Rich Family Crest, Coat of Arms and Name History

Lineage ~ Richard Rich, 1st Lord Rich, of Leez Priory, Essex, Speaker of the House of Commons 1536, Lord Chancellor of England 1547-51, raised to the Peerage February 16, 1546-47, was descended from Richard Rich of London, Sheriff 1441-42 (whose will dated  April 2, 1403, was proved August 16, 1464). Lord Rich married Elizabeth (buried Dec. 18, 1558) the daughter and heiress of William Gynkes and died 1568 (will dated May 12, 1567, proved June 3, 1568). His son and heir, Robert 2nd Lord Rich, K.B. married Elizabeth the daughter and heiress of George Baldry of Hadley, son of Sir Thomas Baldry, Lord Mayor 1523.  He died February 27, 1580-81, having by her (who married 2nd, Robert Ford and was buried December 19, 1591) had issue, 1) Richard married Katherine the daughter and co-heir of Sir Henry Knevitt, Knight and d.v.p.s.p. 2) Robert, 3rd Lord Rich, created Earl of Warwick August 2, 1618, whose line expired in 1759, when all his honours became extinct 3) Edwyn (Sir) of whom we treat.  The 3rd son, Sir Edwyn Rich, of Mulbarton and Bracon Ashe, Norfolk, made a Knight Bachelor at Cadiz 1596 married Honora (or Margaret) the daughter of Charles Wolryche of Wickham Brook and of Cowling, Suffolk, and died before February 26, 1647, having had issue, 1) Robert married Elizabeth daughter of Sir Adam Felton of Playford, and d.s.p. 2) Edwyn (Sir) of Lincoln’s Inn and Mulbarton, Knighted July 10, 1666 married Jane Reeve, widow of Sir John Suckling and d.s.p. November 16, 1675.  3) Richard d.s.p. 4) Charles (Sir) of whom presently 5) Frances married Nathaniel Acton 6) Margaret 7) Honora. The 4th son, Sir Charles Rich, 1st Bt., of London, so created January 24, 1675-76, with remainder to his son-in-law (Robert Rich); born 1619 married November 28, 1641, Elizabeth daughter and eventual heiress of John Cholmeley, of Kirby Underwood, co. Lincoln and was buried May 30. 1677, leaving two daughters 1) Elizabeth married Pierre de Ceville, Capt. in the English Guards, who assumed the name of Rich.  His issue became extinct in the male line 1848.

2) Mary married February 17, 1675-6, Sir Robert Rich, of Roos Hall, Suffolk, 2nd son of Col. Nathaniel Rich, of Stondon, M.P. for cirencester, and grandson of Robert Rich of Stondon, who was descended from the above-mentioned Richard Rich, Sheriff of London 1441-2. Sir Charles was succeeded by his son-in-law, Sir Robert Rich, 2nd Bt., M.P. for Dunwich 1680-99, Knighted at Whitehall February 14, 1675-76, one of the Lords of the Admiralty 1691-99; born 1648 married as above February 17, 1675-6, Mary (buried December 23, 1714), daughter and co-heir of Sir Charles Rich, 1st Bt., and died October 1, 1699 having had issue, 1) Charles (Sir), 3rd Bt., Capt. R.N., married (by license January 9, 1704-5) Maria daughter of Col. Francis White and d.s.p. buried October 19, 1706.  2) Robert (Sir), 4th Bt., succeeded his brother. The yr. son, Sir Robert Rich, 4th Bt., Field-Marshal in the Army, Gov. of Chelsea Hosp. 1740-68, M.P. for Dunwich 1715-20, Beeralston 1724-7, and St. Ives 1727-41 ; 6. 3 July, 1685 ; to. 28 Sept. 1714, Elizabeth (d. 13 Oct. 1773), eldest dau. and co-heir of Col. Edward Griffith, Clerk of the Board of Green Cloth to Queen Anne and Sec. to the Prince of Denmark, and d. 1 Feb. 1768, having had issue, 1. Robert (Sir), 5th Bt. 2. George (Sir), 6th Bt., b. 13 June, 1728 ; d. unm. 8 Jan. 1799, when the Baronetcy became extinct. He was bur. at Bucklebury, near Reading (will dated 14 Jan. 1783 ; proved 17 Jan. 1799). 1. Elizabeth, to. 10 Aug. 1749, 1st Baron Lyttelton (see Cobham, V.), and d.s.p. 17 Sept. 1795. He d. 22 Aug. 1773.

