military officer
Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland.
English courtier, peer and soldier (1590-1649)
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About Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland
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. 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".
Everything about Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland →- Occupation
- military officer, politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1614 Parliament, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire, Master of the Horse (England)
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1590
- Died
- March 9, 1649