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About Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers
General Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers PC was an English nobleman and soldier who was a senior Army officer in the English and then British Army. The second son of Thomas Savage, 3rd Earl Rivers and his first wife Elizabeth Scrope, Savage was styled Viscount Colchester after the death of his elder brother Thomas in 1680, he was designated by that title until he succeeded to the peerage upon the death of his father, the 3rd Earl, in 1694. Savage served as Master-General of the Ordnance and Constable of the Tower, and was briefly commander-in-chief of the forces in lieu of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde until his death in 1712.
Everything about Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers →- Occupation
- politician, soldier
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1681 Parliament, Member of the 1689-90 Parliament, Member of the 1690-95 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1660, 1654
- Died
- August 18, 1712, 1712