Baron Rich

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

Baron Rich was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1547 and was absorbed into the Earldom of Warwick in 1618. It became extinct in 1759.

History

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. The Rich family descended from Richard Rich, a wealthy mercer who served as Sheriff of London in 1441, and Sir Richard was his great-grandson.

He was succeeded by his son, Robert, the second Baron. His son Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich, was created Earl of Warwick in the Peerage of England in 1618. Henry Rich, son of Robert, 3rd Baron Rich was created Baron Kensington in 1623 and Earl of Holland in 1624. His other son, Richard, was the first husband of Catherine Knyvet and supported the Reformation. From this point the history of the barony was tied to the history of the Earldom of Warwick.

The last of the line was Edward Rich, 10th Baron Rich, who was also 8th Earl Warwick and 5th Earl Holland. On his death in 1759 all the titles became extinct.

Barons Rich (1547)

Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (c. 1496–1567)
Robert Rich, 2nd Baron Rich (c. 1538–1581)
Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich (d. 1619) (created Earl of Warwick in 1618)
Robert Rich, 4th Baron, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1587–1658)
Robert Rich, 5th Baron, 3rd Earl of Warwick (1611–1659)
Charles Rich, 6th Baron, 4th Earl of Warwick (1619–1673)
Robert Rich, 7th Baron, 5th Earl of Warwick, 2nd Earl of Holland (1620–1675)
- Henry Rich, Lord Kensington (1642–1659)
Edward Rich, 8th Baron, 6th Earl of Warwick, 3rd Earl of Holland (1673–1701)
Edward Henry Rich, 9th Baron, 7th Earl of Warwick, 4th Earl of Holland (1697–1721)
Edward Rich, 10th Baron, 8th Earl of Warwick, 5th Earl of Holland (1695–1759)

Family trees

Family tree of the peerages of Brooke, Holland, Kensington, and Warwick

Earl of Warwick (1st creation), 1088

Robert de Beaumont
(d. 1119)
1st Earl of Warwick

William de Warenne
(d. 1138)
Earl of Surrey

Elizabeth de Vermandois
(c. 1085–1131)
Countess of Leicester

Roger de Beaumont
(c. 1102–1153)
2nd Earl of Warwick

Gundred de Warenne

William de Beaumont
(bef. 1140–1184)
3rd Earl of Warwick

Waleran de Beaumont
(d. 1204)
4th Earl of Warwick

Henry de Beaumont
(c. 1192-1229)
5th Earl of Warwick

Lady Alice de Newburgh

Thomas de Beaumont
(1208–1242)
6th Earl of Warwick

m1.
John Marshal
(d. 1242)
7th Earl of Warwick jure uxoris

Margaret de Beaumont
(d. 1242)
7th Countess of Warwick suo jure

m2.
John du Plessis
(d. 1263)
7th Earl of Warwick jure uxoris

Isabel de Mauduit

William Mauduit
(c. 1221–1268)
8th Earl of Warwick

William de Beauchamp
(c. 1238–1298)
9th Earl of Warwick

Guy de Beauchamp
(c. 1272–1315)
10th Earl of Warwick

Thomas Beauchamp
(c. 1313–1369)
11th Earl of Warwick

Thomas Beauchamp
(1338–1401)
12th Earl of Warwick

Richard Beauchamp
(1382–1439)
13th Earl of Warwick

Duke of Warwick, 1445

Margaret Beauchamp
(1404–1467)
Countess of Shrewsbury

Henry Beauchamp
(1425–1446)
Duke of Warwick, 14th Earl of Warwick

Richard of York
(1411–1460)
Duke of York

Anne Beauchamp
(1426–1492)
16th Countess of Warwick

Richard Neville "the Kingmaker"
(1428–1471)
16th Earl of Warwick jure uxoris

Henry VI
(1421–1471)
King of England

Dukedom of Warwick extinct, 1446

John Talbot
(1426–1453)
1st Viscount Lisle

Anne Beauchamp
(1444–1449)
15th Countess of Warwick

George Plantagenet
(1449–1478)
Duke of Clarence

Isabel Neville
(1451–1476)
Duchess of Clarence

m2.
Richard III
(1452–1485)
King of England

Anne Neville
(1456–1485)

m1.
Edward of Westminster
(1453–1471)
Prince of Wales

Elizabeth Talbot
(d. 1487)

Edward Grey
(d. 1492)
1st Viscount Lisle

Edward Plantagenet
(1475–1499)
17th Earl of Warwick

Earldom of Warwick (1st creation) forfeit, 1499

Elizabeth Grey
(c. 1482/1484–c. 1525/1526)

Earl of Warwick (2nd creation), 1547

Baron Rich of Leez, 1547
See also Rich family tree

John Dudley
(c. 1502–1553)
Duke of Northumberland, 1st Earl of Warwick

Richard Rich
(1496–1567)
1st Baron Rich

Fulke Greville
(d. 1559)

John Dudley
(c. 1527–1554)
2nd Earl of Warwick

Ambrose Dudley
(c. 1530–1590)
3rd Earl of Warwick

Robert Dudley
(1532–1588)
Earl of Leicester

Robert Rich
(c. 1538–1581)
2nd Baron Rich

Earldom of Warwick (2nd creation) extinct, 1590

Earl of Warwick (3rd creation), 1618

Fulke Greville
(1536–1606)

Robert Greville
(?)

