did not formally divorce until 1605, when Penelope married her long-time partner, Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy (1563-1606). Penelope was a sister of the Earl of Essex, executed for treason in 1601, making Rich a cousin to future Parliamentarian general Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex.^[2]

He had two sisters, Essex (1585-1658) and Lettice (1587-1619) and a younger brother Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland (1590–1649). He also had a number of half brothers and sisters, including Penelope (1592-?), Isabella, Mountjoy Blount, 1st Earl of Newport (1597-1666), and Charles (1605-1627). Almost certainly fathered by Charles Mountjoy, these children were brought up within the Rich family and appear in its pedigree, with the exception of Mountjoy, who was legitimised after his father's death.^[3]

Robert Rich married three times, first in February 1605 to Frances Hatton (1590–1623) Lady of the Manor of Hunningham,^[1] daughter and heiress of Sir William Hatton (1560–1597)^[4] Lord of the Manor of Hunningham,^[1] formerly "Newport",^[5] the granddaughter of Francis Gawdy. Their children included Anne (1604–1642), Robert (1611–1659), Lucy (1615–after 1635), Frances (1621–1692) and Charles (1623?–1673). Sometime before January 1626, he married Susan Rowe (1582–1646), a daughter of Sir Henry Rowe, Lord Mayor of London, and widow of William Holliday (c.1565–1624), Alderman of London, a wealthy London merchant and chairman of the East India Company. In March 1646, he made his third and last marriage to Eleanor Wortley (died 1667); neither of these produced children.^[6]

Career

He succeeded to his father's title as Earl of Warwick in 1619. Early developing interest in colonial ventures, he joined the Guinea, New England, and Virginia companies, as well as the Virginia Company's offspring, the Somers Isles Company (the Somers Isles, or Bermuda, was at first the more secure of the Virginia Company's two settlements, being impossible to attack overland and almost impregnable against attack from the ocean due to its encircling reef, and was attractive as a base of operations for Warwick's privateers, though his ship the Warwick was lost at Castle Harbour in November 1619).^[7]^[8]

He was also instrumental in the establishment of the ill-fated Providence Island colony in the West Indies (which was also linked with his privateering activities). Warwick's enterprises involved him in disputes with the East India Company (1617) and with the Virginia Company, which in 1624 was suppressed as a result of his action. In August 1619, the White Lion, a privateer ship sponsored by him and operating under a Dutch letter of marque, attacked the Portuguese slave ship São João Bautista and captured approximately 20 African slaves. The White Lion proceeded to sail to Old Point Comfort in the English colony of Virginia, where its crew sold the Africans to the colony's settlers, including Governor George Yeardley. This event is considered by historians to be a major event in slavery in the colonial history of the United States.^[9]^[10] In 1627, he commanded an unsuccessful privateering expedition against the Spanish.^[11] He sat as a Member of Parliament for Maldon for 1604 to 1611 and for Essex in the short-lived Addled Parliament of 1614.^[12]

Colonial ventures

Warwick's Puritan connections and sympathies gradually estranged him from the court but promoted his association with the New England colonies. In 1628 he indirectly procured the patent for the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and in 1631 he was granted the "Saybrook" patent in Connecticut. Forced to resign the presidency of the Council for New England in the same year, he continued to manage the Somers Isles Company (the Somers Isles being one of the colonies that sided with the Crown) and Providence Island Company, the latter of which, founded in 1630, administered Old Providence on the Mosquito Coast. Meanwhile, in England, Warwick opposed the forced loan of 1626, the payment of ship money, and Laud's church policy.^[11]

His Richneck Plantation was located in what is now the independent city of Newport News, Virginia. The Warwick River, Warwick Towne, Warwick River Shire, and Warwick County, Virginia are all believed named for him, as are Warwick, Rhode Island and Warwick Parish in Bermuda (alias The Somers Isles). The oldest school in Bermuda, Warwick Academy, was built on land in Warwick Parish given by the Earl of Warwick; the school was begun in the 1650s (its early records were lost with those of the Warwick Vestry in a twentieth-century shipwreck), though the school places its founding officially in 1662.^[13]

The Long Parliament

By the summer of 1640 Warwick had emerged as the centre of the resistance to Charles I. ^[14] This was the result of decades of resisting actions including opposing Charles I's compulsory loans during the 1620s and in January 1637 – 12 years into Charles I’s personal rule – personally presenting the case for a new parliament to the king. ^[15]

In September 1640, Warwick signed the Petition of Twelve to Charles I, asking the king to summon another parliament.^[16]

Over the early part of the new parliament, Warwick led one wing of the opposition to Charles I. The Warwick House group pushed for further reform than the more conciliatory Bedford House group, and in particular urged the need for the execution of the Earl of Stratford. ^[15]

Civil War period

In 1642, following the dismissal of the Earl of Northumberland as Lord High Admiral, Warwick was appointed commander of the fleet by Parliament.^[17] In 1643, he was appointed head of a commission for the government of the colonies, which the next year incorporated Providence Plantations, afterwards Rhode Island, and in this capacity, he exerted himself to secure religious liberty.^[11]

