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RICH, WILLIAM GORDON, brother of John Rich (qv); b. 28 Feb 1829; adm. 8 Jun 1841 (Benthall's); QS (Capt. ) 1843; Capt. of the School 1846; rowed v. Eton 29 Jul 1845, 30 Jul 1846; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 May 1847, Westminster Student 1847-55; won University pairs with Arthur Milman (qv) 1847; rowed in Christ Church eight which was Head of the River 1847-9 and in Oxford eight which won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley 1848, 1850, 1851; rowed stroke for Oxford in the two races against Cambridge 1851; President, Oxford University Boat Club 1849-51; BA 1851; a sheep farmer in New Zealand; m. 21 Feb 1856 Maria Stuart, dau. of Joseph Maitland; d. at Christchurch, New Zealand 6 Jul 1912.

RICH, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 16) Oct 1716.

RICH, ROBERT; b.; adm. 23 Oct 1800; in school list 1801.

RICH, SIR ROBERT, BART., second son of Field Marshal Sir Robert Rich, Bart., MP, and Elizabeth, dau. of Col. Edward Griffith, Private Secretary to Prince George of Denmark and Clerk, Board of Green Cloth; bapt. St. Anne, Soho 19 Dec 1717 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Jul 1727; left 1735; Leyden Univ., adm. 21 Jul 1736; Cornet, 4th Dragoons 1 Feb 1737/8; Lieut. and Capt., 1st Foot Guards 9 Jul 1739; Lieut. -Col., 4th Foot 24 Jun 1744; Col., 22 Aug 1749; Major-Gen., 17 Jan 1758; Lieut. -Gen., 10 Dec 1760; Governor of Londonderry and Colmore Fort 24 Apr 1756-74; served at battles of Falkirk and Culloden, where he was severely wounded; took part in defence of Minorca 1754-6; as an executor of his father’s will he became involved in a lengthy dispute with General Conway over financial responsibility for the accoutrements of the troopers in his father’s former regiment, and was dismissed from the Army and from his Governorship 3 Oct 1774; succ. father as 5th baronet 1 Feb 1768; m. 1st, 31 May 1752 Mary, dau. of Peter Ludlow, Ardsallagh, co. Meath, and sister of Peter Ludlow, 1st Earl Ludlow (I) MP; m. 2nd, 21 Sep 1771 Elizabeth Williams, widow, dau. of Richard Bell, Brampton, Cumberland; d. 19 May 1785. DNB.

Rich, Robert Dawson, brother of John Edmund Rich (qv); b. 21 Nov. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (G); left July 1938; Registrar Mary Ward Settlement 1952-75; a lecturer and adult literacy organiser, reta 1985; chairman Internat. Fedn of Pipers' Guilds 1981-6; d. 2007.

RICH, JOHN, eldest son of Rev. John Bostock Rich (formerly Bostock), Rector of Newtimber, Sussex, and Georgiana, dau. of Charles Gordon; b. 24 May 1826; adm. 16 Jun 1838 (Benthall's); QS (Capt. ) 1840; Capt. of the School 1843; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1844, matr. 31 May 1844, Westminster Student 1844-62; BA 1848; MA 1851; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1851, priest (Chichester) 1856; Curate, Newtimber, Sussex 1856-61; Vicar of Chippenham, Wilts., 1861-1904; Hon. Canon, Bristol 1882; Rector of Tytherton Kelways, Wilts., from 1884; m. 5 Feb 1861 Clara Sophia, dau. of Thomas Holmes Bosworth, Westerham, Kent; d. 18 Mar 1913.

Rich, John Edmund, son of Edmund Milton Rich CBE FRSA, Education Officer LCC, of Beckenham, Kent, and Louisa Anne Rich JP, d. of Augustus Grone, shipping merchant, of Dunlaoghaire, Eire; b. 9 Oct. 1912; adm. Sept. 1926 (KS); left July 1931; Magd. Coll. Camb., matric. 193I, BA 1935, MA 1939; man. trainee LNER 1935-9; joined BBC 1939; RE 1940-6 (Lieut.-Col.); organiser BBC TV Children's Programme 1952-63, Family Programme 1963-5, Further Education 1965-72, retd 1972; MBE 1963; consult. BBC Enterprises 1972-6; admin. officer Internat. Broadcasting Inst. and Internat. Inst. of Communications 1976-8; m. 25 Sept. 1963 Judith Barbara Shephard, d. of Maurice Owen Willmore, HM Newport GS, Essex; 29 Nov. 2000.

RICH, HENRY, brother of Sir Robert Rich, Bart. (qv); bapt. St. Anne, Soho 18 Feb 1725 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Apr 1734; left 1744; adm. Middle Temple 9 May 1739; d. unm. 12 Aug 1752.