Sir Robert Rich, 5th Baronet
- War of the Austrian Succession
- Jacobite Rising of 1745
- Battle of Falkirk Muir
- Battle of Culloden (WIA)
Elizabeth Griffith (mother)
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Rich, 5th Baronet (1717 – 19 May 1785) was a British Army general and Governor of Londonderry and Culmore.
He fought at the Battle of Culloden 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.[1]
In 1756 he was appointed Governor of Londonderry and Culmore, in Ireland, and in 1760, made a Lieutenant-General.
He married Mary, sister of Peter Ludlow, 1st Earl Ludlow, 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 Bath, Somerset. He left his estates to his daughter. These included Waverley Abbey in Surrey and Roos Hall in Suffolk.[2]
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.
References
- ^ Cannon, Richard (1839). Historical record of the fourth, or the King's own regiment of foot, containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1680 and of its subsequent services to 1839. London: Longman, Orme and Co. p. 148. OCLC 457261349.
- ^ Ayerst, Francis (1853). The Ghost of Junius: Or, the Authorship of the Celebrated 'Letters' by this Anonymous Writer Deduced from a Letter, &c. Addressed in 1775-6. by Lieut.-Gen. Sir Robert Rich ... to the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Barrington ... Illustrated with a Genealogical Chart, Shewing the Connection Between Sir Robert Rich and the Ennobled Families of Grenville, Lyttelton, Etc. Thomas Bosworth. p. 13. OCLC 11180804.
- National biography
Military offices | ||
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Preceded by William Barrell | Colonel of the 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot 1749–1756 | Succeeded by Alexander Duroure |
Preceded by Henry Cornewall | Governor of Londonderry 1756–1774 | Succeeded by |
Baronetage of England | ||
Preceded by | Baronet (of London) 1768–1785 | Succeeded by George Rich |