As commander of the fleet, in 1648, Warwick retook the 'Castles of the Downs' (at Walmer, Deal, and Sandown) for Parliament, and became Deal Castle's captain 1648–53.^[18] The subject was criticized for not recapturing the royalist fleet in 1648 when Prince Rupert suffered mutiny and disarray in Hellevoetsluis.^[19] However, he was dismissed from office on the abolition of the House of Lords in 1649. He retired from national public life, but was intimately associated with the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell, whose daughter Francis married his grandson and heir, also Robert Rich, in 1657 (the marriage was a short one as the grandson died the following year).^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Hunningham, in A History of the County of Warwick: Vol. 6, Knightlow Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1951), pp. 117–120.
^ Smut 2004.
^ Usher 2004.
^ Salzman, L F. "Parishes: Wellingborough Pages 135-146 A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4". www.british-history.ac.uk. Victoria County History, 1937. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
^ Aughterson 2004.
^ Kelsey 2004.
^ Bojakowski, Katie (2014). "The Wreck of the Warwick, Bermuda 1619". tDAR (the Digital Archaeological Record). Center for Digital Antiquity, a collaborative organization and university Center at Arizona State University. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ Inglis, Doug (5 June 2012). "1619: Unrecoverably lost in Castle Harbour". Warwick, 1619: Shipwreck Excavation. The Warwick Excavation is a National Museum of Bermuda (NMB) project in partnership with Texas A&M and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA), in association with The Global Exploration and Oceanographic Society (G-EOS) and Department of Archaeology at the University of Southampton. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ 400 years ago, enslaved Africans first arrived in Virginia, https://www.nationalgeographic.com. Accessed 9 January 2023.
^ The First Africans in Virginia Landed in 1619. It Was a Turning Point for Slavery in American History — But Not the Beginning, time.com. Accessed 9 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Warwick, Sir Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 349.
^ "RICH, Sir Robert (c.1588–1658), of Wallington, Norf., Hackney, Mdx. and Allington House, Holborn, Mdx.; later of Leez Priory, Essex". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ Warwick Academy, warwickacad.bm. Accessed 9 January 2023.
^ John Adamson. (2007). The Noble Revolt. Phoenix, London, UK. ISBN 9780753818787.
^ ^a ^b Adamson, John; The Noble Revolt; 2009
^ Kelsey 2004
^ "July 1642: Ordinance for the Earl of Warwick to remain in his Command of the Fleet", Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642–1660 (1911), p. 12. Accessed 13 April 2007.
^ 13 July 1648: "Taking of Walmer Castle", British-history.ac.uk. Accessed 6 August 2007.
^ Richard J Blakemore and Elaine Murphy. (2018). The British Civil Wars at Sea, 1638-1653. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK: The Boydell Press. pp. 149–152; ISBN 9781783272297.

Sources

Aughterson, Kate (2004). "Hatton, Elizabeth, Lady Hatton [née Lady Elizabeth Cecil] (1578–1646)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68059. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Gowdy, Mahlon M (1919). A Family History Comprising the Surnames of . . . Gawdy. Journal Press.
Kelsey, Sean (2004). "Rich, Robert, second earl of Warwick (1587–1658)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/23494. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Harris, Nicolas (1847). Memoirs of the Life and Times of Sir Christopher Hatton. Richard Bentley.
Smut, R Malcolm (2004). "Rich, Henry, first earl of Holland (1598-1649)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/23484. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Usher, Brett (2004). "Rich, Robert, first earl of Warwick". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/61021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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2nd BR
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(1561–1600)

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3rd BR
1st EW
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(cousin of John Hampden)

Colonel Nathaniel Rich
(d. c. 1701)

Elizabeth Cholmeley
(d. 1694)

Sir Charles Rich
1st Bt
(c. 1619–1677)

Sir Edwin Rich
(1594–1675)

Sir Robert Rich
2nd Bt
(c. 1648–1699)

Mary Rich
(d. 1714)

Isabel Cope
(d. 1655)

Henry Rich
1st BK
1st EH
(1590–1649)

Robert Rich
4th BR
2nd EW
(1587–1658)

Frances Hatton
(1590–1623)

Isabella Rich
(b. c. 1590)

Elizabeth Griffith
(b. c. 1692–1773)

Sir Robert Rich
4th Bt
(1685–1768)

Sir Charles Rich
3rd Bt
(c. 1680–1706)

Mary Boyle
CW
(1625–1678)

Charles Rich
6th BR
4th EW
(1619–1673)

Robert Rich
5th BR
3rd EW
(1611–1659)

Lady Anne Rich
(1604–1641/42)

Edward Montagu
2nd EM
(1602–1671)

Sir Robert Rich
5th Bt
(1717–1785)

Sir George Rich
6th Bt
(1728–1799)

Sir James Thynne
(1605–1670)