2. Mary, d. unm. The elder son, Sir Robert Rich, 5th Bt., Lt.-Gen. in the Army, Gov. of Londonderry and the Culmore Forts 1756, cmd’d the 4th King’s Own Regt. at Culloden ; b. 1717 ; m. 1st , 31 May, 1752, Mary (d. 6 Sept. 1755), sister of 1st Earl of Ludlow, and d. 19 May, 1785, having had issue an only dau., Mary Frances, b. 31 May, 1755 ; m. 4 Jan. 1783, Rev. Charles Bostock, D.C.L., of Shirley House, 2nd son of Rev. John Bostock, D.D., Canon of the Collegiate Church and Vicar of New Windsor, by Mary his wife, dau. and eventual heiress of John Hopson, of Beenham, Berks. He was descended from the very ancient family of Bostock, of Bostock, co. Chester. Sir Robert m. 2ndly, 20 Sept. 1771, Elizabeth, widow of—Williams, and dau. of Richard Bell, and by her (who m. 3rdly, James Walker, and d. 22 July, 1788) had issue an only son, Charles, b. 23 Jan. 1775, d.v.p. 4 Feb. 1782. Sir Robert was s. as 6th Bt. by his brother (see above). His son-in-law, The Rev. Sir Charles Bostock Rich, 1st Bt., D.C.L. Oxford, of Shirley House, m. as above 4 Jan. 1783, Mary Frances (d. 20 May, 1833), only dau. and heiress of Lt.-Gen. Sir Robert Rich, Bt., and assumed, by sign-manual, 23 Dec. 1790, the surname and arms of Rich, and was created a Baronet 28 July, 1791. By her he had issue, 1. Charles Henry (Sir), 2nd Bt. 2. George (Sir), Kt., Chamberlain to the Vice-Regal Court of Ireland ; b. 1786 ; m. 10 July, 1816, Catherine Charlotte Jane (d. 3 April, 1863), elder dau. and co-heir of Dudley Loftus, of  Killyan, Meath, by Lady Jane, his wife, dau. of 2nd Earl of Arran, and d. 18 Sept. 1858, having had, with other issue, George Whitworth Talbot, C.B., Lt.-Gen. 71st Highrs. ; b. 30 April, 1822 ; m. 10 March, 1864, Adelaide Rachel (d. 1893), yr. dau. of Gen. Hon. Sir Charles Gore, G.C.B. (see Arran, E.), and d.s.p. 19 May, 1902. Catherine, m. 1843, Rev. Edward Randolph, Rector of Dunnington, York. He d. 1898, leaving issue. 3. William Osborne, ft. 12 Sept. 1788 ; m. 15 Dec. 1819, Elizabeth Sarah (d. 21 Sept. 1827), dau. of George William Frederick Newcome, and d. 24 March, 1848, leaving issue, Henry Osborn Ludlow, 6. 9 Nov. 1822 ; m. 1851, Juliana, dau. of Capt. Plunket, and d. 190-, leaving issue, three sons. Mary Caroline Lydia, m. 9 Oct. 1840, Rev. Canon William Henry Rich Jones, M.A. He d. 1885, leaving issue, 4. John (Rev.), M.A., Vicar of Ivinghoe, co. Buckingham ; 6. 27 Sept. 1789 ; m. 3 Aug. 1825, Georgiana (d. 1889), dau. of Charles Gordon, and d. 24 June, 1856, having had issue, 1. John (Rev.), M.A. Oxford, hon. Canon of Bristol, Rector of Kellaways, Wilts 1884-1913, Vicar of Chippenham, and Rural Dean of Malmesbury 1861-1905 ; 6. 24 May, 1826 ; m. 29 Jan. 1861, Clara Sophia (d. 3 Oct. 1911), dau. of Thomas Holmes Bosworth, of Westerham, and d. 18 March, 1913, having had issue, (1) Charles Edwin Frederick, D.S.O., educ. Winchester, Major and Brevet Lt.