Family and Education
b. c. 1654, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Sir Thomas Rich, 1st Bt.†, of Sonning, by his 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of William Cockayne, Skinner, of London. m. lic. 28 May 1672, aged 18, Lady Anne (d. 1716), da. of Robert Bruce†, 1st Earl of Ailesbury, and sis. of Thomas†, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury, Hon. James* and Hon. Robert Bruce*, 1s. suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. 15 Oct. 1667. Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 273; Ashmole, Berks. ii. 398; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 1129.
Offices Held

High steward, Wokingham 1678–d.; freeman, Reading 1689, Gloucester 1698. Berks. Arch. Jnl. xliii. 49; Berks. RO, Reading corp. diary, 7 Jan. 1688[–9]; Gloucester Freemen (Glos. Rec. Ser. iv), 51.

Main residence: Sonning, Berks.
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RICH, Sir William, 2nd Bt. (c.1654-1711)

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