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Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland

English courtier, peer and soldier · Politicians · Lived 1590 to 1649 · aged 59

Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, was an English courtier and politician executed by Parliament after being captured fighting for the Royalists during the Second English Civil War.

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Younger brother of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, a Puritan activist and commander of the Parliamentarian navy during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, Henry was better known as an "extravagant, decorative, quarrelsome and highly successful courtier".

Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1590 to 1649 · aged 59