-Col. Lincolnshire Regt. (with which he served in France 1914-16), Provost Marshal of 12th Army Corps and Allied Forces, Constantinople, 1916, served in S. African War 1902 (medal with two clasps), and in World War I 1914-19 (despatches five times, D.S.O.), had Croix de Guerre (with palms), and Hellenic Orders of the Redeemer and Saviour, and medal of Mil. Merit (with palms), 1914 ; apptd. to H.M. prison service 1905, and served at Wakefield, Maidstone and Northampton till 1909, Gov. of H.M. Borstal Institution, Kent 1920-23, Gov. of H.M. Prison, Liverpool 1923-29, and of Wandsworth Prison 1929-31 ; ft. 6 July, 1871 ; m. 31 Aug. 1899, •Violet Cecile Annie (The Cottage, Weston, nr. Shrewsbury), dau. of Adm. Henry Craven St. John, of Thornbury, co. Gloucester (see Bolingbroke, V.), and d. 23 Feb. 1944, leaving issue, Charles Rodney St. John, Cmdr. R.N. (ret.), served in World War I 1917-19 ; late snr. partner of Messrs. Rich and Cowan, publishers (35a, Hertford Street, W.1 ; Naval and Military Club), 6. 29 Sept. 1900 ; m. 1st, 28 Aug. 1928, Felicity Chesterton (who obtained a div. 1936), yst. dau. of late Sir George Thompson I Hutchinson, of 55, Pont Street, S.W., and Rustington House, I Sussex, and has issue, Miles Rodney St. John, 6. 7 March, 1931. Felicity Ann St. John, 6. 7 Aug. 1929. 26*Deirdre Frances, 6. 5 Nov. 1934. He m. 2ndly, 16 June, 1937, • Georgina Blanche, only dau. of Donald Francis Napier Dalrymple, of Paradise, Aldwick, Sussex. •Violet Laline St. John, m. 6 June, 1931, Cmdr. Ronald Crawford Wagstaffe Bett, R.N., eldest son of Henry Crawford Bett (The Cottage, Weston, nr. Shrewsbury, Salop). (1) Florence Clara, m. 19 Nov. 1908, Rev. Henry Verdot Prince, formerly Rector of Farthingstone, co. Northampton, and d.s.p. 28 March, 1947. He d. 23 Aug. 1945. (2) Frances Mary, m. 22 Sept. 1892, Cecil Samuel Joy, son of Rev. S. Joy, and d. 16 July, 1893, leaving issue. (3) Ethel Margaret, d. 9 July, 1935. (4) •Gertrude Louisa, (75, Marshfield Road, Chippenham, Wilts). (5) *Mabel Caroline, m. 19 April, 1910, Rev. Alan Leslie, M.A., Vicar of Langport, Somerset from 1943, son of Dr. Leslie, of Alton, Hants, and has issue. 2. Charles David, Lt.-Col. 9th Lancers ; 6. 19 July, 1827 ; d. unm. 1 Sept. 1898. 8. William Gordon, B.A. Ch. Ch. Oxford ; 6. 28 Feb. 1829 ; m. 21 Feb. 1856, Maria Stewart (d. 8 Nov. 1914), dau. of Joseph Maitland, and d. 5 July, 1912, having had issue, (1) Edwin William Gordon, ft. 7 Dec. 1856; m. Jan. 1897, •Margaret, dau. of the late Cottenham Kingsford, and d. 1910, leaving issue, 4 William Gordon, M.B., Ch.B., formerly Major, N.Z. Medical Service, ft. Dec. 1897 ; m. 1931, *Henrietta Dorothy, dau. of Henry Donate Tyacke, of West Meath, Ireland, and has issue, Urquhart David Gordon, 6. 