Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (born 1660)

Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers

English nobleman and soldier

General Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers PC was an English nobleman and soldier who was a senior Army officer in the English and then British Army. The second son of Thomas Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers and his first wife Elizabeth Scrope, Savage was styled Viscount Colchester after…

Lord Lieutenant of Essex

This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Essex. Since 1688, all the Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Essex.John Petre, 1st Baron Petre John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford 1558–? Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester 3 July 1585 – 4 September…