Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet

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Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet (July 3, 1685 – February 1, 1768) was a British cavalry officer.

He was colonel of the 18th Dragoons, a regiment he raised in 1715, until 1717. From 1722, he was successively colonel of the 13th Hussars, the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, The King's Regiment of Carabineers, the 1st Troop Horse Grenadier Guards, and the 4th Regiment of Dragoons. On November 29, 1757, while commanding the 4th, he was made a field marshal.

By his wife Elizabeth Griffith, he had two sons, Sir Robert Rich, 5th Baronet, and Sir George Rich, 6th Baronet, and two daughters, Elizabeth (d. 17 September 1795), who married George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, and Mary, who died unmarried.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir George Downing, Bt Sir Robert Kemp, Bt	Member of Parliament for Dunwich with Charles Long 1715–1722	Succeeded by Sir George Downing, Bt Edward Vernon
Preceded by St John Brodrick Sir John Hobart, Bt	Member of Parliament for Bere Alston with St John Brodrick 1724–1727	Succeeded by Sir John Hobart, Bt Sir Francis Henry Drake, Bt
Preceded by Sir John Hobart, Bt Henry Knollys	Member of Parliament for St Ives with Henry Knollys 1727–1734 William Mackworth Praed 1734–1741 1727–1741	Succeeded by John Bristow Gregory Beake
Military offices
Preceded by Regiment raised	Colonel of the 18th Dragoons 1715–1717	Succeeded by James Croft
Preceded by Richard Munden	Colonel of the 13th Hussars 1722–1725	Succeeded by The Earl of Harrington
	Colonel of Sir Robert Rich's Regiment of Dragoons 1725–1731	Succeeded by The Lord Cathcart
Preceded by The Earl of Deloraine	Colonel of the The King's Regiment of Carabineers 1731–1733
Preceded by Hon. John Fane	Captain and Colonel of the 1st Troop Horse Grenadier Guards 1733–1735	Succeeded by Sir Charles Hotham, Bt
Preceded by William Evans	Colonel of the 4th Regiment of Dragoons 1735–1768	Succeeded by Henry Seymour Conway
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Charles Rich	Baronet (of London) 1706–1768	Succeeded by Robert Rich