Lady Isabella Rich
(b. 1623)

Cope Rich^[i]
(1634–1676)

Robert Rich
7th BR
5th EW
2nd EH
2nd BK
(1620–1675)

Lady Anne Montagu
(d. c. 1689)

Robert Montagu
3rd Earl of
Manchester
(1634–1683)

John Campbell
1st EBH
(1636–1717)

Lady Mary Rich
(1632–1666)

Cope Rich^[i]
(d. 1706)

Charlotte Myddleton
(1680–1731, daughter of Sir Thomas Myddelton)

Edward Rich
8th BR
6th EW
3rd EH
3rd BK
(1673–1701)

Lady Elizabeth Rich
(d. 1725)

Francis Edwardes
(d. 1725)

Earls of Breadalbane and Holland
(Campbell family)

Edward Rich
10th BR
8th EW
5th EH
5th BK
(1695–1759)^[ii]

Edward Henry Rich
9th BR
7th EW
4th EH
4th BK
(d. 1721)

Barons Kensington
(Edwardes family)

Key

BR: Baron Rich

Bt: Baronet (Rich baronets, of London)

EW: Earl of Warwick

CW: Countess of Warwick

BK: Baron Kensington

EH: Earl of Holland

EM: Earl of Manchester

EBH: Earl of Breadalbane and Holland

Boxes with heavy borders follow the progress of Rich titles.
Blue boxes indicate members of the family granted a new title.

Notes:

^ ^a ^b Spouse not known
^ Edward Rich had no sons; consequently, all of the titles Baron Rich (Earl of Warwick, Baron Kensington and Earl of Holland) expired on his death.

Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Sussex	Lord Lieutenant of Essex jointly with The Earl of Sussex 1625–1629 The Earl of Portland 1629–1635 The Lord Maynard 1635–1640 The Earl of Carlisle 1641–1642 1625–1642	English Interregnum
Preceded by The Lord Maynard	Custos Rotulorum of Essex 1640–1642	Succeeded by James Hay, 2nd Earl of Carlisle
Peerage of England
Preceded by Robert Rich	Earl of Warwick 1619–1658	Succeeded by Robert Rich
Preceded by Robert Rich	Baron Rich (descended by acceleration) 1619–1641	Succeeded by Robert Rich

[Hunningham_1951_pp._117-1] Hunningham, in A History of the County of Warwick: Vol. 6, Knightlow Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1951), pp. 117–120.

[FOOTNOTESmut2004-2] Smut 2004.

[FOOTNOTEUsher2004-3] Usher 2004.

[vch-4] Salzman, L F. "Parishes: Wellingborough Pages 135-146 A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4". www.british-history.ac.uk. Victoria County History, 1937. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

[FOOTNOTEAughterson2004-5] Aughterson 2004.

[FOOTNOTEKelsey2004-6] Kelsey 2004.

[7] Bojakowski, Katie (2014). "The Wreck of the Warwick, Bermuda 1619". tDAR (the Digital Archaeological Record). Center for Digital Antiquity, a collaborative organization and university Center at Arizona State University. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

[8] Inglis, Doug (5 June 2012). "1619: Unrecoverably lost in Castle Harbour". Warwick, 1619: Shipwreck Excavation. The Warwick Excavation is a National Museum of Bermuda (NMB) project in partnership with Texas A&M and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA), in association with The Global Exploration and Oceanographic Society (G-EOS) and Department of Archaeology at the University of Southampton. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

[9] 400 years ago, enslaved Africans first arrived in Virginia, https://www.nationalgeographic.com. Accessed 9 January 2023.

[10] The First Africans in Virginia Landed in 1619. It Was a Turning Point for Slavery in American History — But Not the Beginning, time.com. Accessed 9 January 2023.

[EB1911-11] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Warwick, Sir Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 349.

[12] "RICH, Sir Robert (c.1588–1658), of Wallington, Norf., Hackney, Mdx. and Allington House, Holborn, Mdx.; later of Leez Priory, Essex". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[13] Warwick Academy, warwickacad.bm. Accessed 9 January 2023.

[14] John Adamson. (2007). The Noble Revolt. Phoenix, London, UK. ISBN 9780753818787.

[Adamson-15] Adamson, John; The Noble Revolt; 2009

[16] Kelsey 2004

[17] "July 1642: Ordinance for the Earl of Warwick to remain in his Command of the Fleet", Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642–1660 (1911), p. 12. Accessed 13 April 2007.

[18] 13 July 1648: "Taking of Walmer Castle", British-history.ac.uk. Accessed 6 August 2007.

[19] Richard J Blakemore and Elaine Murphy. (2018). The British Civil Wars at Sea, 1638-1653. Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK: The Boydell Press. pp. 149–152; ISBN 9781783272297.

[Spouse_not_known-20] Spouse not known

[21] Edward Rich had no sons; consequently, all of the titles Baron Rich (Earl of Warwick, Baron Kensington and Earl of Holland) expired on his death.

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