Sir Henry Rich, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Rich, 1st Baronet (1803 – 5 November 1869) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was M.P for Knaresborough in 1837 and for Richmond between 1846 & 1861 when he accepted the Chiltern Hundreds to make room for Sir Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne. He was Lord of the Treasury Jul. 1846 to March 1852.
Educated at Sandhurst and Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. in 1825). He served in the army and was at the taking of Poonah and the Battle of Kirkee for which he was awarded a medal. For some time he was a groom in waiting to her Majesty Queen Victoria.
He was the son of Admiral Sir Thomas Rich 5th Bt. of Sonning (1733-1803). On the 7th of September 1852 at the parish church of Acton, Cheshire, he married Julia daughter of the late Rev. James Tomkinson of Dorfield Hall Cheshire.
He was created a baronet in 1863.[1]
His remains were interred in the Rich family vault at Sonning Church, Berkshire on the 10th of November 1869.
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 22697. p. 119. 9 January 1863.
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Boase, F., Modern English biography, 6 vols, 1892–1921
- Morning Post 15 November 1869
- Staffordshire Advertiser 11 September 1852
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Henry Rich
- Works by or about Sir Henry Rich, 1st Baronet in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by John Richards and Andrew Lawson |
Member of Parliament for Knaresborough 1837–1841 With: Charles Langdale |
Succeeded by Andrew Lawson and William Ferrand |
| Preceded by William Colborne and John Charles Dundas |
Member of Parliament for Richmond 1846–1861 With: John Charles Dundas to 1847 Marmaduke Wyvill from 1847 |
Succeeded by Sir Roundell Palmer Marmaduke Wyvill |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Henry Bingham Baring William Cripps Swynford Carnegie Ralph Neville |
Junior Lord of the Treasury 1846–1852 |
Succeeded by Marquess of Chandos The Lord Henry Lennox Thomas Bateson |
| Baronetage of Great Britain | ||
| New creation | Baronet (of Sunning, Berkshire) 1863–1869 |
Succeeded by Extinct |