Edward Rich, 7th Earl of Warwick
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Edward Rich, 7th Earl of Warwick and 4th Earl of Holland (January 1698 – 16 August 1721) was an English peer
Peerage
The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...

 and member of the House of Lords
House of Lords
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, styled Lord Rich until 1701.

In 1718, he was appointed a Gentleman of the Bedchamber
Gentleman of the Bedchamber
A Gentleman of the Bedchamber was the holder of an important office in the royal household of the Kingdom of England from the 11th century, later used also in the Kingdom of Great Britain.-Description and functions:...

 to George, Prince of Wales
George II of Great Britain
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, and on 19 May 1719, he became a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to George I
George I of Great Britain
George I was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698....

. He died in 1721 and was succeeded by his cousin Edward Rich.
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