Robert Rich
(1559–1619)
1st Earl of Warwick, 3rd Baron Rich

Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court, 1621

Baron Kensington of Kensington in the County of Middlesex (1st creation), 1623
Earl of Holland, 1624

Fulke Greville
(1554–1628)
de jure 13th Baron Latimer, 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke, 1st Baron Brooke

Fulke Greville
(1575–1632)

Robert Rich
(1587–1658)
2nd Earl of Warwick, 4th Baron Rich

Henry Rich
(1590–1649)
1st Earl of Holland, 1st Baron Kensington

Robert Greville
(1607–1643)
2nd Baron Brooke

Lady Anne Rich
(1604–1642)
Countess of Manchester

Robert Rich
(1611–1659)
3rd Earl of Warwick, 5th Baron Rich

Charles Rich
(1623–1673)
4th Earl of Warwick, 6th Baron Rich

Francis Greville
(bef. 1637–1658)
3rd Baron Brooke

Robert Greville
(1639–1677)
4th Baron Brooke

Fulke Greville
(1643–1710)
5th Baron Brooke

Lady Anne Montagu
(d. c. 1689)

Robert Rich
(1620–1675)
5th Earl of Warwick, 2nd Earl of Holland, 7th Baron Rich, 2nd Baron Kensington

Cope Rich
(1634–1676)

Francis Greville
(d. 1710)

Elizabeth Rich
(d. 1725)

Edward Rich
(1673–1701)
6th Earl of Warwick, 3rd Earl of Holland, 8th Baron Rich, 3rd Baron Kensington

Cope Rich
(d. 1706)

Fulke Greville
(c. 1693–1711)
6th Baron Brooke

William Greville
(1695–1727)
7th Baron Brooke

Francis Edwardes
(d. 1725)

Edward Henry Rich
(1698–1721)
7th Earl of Warwick, 4th Earl of Holland, 9th Baron Rich, 4th Baron Kensington

Edward Rich
(1695–1759)
8th Earl of Warwick, 5th Earl of Holland, 10th Baron Rich, 5th Baron Kensington

Earldoms of Warwick (3rd creation) and Holland extinct, 1759

Earl Brooke, 1746
Earl of Warwick (4th creation), 1759

Baron Kensington (Ireland)

Francis Greville
(1719–1773)
1st Earl of Warwick, 1st Earl Brooke, 8th Baron Brooke

William Edwardes
(c. 1711–1801)
1st Baron Kensington

George Greville
(1746–1816)
2nd Earl of Warwick, 2nd Earl Brooke, 9th Baron Brooke

George Greville
(1772–1786)
styled Lord Brooke

Henry Richard Greville
(1779–1853)
3rd Earl of Warwick, 3rd Earl Brooke, 10th Baron Brooke

William Edwardes
(1777–1852)
2nd Baron Kensington

George Guy Greville
(1818–1893)
4th Earl of Warwick, 4th Earl Brooke, 11th Baron Brooke

William Edwardes
(1801–1872)
3rd Baron Kensington

Baron Kensington, of Kensington in the County of Middlesex (United Kingdom)

Francis Richard Charles Greville
(1853–1924)
5th Earl of Warwick, 5th Earl Brooke, 12th Baron Brooke

William Edwardes
(1835–1896)
4th/1st (Ire/UK) Baron Kensington

Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville
(1882–1928)
6th Earl of Warwick, 6th Earl Brooke, 13th Baron Brooke

William Edwardes
(1868–1900)
5th/2nd (Ire/UK) Baron Kensington

Hugh Edwardes
(1873–1938)
6th/3rd (Ire/UK) Baron Kensington

Charles Guy Fulke Greville
(1911–1984)
7th Earl of Warwick, 7th Earl Brooke, 14th Baron Brooke

William Edwardes
(1904–1981)
7th/4th (Ire/UK) Baron Kensington

Hugh Owen Edwardes
(1905–1937)

David Robin Francis Guy Greville
(1934–1996)
8th Earl of Warwick, 8th Earl Brooke, 15th Baron Brooke

Hugh Ivor Edwardes
(1933–2018)
8th/5th (Ire/UK) Baron Kensington

Guy David Greville
(b. 1957)
9th Earl of Warwick, 9th Earl Brooke, 16th Baron Brooke

William Owen Alexander Edwardes
(b. 1964)
9th/6th (Ire/UK) Baron Kensington

Charles Fulke Chester Greville
(b. 1982)
styled Lord Brooke

William Francis Ivor Edwardes
(b. 1993)

Heir apparent to the Earldom of Warwick and the Earldom Brooke

Heir apparent to the Baronies Kensington

(Unknown)

Richard Rich
1st BR
(1496/7–1567)

Elizabeth Jenks
(1510–1558)

Ann or Jane Machell
(b. 1557)

Richard Rich
(illegitimate)

Robert Rich
2nd BR
(c. 1537–1581)

Elizabeth Baldry

Robert Rich (c. 1585-1630)

Sir Nathaniel Rich
(1585–1636)

Honora Worlick

Sir Edwin Rich
(1561–1600)

Robert Rich
3rd BR
1st EW
(1559–1618)

Penelope Devereux
(1563–1607)

Elizabeth Hampden (died 1655)
(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.

References

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.

External links

[Spouse_not_known-1] Spouse not known

[2] 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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