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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 Penelope Devereux , whom he divorced in 1605 on the grounds of her adultery .
The title was created in 1547 for Sir Richard Rich who was made Baron Rich, of Leez. Rich was a prominent lawyer and politician, who served as Solicitor General and Speaker of the House of Commons and was Lord Chancellor of England from 1547 to 1551.
Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (July 1496 – 12 June 1567), was Lord Chancellor during King Edward VI of England's reign, from 1547 until January 1552. He was the founder of Felsted School with its associated almshouses in Essex in 1564.
In January, she arrived at court accompanied by her guardian's wife, Catherine, Countess of Huntingdon, who was Leicester's sister and Sidney's aunt. [4] In March 1581 Huntingdon as her guardian secured the queen's assent through Lord Burghley, Master of the Court of Wards, for her marriage with Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich (later 1st Earl of ...
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] He married around 1555 Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of George Baldrey (d. 1540) [2] and granddaughter of Sir Thomas Baldry, Lord Mayor of London in ...
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 ...
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire (1587–1669), who married Elizabeth Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter in 1614. He inherited the Wiltshire estates and Charlton Park that had passed on to his mother after her father's death. Catherine Howard (c. 1588–1673) who married William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury. [48]
Sir Walter Devereux. Married Margaret, daughter of Arthur Dakyns. He was killed at the siege of Rouen in 1591. [7] Penelope Devereux. Married The 3rd Baron Rich [7] Dorothy Devereux. Married The 9th Earl of Northumberland [7] Francis Devereux (died in infancy) [8]