Sir Robert Rich, 5th Baronet
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Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Rich, 5th Baronet (1717 – 19 May 1785) was a British Army
general and Governor of Londonderry
and Culmore.
He fought at the battle of Culloden
as colonel of Barrel's regiment where he lost his left hand to a sword cut and nearly lost the right forearm to another, in addition to six cuts to his head.
In 1756 he was appointed Governor of Londonderry
and Culmore, in Ireland, and in 1760, made a Lieutenant-General.
He married Mary, sister of Peter Ludlow, 1st Earl Ludlow
, and had an only daughter, Mary Frances, who married on 4 January 1784, the Reverend Charles Bostock, of Shirley House, Hampshire. He left his estates to his daughter, while the baronetcy passed to his brother, George. His son-in-law, Charles, assumed the surname of Rich in 1790 and was himself created a baronet in 1791.
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
general and Governor of Londonderry
Governor of Londonderry
The Governor of Londonderry and Culmore was a British military appointment. The Governor was the officer who commanded the garrison and fortifications of the city of Derry and of Culmore fort...
and Culmore.
He fought at the battle of Culloden
Battle of Culloden
The Battle of Culloden was the final confrontation of the 1745 Jacobite Rising. Taking place on 16 April 1746, the battle pitted the Jacobite forces of Charles Edward Stuart against an army commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, loyal to the British government...
as colonel of Barrel's regiment where he lost his left hand to a sword cut and nearly lost the right forearm to another, in addition to six cuts to his head.
In 1756 he was appointed Governor of Londonderry
Governor of Londonderry
The Governor of Londonderry and Culmore was a British military appointment. The Governor was the officer who commanded the garrison and fortifications of the city of Derry and of Culmore fort...
and Culmore, in Ireland, and in 1760, made a Lieutenant-General.
He married Mary, sister of Peter Ludlow, 1st Earl Ludlow
Peter Ludlow, 1st Earl Ludlow
Peter Ludlow, 1st Earl Ludlow PC , known as The Lord Ludlow between 1755 and 1760, was a British politician. He served as Comptroller of the Household from 1782 to 1784.-Background:...
, and had an only daughter, Mary Frances, who married on 4 January 1784, the Reverend Charles Bostock, of Shirley House, Hampshire. He left his estates to his daughter, while the baronetcy passed to his brother, George. His son-in-law, Charles, assumed the surname of Rich in 1790 and was himself created a baronet in 1791.