1934. 26 John Patrick Gordon, 6. 1936. •Helen Gordon, 6. 1901. (2) Maitland Gordon, 6. 22 June, 1858 ; m. 1888, Mabel Montgomery (d. July, 1944), dau. of late Capt. F. W. Hutton, F.R.S., and d. April, 1919, leaving issue, Geoffrey ‘ Gordon, M.C., late Lieut. King Edward’s Horse, served in World War I 1914-18 (The Rock Cave, S. Canterbury, N.Z.) ; m. 1924, Sybil Catharine Dorothy, dau. of Major P. H. Johnson, of Mount Torlesse, Springfield, Canterbury, N.Z., and has issue, •Dorothy Georgiana Gordon, 6. 1927. 26 •Penelope Rosamund, 6. 1929. 36*Angela Maitland, 6. 1932. • • Annie Gordon, (Kilmead, Riccarton, Christchurch, N.Z.), m. 15 Jan. 1921, John Montgomery, and has issue. He d. Sept. 1946. (1) *Georgiana Gordon, m. 1882, E. S. Vernon, and has issue. (2) *Mary Gordon, (The Cottage, Swerford, nr. Oxford), m. 1st, 6 June, 1882, Walter Ralph Congreve, great-uncle of Sir Geoffrey Cecil Congreve, 1st and last Bt., D.S.O., and has issue. He d. 15 Oct. 1901. She m. 2ndly, 25 May, 1905, Major Alexander McDonnell Moore, formerly Royal Irish Fus. He d. 2 Oct. 1921. (3) Josephine Gordon, m. 1894, William Aitchison Haswell, D.Sc., F.R.S., formerly professor of biology, Sydney Univ., and d. Sept. 1939. He d. 24 Jan. 1925, leaving issue. 5. Edwin Ludlow, Vice-Adm. R.N. ; 6. 1794 ; m. .6 July, 1829, Sophia Letitia Josephine (d. 17 May, 1882), dau. of Capt. G. F. Angelo, of Hill, Southampton, and d. 25 July, 1869, having had issue, 1. Edwin Francis, 6. 19 Sept. 1830 ; m. •Elizabeth, dau. of Major Sir John L. C. Richardson, and d. 1901, having had issue, (1) Francis Arthur, C.E., B.Sc., 6. 1859 ; m. 1st, 1890, Mary Catherine (d. Jan. 1899), dau. of Gerard Spooner, of Elmdon, co. Warwick, and has issue, l)* Geraldine Vida. He m. 2ndly, 1899, •Henrietta (his deceased wife’s sister), dau. of Gerard Spooner, and by her has issue, la Ronald Philip, 6. 12 Nov. 1900. 2a Edwin Francis, 6. 25 Feb. 1903. (2) Alfred Edwin, 6. 1862. (1) *Amie Charlotte, m. 1893, her cousin, Frederick Arthur Ludlow Rich (see below). (2) Lissie Ethel, m. 1889, Herbert MacAndrew, Surgeon, and has issue. (3) •Winifred Shirley. (4) ® Hilda Vida. 2. Evelyn Arthur, Lieut. 34th Regt., 6. 7 Feb. 1842 ; m. 19 May, 1864, Agnes (d. 1884), widow of Capt. G. R. Pratt-Barlow, and dau. of Rev. E. T. J. Rocke, and d. 1892, having had issue, Frederick Arthur Ludlow, (192, Manukau Road, Parnell, Auckland, N.Z.) ; 6. 1866 ; m. 1893, his cousin, •Amie Charlotte, dau. of Edwin Francis Rich (see above). • Evelyn Agnes, (c/o Capt. Michael Browne Rich, R.A., Highcombe, The Punchbowl, Thursley, Surrey). 3. Montague Philip, 6. 13 March, 1845 ; d. 29 May, 1874. 1 Sophia Louisa Jacintha, m. 25 Oct. 1866, Thomas Erasmus Head Dowson, of Lattendales, Penrith, and has issue. 6. Robert James Evelyn, Major 66th Foot, 6. 31 July, 1797 ; d. unm.

