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The Rich baronetcy, of Sunning in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 January 1863 for the Liberal politician Henry Rich, the natural son of the fifth Baronet of the 1660 creation. The title became extinct on his death without children in 1869.
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Sir Robert Rich, 2nd Baronet (c. 1648 – 1 October 1699) was an English Whig politician. Rich was the second son of Nathaniel Rich of Stondon and his wife Elizabeth Hampden, married his distant cousin, Mary Rich, and inherited her father's [ who? ] baronetcy [ which? ] by special remainder .
Rich was born in Gloucester, son of Thomas Rich, an alderman of the city, and Anne, daughter of Thomas Machin, in 1601. He was sent to school in London and went on to study at the newly founded Wadham College, Oxford. Afterwards, he worked in the city of London in the wine importing trade. Rich later purchased the manor of Sonning, near Reading.
Field Marshal Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet (3 July 1685 – 1 February 1768) was a British Army officer and politician. As a junior officer he fought at the Battle of Schellenberg and at the Battle of Blenheim during the War of the Spanish Succession .
Robert Rich, 2nd Baron Rich (c1537-1581) was an English nobleman. He was the eldest son of Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich by his wife Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of William Jenks of London. [ 1 ]
Sir Charles Rich, 3rd Baronet (1680 – 17 October 1706) was an officer in the Royal Navy during the War of the Spanish Succession. Born in 1680, the eldest of four sons of the politician and Lord of the Admiralty Sir Robert Rich, 2nd Baronet , Charles Rich embarked on a naval career. [ 1 ]
He was born the eldest son of Sir William Rich, 4th Baronet of Sonning, Berkshire and his wife, Elizabeth Royall. He joined the British Royal Navy and was commissioned lieutenant on 25 March 1758. He succeeded as 5th Baronet on the death of his father on 17 July 1762.