Robert Rich (Bermuda settler)

Not to be confused with Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick, Sir Robert Rich, 2nd Baronet, or other members of the noble Rich family.

Lord Robert Rich (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Richard Rich) (born c. 1585, died 1630) was an English soldier and traveler.

Robert aspired to colonize Virginia, and set out in 1609 to the Jamestown, Virginia settlement. During the journey, a tropical storm caused the ship, the Sea Venture to be run aground on the uninhabited St. George's Island, Bermuda with George Somers, Thomas Gates, William Strachey, Silvester Jourdain and other settlers marooned.

Robert Rich wrote a "verse pamphlet", "Newes from Virginia: the lost flocke triumphant." Along with the writings of William Strachey and Silvester Jourdain, became well known in England in 1610, when Thomas Gates and Christopher Newport retold the saga in London. In 1865 this work was rediscovered in a Viscount Charlemont library in Ireland by Shakespeare researcher John O. Halliwell. Halliwell printed a small amount of copies for distribution.

Raised with a strong pious outlook, he and his brother (Nathaniel Rich, board member of the Somers Isles Company) were allies to the Puritans and to his cousin, Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick.

Robert Rich returned to Bermuda in 1616 or 1617, and died there in 1630.

See also

• Rich family
  • Grandfather Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich
  • Uncle Robert Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick
  • Cousin Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick
  • Brother Nathaniel Rich (merchant adventurer)
  • Nephew Nathaniel Rich (soldier)
• True Reportory

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References

Attributions

• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rich, Richard" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
• "Rich, Nathaniel (1585?-1636)" . Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 – via Wikisource.

Rich family tree
(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 (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 (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) 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.
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