1. Louisa, d. March, 1836. Sir Charles Bostock Rich, d. 12 Sept. 1824, and was s. by his eldest son, Sir Charles Henry Rich, 2nd Bt., 6. 19 April, 1784 ; m. 6 Nov. 1806, Frances Maria (d. 20 Feb. 1852), yst. [dau. of Sir John Lethbridge, 1st Bt., and had, with other issue, 1. Charles Henry John (Sir), 3rd Bt. 2. Frederick Dampier, Capt. R.N. ; 6. 8 Feb. 1818 ; m. 25 Oct. 1854, Jessy Catherine Hesketh (d. 6 Oct. 1907), 2nd dau. of Sir J. H. Lethbridge ,3rd Bt., and d. 17 Jan. 1876, leaving issue, 1. Almerio Edmund Frederic (Sir), 5th Bt. 1 Jessie Katherine FitzRoy, m. 2 Oct. 1880, Major Nicholas Edward de Berner Fenwick, late K.R.R.C. 2. Eva Annie Noel, twin with her sister, m. 27 May, 1886, Major Edward Charles Trollope, R.A., and d. 14 July, 1924. He d. 23 Feb. 1904, leaving issue (see Trollope, Bt.). 3. Henry George William, 6. 7 July, 1819 ; m. 14 Dec. 1843, Mary, dau. of David Ross, of Madras, and d. 26 Jan. 1849, leaving issue, Henry Ross, Supt. Indian Govt. Telegraphs ; 6. 20 Sept. 1848 ; m. 20 June, 1884, Henrietta Georgina (d. 28 Sept. 1943), dau. of Capt. William Probyn Hurst, and d. 13 June, 1890, having by her (who m. 2ndly, 27 April, 1907, Claude Walter Kirkby, eldest son of late Rev. E. E W. Kirkby) had issue, (1) «Evelyn Essex Mary Ross, m. 17 Oct. 1906, Hugh Lenox, (62, St. Mary Abbots Court, Warwick Gardens, W.li), 2nd son of George C. L. Lenox, of Ashstead, Surrey, and has issue. (2) «Zoe Dorothea Shirley, to. 9 Jan. 1912, Lieut. Reginald Simon Macnamara Creagh, The Rifle Bde., only son of late Major Simon Creagh, of Dangan, co. Clare. He was k. in action 5 Dec. 1917. Louisa Isabel, d. unm. 1902. 4. Arthur Newbolt, Gen. 33rd Madras N.I., J.P. Winchester; 6. 8 March, 1821 ; to. 8 March, 1849, Jane Albertina Frederica (d. 21 March, 1882), 4th dau. of Frederick Hill, of Southampton, and d. 11 Feb. 1912, having had issue, 1. Charles Frederic (Rev.), Vicar of Swaffham, M.A. Camb. ; 6. 16 Dec. 1851 ; to. 23 April, 1879, • Charlotte Mary, dau. of Charles John Longcroft, and d. 7 Oct. 1883, having by her (who to. 2ndly, 5 Jan. 1888, Rev. Edward Thomas Mortlock, who d. 24 May, 1908) had issue, Charles Longcroft, 6. 1 Nov. 1881 ; d. 11 Oct. 1883. Mary Longcroft, to. 21 Feb. 1905, Rev. Canon Alfred Allen, late Vicar of Rotherham, co. York, and d. 10 March, 1932, leaving Issue.  2. Henry McCalmont, b. 26 June, 1853 ; m. 29 April, 1893, • Lucretia Mary, dau. of Samuel Foulds, and d. 2 Feb. 1937, leaving issue, f Henry Lionel (Brooke Cottage, Little Harwood, Bletchley, co. Buckingham) ; heir presumptive ; b. 11 Nov. 1900. 