Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet
- Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet
Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet (July 3, 1685 – February 1, 1768) was a British cavalry officer.
He was colonel of the 18th Dragoons, a regiment he raised in 1715, until 1717. From 1722, he was successively colonel of the 13th Hussars, the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, The King's Regiment of Carabineers, the 1st Troop Horse Grenadier Guards, and the 4th Regiment of Dragoons. On November 29, 1757, while commanding the 4th, he was made a field marshal.
By his wife Elizabeth Griffith, he had two sons, Sir Robert Rich, 5th Baronet, and Sir George Rich, 6th Baronet, and two daughters, Elizabeth (d. 17 September 1795), who married George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, and Mary, who died unmarried.
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