Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick

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

Rich was the son and heir of Robert Rich, 2nd Baron Rich (c. 1538–1581) by his wife Elizabeth Baldry, a daughter of George Baldry.[1] He was the grandson of Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, the progenitor of the powerful Rich family.

Career

Rich succeeded his father in the barony in 1581. In 1618, he was created Earl of Warwick.

Marriages and progeny

He married twice: His first marriage was on 10 January 1581 to Lady

• Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1587–1658), eldest son and heir.
• Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland (1590–1649), second son.
• Sir Charles Rich (d. 1627), died unmarried and without issue
• Lettice Rich (d. 1619), named after her maternal grandmother
  Tor Mohun in Devon, Lord Deputy of Ireland, without issue; secondly to Sir Arthur Lake
  , MP.
• Penelope Rich, married
  Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet
• Essex Rich, married Sir Thomas Cheek and had three sons and five daughters
• Isabella Rich, married Sir John Smythe, son of Sir
  Thomas Smythe, first Governor of the East India Company
  .

He died in March 1619, aged 59, and was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1587–1658).^{[citation needed]}

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