Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician (born 1685)

Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet

British Army officer and politician (1685–1768)

Field Marshal Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet was a British Army officer and politician. As a junior officer he fought at the Battle of Schellenberg and at the Battle of Blenheim during the War of the Spanish Succession. He was then asked to raise a regiment to combat the threat…