3. Evelyn Arthur, b. 3 Oct. 1855 ; m. 11 Oct. 1882, Mary (d. 27 Jan. 1925), dau. of W. H. Gray, and d. 29 Oct. 1942, leaving issue, Ernest Evelyn, D.S.O., Major R.H.A., b. 14 May, 1884 ; m. 5 Aug. 1911, Claire (d. 1942), only dau. of Sir John Dewrance, G.B.E., of Wretham Hall, Thetford, Norfolk, and d. 1 Dec. 1917, of wounds received in action. •Muriel Evelyn (9, Harrowby Court, W.l), m. 1st , 15 July, 1913, Walter Jagger, M.B., C.M., and has issue. He d. 16 March, 1929. She m. 2ndly, 22 Jan. 1935, W/Cdr. Maxwell Henry Coote, K.A.F. (ret.) (see Coote, Bt.). 4. Albert Lethbridge, b. 14 April, 1863 ; m. ; d. 1940, leaving issue, • Ruth, m. — Sarconi (1194, South Irving, Denver, 2, Colorado, Frances Albertine, m. 29 Nov. 1894, Charles Henry James Tanner, and d. 26 Jan. 1932, leaving issue. He d. 11 May, 1926. 1. Louisa Anne, m. 25 March, 1845, Joseph Lawrence, and d. his widow, 15 June, 1887. 2. Caroline Jessinthia, m. 2 June, 1831, P. A. Browne, and d. 1894. He d. 1883. 3. Emily Catherine, m. Jan. 1845, George Byam, and d. 1896. I He d. 1853. Sir Charles d. 22 Oct. 1857, and was s. by his eldest son, Sir Charles Henry John Rich, 3rd Bt., b. 22 Dec. 1812 ; m. 27 Nov. 1855, Harriet Theodosia (d. 10 July, 1870), eldest dau. and co-heir of J. S. Sullivan, and had issue, 1. Charles Henry Stuart (Sir), 4th Bt. 1* Katharine Louisa. 2. Frances Zod, m. 18 July, 1896, Lt.-Col. Gustave Adolph Borrmann, 128th Regt. Prussian Army, and d. 27 Sept. 1931, leaving issue, Sir Charles d. 12 Dec. 1866, when he was s. by his only son, Sir Charles Henry Stuart Rich, 4th Bt., F.S.A., J.P. Wilts, b. 7 March, 1859 ; m. 27 July, 1881, Fanny Elizabeth Jane (d. 10 March, 1945), only dau. of Rev. Joseph Page, of Little Bromley, Essex, and had issue, Gladys Evelyn Fanny, m. 16 Nov. 1916, Capt. Alan Henry Dickinson, M.C., late Coldstream Guards (S.R.), son of late Charles A. Dickinson, of Westlands, Branksome Park, Bournemouth, and d. 5 Oct. 1921. Sir Charles d. 2 Jan. 1913, and was *. by his cousin, Sir Almeric Edmund Frederic Rich, 5th Bt., educ. R.M.C. ; Major Royal Garrison Regt., formerly Capt. 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regt., Lt.-Col. attached R.A.O.C. during World War I, on Headquarter Staff, Aldershot 1918 ; b. 30 March, 1859 ; m. 1st, 26 July, 1894, Louise (d. 4 March, 1932), dau. of Hon. John Conness, of Mattapan, Massachusetts, late Senator of the U.S.A., and had issue, Almeric Frederic Conness (Sir), 6th and present Bt. Sir Almeric m. 2ndly, 20 Aug. 1932, • Edith, widow of Count Constantine Dousmani, of Corfu, and dau. of late David Durie, of | Edinburgh, and d. 2 July, 1948, when he was s. by his only son. Creation—28 July, 1791. Arms—Gu., a chevron erminois, between three crosses bottonSe | or. Crest—A wyvera with wings expanded arg. Motto—Garde ta foy. Residence—H.M.B.I., Huntercombe Place, Henley-on-Thames. Club—Royal Societies’.

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